Of course there was another interesting story that came out of the women's giant slalom as the superstar violinist Vanessa Mae was also competing in the event.

Like the other skiers the 35-year-old pop-star got to live her Olympic dreams though a lot slower than everyone else.

She finished a distant last place of the 67 other competitors. Her time of 3 minutes, 26.97 seconds over two runs was more than 50 seconds slower than the new Olympic champion, Tina Maze of Slovenia.

But, in true Olympic spirit, she was just thrilled to have taken part.

"I feel elated you know, as I mentioned to you many times the chance to be at the Olympics, to ski with all these wonderful skiers is a privilege and I'm so new to ski racing that if this can be one learning experience it is, but it's also one of the most memorable learning experiences of my life."

Vanessa Mae was born in Singapore and raised in Britain, but competed on behalf of Thailand. She, as Vanessa Vanakorn, uses the surname of her Thai father.

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