Vanessa-Mae's Winter Olympics debut – in pictures

Vanessa-Mae enters the opening ceremony waving the flag of Thailand. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Vanessa-Mae, competing under the name Vanessa Vanakorn, waits as training begins on the slopes. Photograph: MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS

A photography crew take Mae's photograph on the slopes. Photograph: Leonhard Foger/Reuters

Mae awaits her turn to drop in during training. The fog led to the cancellation of the men's boarder cross and the men's mass start biathlon. Photograph: Alessandro Trovati/AP

A picture of concentration, Mae prepares to take her first run. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Mae carves the slopes during her first run. She finished with a time of 1:44.86, 26.98sec down on the fastest time. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images

Finishing with the slowest time is unimportant, and she celebrates crossing the line after the first run. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Journalists scramble for a quote after her first run. Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

Run two sees Mae improve her time by 2.75sec, making a combined time of 3:26.97, 50.10 down on gold medal winner Tina Maze. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

It is not enough to see her move up from last place, but once again, it is irrelevant as a childhood dream is realised. Photograph: Alexander Klein/AFP