Sporting event delegation
Lebanon
sent a delegation to compete at the
2010 Winter Olympics
in
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
from 12?28 February 2010. This was Lebanon's 15th appearance at a
Winter Olympic Games
. The Lebanese team consisted of three alpine skiers. Lebanon has never won a medal at a Winter Olympics, and their best performance in Vancouver was 37th in the
women's super-G
by
Chirine Njeim
;
Ghassan Achi
failed to post a result in either of his races, and
Jacky Chamoun
finished 54th in her only race.
Background
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The
Lebanese Olympic Committee
was recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
on 31 December 1947.
[1]
The Lebanese have sent delegations to most
Summer Olympics
and Winter Olympic Games since then, missing the Summer Olympics only once, in
1956
, and the Winter Olympics twice, in
1994
and
1998
.
[2]
The Lebanese delegation to Vancouver consisted of three alpine skiers; one man,
Ghassan Achi
and two women,
Jacky Chamoun
and
Chirine Njeim
.
[3]
Njeim was chosen as the flag bearer for the
opening ceremony
, while Achi was chosen to carry the flag for the
closing ceremony
.
[4]
[5]
Alpine skiing
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The 25 year old Chirine Njeim made her third Winter Olympic appearance after competing in the
2002
and
2006 Winter Olympics
,
[6]
while 16-year-old Ghassan Achi
[7]
and 18-year-old Jacky Chamoun made their debut appearances.
[8]
Achi took part in the
men's giant slalom
on 23 February, and posted a first run time of 1 minute and 27.19 seconds.
[9]
He would fail to finish the second run
[10]
and went unclassified for the event.
[11]
On 27 February, he was part of the
men's slalom
, but was disqualified during the first run.
[12]
Njeim participated in the single-run
women's super-G
on 20 February. She finished with a time of 1 minute and 29.59 seconds, which put her in 37th place, out of 38 competitors who finished the race.
[13]
Due to weather, the
women's giant slalom
was held over two days, 24?25 February.
[14]
Njeim finished her first run in a time of 1 minute and 23.28 seconds
[15]
and her second run, the next day, in a faster time of 1 minute and 18.33 seconds.
[16]
Her final combined time was 2 minutes and 41.61 seconds, which saw her in 43rd place, out of 60 athletes who finished both legs.
[14]
Both Chamoun and Njeim took part in the
women's slalom
, held on 26 February.
[17]
In the first run, Chamoun posted a time of 1 minute and 9.41 seconds, while Njelm was faster at 58.97 seconds.
[18]
Chamoun's second run time was 1 minute and 8.62 seconds, while Njeim was again faster at 59.23 seconds.
[19]
Chamoun finished with a combined time of 2 minutes and 18.03 seconds, which saw her in 54th place.
[17]
Njeim finished with her combined time of 1 minute and 58.20 seconds, which put her in 43rd place.
[17]
A total of 55 competitors had finished both runs of the slalom.
[17]
Chamoun would go on to represent Lebanon again at the
2014 Winter Olympics
,
[8]
while Njeim would run the marathon at the
2016 Summer Olympics
.
[6]
[20]
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