{"id":112043,"date":"2014-02-14T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=112043"},"modified":"2014-02-14T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:34:19","slug":"update-dominican-skier-fails-to-finish-race-wife-did-not-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/update-dominican-skier-fails-to-finish-race-wife-did-not-start\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Dominican skier fails to finish race; wife did not start"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112045\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112045\" alt=\"Di Silvestri is representing Dominica at the games\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/skier.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Di Silvestri is representing Dominica at the games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dominica&#8217;s hope of winning a medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia was dashed when the skier representing the island failed to finish the race he was competing in.<\/p>\n<p>Gary di Silvestri was among 89 skiers participating in the 15 km classic on day seven of the games on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He was among four competitors who did not finish.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland\u2019s skier Dario Cologna won gold, Sweden&#8217;s Johan Olsson took silver and Swedish Daniel Richardsson won bronze.<\/p>\n<p>On the official results posted on the Olympic&#8217;s website, Di Silvestri was listed as DNF or Did Not Finish.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Di Silvestri&#8217;s wife, who is representing Dominica in the 10 km women classic, did not even start that race on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic&#8217;s website listed her as &#8216;DNS&#8217; or Did Not Start.<\/p>\n<p>In that race the gold went to Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland, silver went to Charlotte Kalla of Sweden and bronze to Therese Joyaug of Norway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica&#8217;s hope of winning a medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia was dashed when the skier representing the island failed to finish the race he was competing in. 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