Vanessa-Mae: How the violinist fiddled her way into skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The virtuoso violinist has been banned by the International Ski Federation for race-rigging.

As a musician, Vanessa-Mae has parlayed her self-described blend of classical, pop and jazz violin into millions in record sales. As a skier competing under her father’s last name -- Vanakorn ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Four Slovenian ski officials were suspended Friday for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Here’s the BBC on the qualification standard Vanessa-Mae and her backers were trying to meet:. Under current Olympic qualification rules, countries with no skier ranked in the world’s top 500 ...

Vanessa-Mae trained for six months, describing her decision to try for the Olympics as a “last-minute kind of thing.” She has been skiing since the age of four, ...

Despite finishing 67th in the giant slalom -- some 50.10 seconds behind winner Tina Maze -- Vanessa Mae was delighted to make her Olympic bow at Sochi.

Violinist Vanessa-Mae performs at Tel Aviv’s Heichal Menora on October 28, 2019. (Chai Shalom) With the band and extreme amplification of the violin, the concert certainly was loud.

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 ...

Vanessa-Mae made her eagerly awaited debut on the Olympic skiing stage here today, offering a performance which was tame, safe, a rare old struggle and very, very slow. Still, it was one which ...

Some stories are too odd to go away quietly. Vanessa-Mae, the British pop violinist who found herself in the midst of an international skiing controversy, has reportedly succeeded in getting ...

Despite finishing 67th in the giant slalom -- some 50.10 seconds behind winner Tina Maze -- Vanessa Mae was delighted to make her Olympic bow at Sochi.