Monaco at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Monaco at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | MON |
| NOC | Comité Olympique Monégasque |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alexandra Coletti |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Monaco sent a delegation to complete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The Monégasque team consisted of three athletes: alpine skier Alexandra Coletti and a two-man bobsleigh team of Sébastien Gattuso and Patrice Servelle. The bobsleigh team finished 19th in their event, as did Coletti in her best event, the women's super combined.
Background
[edit]The Principality of Monaco first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1920, and with the exceptions of 1932, 1956, and the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games[1] have participated in every Summer Olympics since.[2] The nation made its first Winter Olympic Games appearance in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, and have participated in every Winter Olympics since.[2] No Monégasque athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympics.[2] For the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the Monégasque team consisted of three competitors, alpine skier Alexandra Coletti and the two-man bobsleigh team of Sébastien Gattuso and Patrice Servelle.[3] Coletti was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, while Servelle was chosen as flag bearer for the closing ceremony.[4][5]
Alpine skiing
[edit]Alexandra Coletti was 26 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics.[6] She had previously competed for Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and would go on to participate for Monaco in the 2014 and 2018 Olympics as well.[6][7] The women's downhill was held on 17 February, and was a single-run race. Coletti would finish with a time of 1 minute and 48 seconds, which put her in 24th place, out of 37 skiers who completed the run.[8] The super combined consisted of one run of downhill skiing, and one run of super-G skiing, the final placement was the sum of the two run times.[9] Coletti posted times of 47 seconds on the slalom portion,[10] and 1 minute and 26 seconds on the downhill portion of the race.[11] Her combined time of 2 minutes and 13 seconds placed her 19th, out of 28 competitors who finished both runs of the race.[9] In the super-G, held two days later, she finished with a time of 1 minute and 24 seconds, which was good for 25th place out of 38 competitors who finished the race.[12] The giant slalom on 24 February was heavily affected by weather, and Coletti was one of 17 competitors unable to finish the first run of the race.[13][14]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Coletti | Women's downhill | N/A | N/A | 1:48.92 | 24 |
| Women's super-G | N/A | N/A | 1:24.56 | 25 | |
| Women's giant slalom | DNF | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Women's super combined | 47.07 | 1:26.74 | 2:13.81 | 19 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]Sébastien Gattuso was 38 years old at the Time of the Vancouver Olympics, while his partner Patrice Servelle was 35 years of age.[3] The two-man event was four runs of the course, held over two days, with total time combined used for final placement. Only the top 20 sleds would be allowed to progress to the final run.[15] The first two runs were held on 20 February, and the Monégasque sled posted times of 52.96 seconds and 52.51 seconds.[16][17] They ended the first day in 18th place.[18] Runs 3 and 4 were held the next day, and they completed run 3 in 52.71 seconds, enough to allow them to compete in the final run later that day.[19][20] For the final run, they completed the race in 52.56 seconds; this ranked them 19th for the total competition.[15][21]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Sébastien Gattuso Patrice Servelle |
Two-man | 52.96 | 52.61 | 52.71 | 52.56 | 3:30.84 | 19 |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c "Monaco". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Monaco at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers". The Vancouver Sun. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Closing Ceremony" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 28 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Alpine Skiing – Athlete Profile: Alexandra Coletti". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alexandra Coletti Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Combined". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Combined Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Combined Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom Run 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Run 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Run 2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Runs 1–2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Run 3". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Runs 1–3". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Two Run 4". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
