Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics flameLatvia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with 58 athletes in 9 sports, which tied the biggest Latvian delegation to the Olympics ever.

At the Games, Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic games to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.^[1][2][3][4]

Bobsledder Jānis Miņins, who was among the favourites in four-man bobsleigh, missed the Olympics, because of an appendix surgery he went through, when he had already arrived in Canada just days before the Olympic start. He participated also in several trainings for the four-man event, but after crashing twice, decided not to start.^[5]

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Doubles	February 17
Silver	Martins Dukurs	Skeleton	Men's	February 19

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Roberts Rode	Downhill	2:03.36	58
	Combined	-	DNF
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Giant slalom	2:58.62	62
	Slalom	1:51.29	37

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Liene Fimbauere	Giant slalom	2:46.93	51
	Slalom	2:02.11	49

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Ilmārs Bricis	Sprint	25:41.3	2 (1+1)	1
	Pursuit	36:14.9	4 (0+0+2+2)	1
	Individual	108:33.9	6 (3+1+1+1)	1
Kaspars Dumbris	Individual	56:30.1	5 (2+0+2+1)	1
Kristaps Lībietis	Sprint	27:32.5	1 (1+0)	64
	Individual	56:02.4	3 (2+0+1+0)	70
Edgars Piksons	Sprint	28:23.0	2 (1+1)	78
	Individual	52:52.5	2 (1+1+0+0)	37
Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Sprint	27:05.3	3 (2+1)	50
	Pursuit	41:35.9	9 (2+2+3+2)	58
Edgars Piksons Ilmārs Bricis Andrejs Rastorgujevs Kristaps Lībietis	Relay	1:35:15.5	7+16	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Līga Glāzere	Sprint	22:47.7	1 (0+1)	69
	Individual	50:20.3	5 (3+0+1+1)	78
Žanna Juškāne	Sprint	23:32.4	3 (1+2)	79
	Individual	53:36.4	7 (3+1+1+2)	84
Gerda Krūmiņa	Sprint	22:09.3	1 (0+1)	48
	Pursuit	34:02.6	3 (0+0+2+1)	57
	Individual	48:00.1	4 (0+3+1+0)	69
Madara Līduma	Sprint	22:23.8	4 (2+2)	57
	Pursuit	37:58.7	4 (0+2+1+1)	38
	Individual	47:30.2	6 (0+3+1+2)	67
Žanna Juškāne Madara Līduma Līga Glāzere Gerda Krūmiņa	Relay	1:18:56.2	4+12	19

Bobsleigh

Two-man

Sled	Athletes	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
LAT I	Daumants Dreiškens Edgars Maskalāns	52.16	52.32	52.17	52.43	3:29.08	8

Four-man

Sled	Athletes	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
LAT I	Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	DNS
LAT II	Edgars Maskalāns Pāvels Tulubjevs Raivis Broks Mihails Arhipovs	51.60	51.42	51.85	51.78	3:26.65	11

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Jānis Paipals	15km freestyle	38:18.0	72
	30km pursuit	LAP	54
	Sprint	4:04.48	62

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Anete Brice	10km freestyle	30:51.8	70

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Latvian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
31	G	Masalskis, EdgarsEdgars Masaļskis	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	31 March 1980	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
1	G	Mustukovs, ErvinsErvīns Muštukovs	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	7 April 1984	Riga	Dinamo-Juniors Riga (BLR)
30	G	Naumovs, SergejsSergejs Naumovs	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	4 April 1969	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
8	D	Bartulis, OskarsOskars Bārtulis	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	21 January 1987	Ogre	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
13	D	Galvins, GuntisGuntis Galviņš	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	25 January 1986	Talsi	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
2	D	Lavins, RodrigoRodrigo Laviņš	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	3 August 1974	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
71	D	Pujacs, GeorgijsGeorgijs Pujacs	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	11 June 1981	Riga	Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
26	D	Redlihs, KrisjanisKrišjānis Rēdlihs	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	15 January 1981	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
3	D	Rekis, ArvidsArvīds Reķis	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	1 January 1979	Jūrmala	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (DEL)
7	D	Skrastins, KarlisKārlis Skrastiņš – C	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	9 July 1974	Riga	Dallas Stars (NHL)
11	D	Sotnieks, KristapsKristaps Sotnieks	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	29 January 1987	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
75	F	Ankipans, GirtsĢirts Ankipāns	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	29 November 1975	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
21	F	Berzins, ArmandsArmands Bērziņš	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	27 December 1983	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
47	F	Cipulis, MartinsMārtiņš Cipulis	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	29 November 1980	Cēsis	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
10	F	Darzins, LaurisLauris Dārziņš	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	28 January 1985	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
16	F	Daugavins, KasparsKaspars Daugaviņš	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	18 May 1988	Riga	Binghamton Senators (AHL)
9	F	Karsums, MartinsMārtiņš Karsums	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	26 February 1986	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
87	F	Meija, GintsGints Meija	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	4 September 1987	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
17	F	Nizivijs, AleksandrsAleksandrs Ņiživijs – A	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	16 September 1976	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
24	F	Redlihs, MikelisMiķelis Rēdlihs	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	1 July 1984	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
88	F	Sirokovs, AleksejsAleksejs Širokovs	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	20 February 1981	Riga	Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)
5	F	Sprukts, JanisJānis Sprukts	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	31 January 1982	Riga	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
12	F	Vasiljevs, HerbertsHerberts Vasiļjevs – A	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	23 May 1976	Riga	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)

