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Violinist Vanessa Mae set to compete in skiing at Winter Olympics
Violinist Vanessa Mae is set to ski for Thailand at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, which start next month.
Mae, a keen skier since childhood, has been competing as Vanessa Vanakorn using her father's surname.
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Mae's bid went down to the wire. Results on the official website of FIS, the world governing body, show she dipped under the 140-mark average thanks to strong results in a series of four back-to-back giant slalom races in Slovenia on Saturday and Sunday.
The 5ft 3in 35-year-old even raced in a national junior championships, in which she was more than 14 years older than any other entrant, as time ran out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/25802907
Mae, a keen skier since childhood, has been competing as Vanessa Vanakorn using her father's surname.
...
Mae's bid went down to the wire. Results on the official website of FIS, the world governing body, show she dipped under the 140-mark average thanks to strong results in a series of four back-to-back giant slalom races in Slovenia on Saturday and Sunday.
The 5ft 3in 35-year-old even raced in a national junior championships, in which she was more than 14 years older than any other entrant, as time ran out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/25802907
It says this has not yet been officially confirmed. She is ranked 3,166th in the world in giant slalom.
