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Brazil sent 10 competitors to the ''' 2006 Winter Olympics ''', in Turin , Italy , half of which consisting of the Men's Bobsleigh team — although following the exclusion of Armando dos Santos from the Bobsleigh team due to a doping incident, the number dropped to nine athletes. Isabel Clark , a snowboarder, carried the flag at the Opening Ceremonies. Clark is also the Brazilian athlete that achieved the best result in the Brazilian delegation, since she is ranked relatively high in her sport (in the top 30) and made it as far as the quarterfinals in her category. In the Bobsleigh team, the substitute athlete, competition of Athens 2004 and in Turin 2006, she took part in the 10 Km Classical Interval Start . On and the president of the Turin 2006 Organizing Committee, Valentino Castellani , delivered their speeches. Most of the Brazilian athletes were visible clearly in the stands whenever the focus was on the podium and the nearby standing individuals. EVENTS Alpine skiing See Also: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics ;Men's combined ;Men's downhill ;Men's giant slalom ;Men's Super-G ;Women's giant slalom Bobsleigh See Also: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
:→ On February 13 the Brazilian Olympic Committee announced that Armando dos Santos' preventive Antidoping test, which had been done in Brazil on January 4 , was positive for the forbidden substansce Nandrolone . Santos was ejected from the team, being replaced by former Sprinter Claudinei Quirino, the team's substitute athlete. :→ On , the IOC ruled in favor of the Brazilians, rejecting the motion from the Australian Olympic Committee. :→ ''Results'' ::→ Final: 2:58.94 (25th place – 13.64s behind winners, Germany 1) :::→ Day 1 ( February 24 ): 1:58.52 (25th place – 8.32s behind leaders, Germany 1) ::::→ Heat 1: 1:00.31 (25th place – 5.11s behind leaders, Germany 1)( 1 ) ::::→ Heat 2: 58.51s (25th place – 3.21s behind leaders, Germany 1) :::→ Day 2 ( February 25 ): ::::→ Heat 3: 1:00.12 (25th place – 5.32s behind the leaders, Germany 1) — Did not qualify for Heat 4 ( 2 ) ::::→ Heat 4: DNS (failed to qualify by finishing outside the top 20) 1 In their first run, the Brazilians' Sleigh turned over coming out of Curve 14, after an error by pilot Ricardo Raschini, causing the team to finish with an exceedingly high time. After an initial scare, the Brazilians got out of the sleigh and decided to continue in competition. No one was hurt and their sleigh was not damaged, but they had to borrow a helmet from the German team, since one of the Brazilians' was badly damaged during the accident. 2 In what looked like a replay of Heat 1, the Brazilians once again turned over in Curve 14. Once again, pilot Ricardo Raschini miscalculated his exit of said curve, causing the sleigh to turn over. This time, the accident was slightly more violent than the original one: the sleigh was completely up side down for a few seconds, and pusher Claudinei Quirino got out of the sleigh complaining of pain in one of his arms, being taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for detailed exams. He was released soon after, having been only medicated for the pain. The event finished any faint possibility that the Brazilians could qualify for Heat 4, of which only the top 20 sleighs would participate. In an interview soon afterwards, Raschini took full responsibility for both the accidents, asking for "the forgiveness of his team and the Brazilian people", although reporting that insufficient training at the Olympic track was the main cause of his inability to master Curve 14. His teammates and Brazilian officials, however, were quick to show Raschini their full support, saying that no one is to blame for a competition mishappening and that they are already looking forward to Vancouver 2010 . Edson Bindilatti, the breakman, closed his statement vowing that "the Frozen Bananas" shall return "in style". On another aspect of the last participation of the Brazilian team, they were able to secure a replacement helmet for second man Márcio Silva (he had had to borrow a German helmet the day before, for lack of a spare unit), having had it flown in from the United States , where the manufacturer is located. Cross country skiing See Also: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Men's 15 km classical
:→ Final: 54:06.08 (93rd place – 16:05.05 behind Winner ) Women's 10 km classical
:→ Final: 35:59.07 (67th place – 08:08.03 behind Winner ) Snowboarding See Also: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboard cross
:→ Final: 9th place (won race to determine 9-12 places) ::→ First stage: 6th place (best time) :::→ First run: 1:30.12 :::→ Second run: 1:31.49 ::→ QF: 3rd place (did not qualify to SF) :::→ Ran in QF3, with Switzerland 's Mellie Francon , USA 's Lindsey Jacobellis and France's Karine Ruby , finishing ahead only of Ruby, who fell. ::→ 9-12 places: won race :::→ after a shaky start, which caused her to race from behind, Clark was benefited by the accident involving all the other three participants in her race ( France 's Deborah Anthonioz , Switzerland 's Olivia Nobs and Germany 's Katharina Himmler ) REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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