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Sporting event delegation
Venezuela
competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics
in
Sochi
,
Russia
from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of one athlete in
alpine skiing
. This marks the country's return to the
Winter Olympics
after missing the
previous games
four years ago.
Competitors
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Alpine skiing
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According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Venezuela had qualified one athlete.
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Pardo is the fifth ever
Venezuelan
to ever qualify for the
Winter Olympics
and the first ever to qualify in a snow sport. Pardo entered the
opening ceremony
showing of his dance moves, which set off a
social media
buzz.
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Pardo was the final starter in a field of 109 athletes in the
giant slalom
and quickly crashed after starting the race, thus receiving an official status of did not finish the race. Pardo summarized the race as, "it was not my fault,... one of the skis just fell off. If it was my fault, well...nothing I can do. But something that really doesn't belong to me is kind of upsetting".
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