Group play

Latvia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

16 February 2010 21:00

Russia

8 – 2 (3–0, 1–0, 4–2)

Latvia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,862

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Dennis LaRue Marcus Vinnerborg
	Zaripov (Fedorov, Nikulin) - 02:38 Radulov (Fedorov, Kalinin) - 07:46 Ovechkin (Semin) - 19:25 Malkin (Afinogenov, Kovalchuk) (PP) - 38:18 Ovechkin (Datsyuk) - 40:59 Zaripov (Zinovjev) - 41:30 Kovalchuk (Malkin, Tyutin) - 43:04 Morozov (Markov) - 58:57	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1 7 – 2 8 – 2	40:33 - Vasiļjevs (Ņiživijs, Cipulis) 43:35 - Ankipāns (Sprukts, Karsums)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	20

19 February 2010 16:30

Czech Republic

5 – 2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Latvia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,984

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Jyri Rönn Christopher Rooney
	Krejčí (Erat, Fleischmann) - 02:30 M. Michálek (Plekanec, Židlický) - 03:33 Jágr (Židlický, Kaberle) (PP) - 05:07 Kaberle (Eliáš, Židlický) (PP) - 26:33 Eliáš (SH) (EN) - 59:42	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 4 – 2 5 – 2	35:30 - Sotnieks (Vasiļjevs) 38:26 - Ankipāns (Karsums, Pujacs) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	39	Shots	18

20 February 2010 16:30

Latvia

0 – 6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,023

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Marcus Vinnerborg
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6	02:44 - Višňovský (Stümpel, Zedník) (PP) 09:11 - Zedník (Handzuš, Bartečko) 17:08 - Stümpel (Pálffy) 21:07 - Mari. Hossa (Stümpel) (PP) 22:20 - Handzuš 57:20 - Baranka (Handzuš, Štrbák)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	37

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	0	1	0	13	6	+7	7
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
Slovakia	3	1	1	0	1	9	4	+5	5
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	4	19	−15	0

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

23 February 2010 19:00

Czech Republic

3 – 2 (OT) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Latvia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,448

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Bill McCreary Brent Reiber
	Rolinek (Kuba, Havlát) (PP) - 05:52 Fleischmann (Krejčí, Červenka) - 11:06 Krejčí (Fleischmann) - 65:10	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2	52:02 - Cipulis (Ņiživijs, K. Rēdlihs) 56:19 - M. Rēdlihs (Bērziņš, Dārziņš)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	26

Luge

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inārs Kivlenieks	Men's	48.960	18	49.065	19	49.259	18	48.920	18	3:18.204	18
Guntis Rēķis	Men's	49.275	25	49.625	27	49.476	26	49.071	26	3:17.447	26
Mārtiņš Rubenis	Men's	48.818	13	48.831	11	49.064	11	48.809	11	3:15.525	11
Agnese Koklača	Women's	42.627	27	42.334	24	43.091	27	42.336	24	2:50.388	24
Anna Orlova	Women's	41.998	11	41.947	14	42.260	13	42.100	13	2:48.305	13
Maija Tīruma	Women's	41.773	4	41.933	8	42.012	8	41.936	9	2:47.654	9
Andris Šics & Juris Šics	Doubles	41.420	2	41.549	2					1:22.969
Oskars Gudramovičs & Pēteris Kalniņš	Doubles	41.982	12	42.013	12					1:23.995	12

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	500 m	41.673	2 Q	41.837	3	-	-		12
	1000 m	1:25.951	2 Q	1:50.292	4	-	-		14
	1500 m	-	-	2:14.900	2 Q	2:14.009	4 QB	2:19.435	10

Skeleton

Martins Dukurs (left) at the 2010 Winter Olympics men's skeleton medal ceremony.

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martins Dukurs	Men's	52.32	1	52.59	2	52.28		52.61		3:29.80
Tomass Dukurs	Men's	52.94	8	52.88	4	52.62		52.69		3:31.13	4

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	5000 m	6:35.69	20

References

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2. Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
3. CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history", Agence France Press, 14 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
4. New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First", Associated Press, 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
5. (in Latvian) parSportu.lv, "Miņins nestartēs arī četriniekos", 25 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
6. "Men's Ice Hockey: Team Latvia Tournamement Standings and Statistics". International Olympic Committee.