Sochi 2014: Vanessa Mae adds Olympic string to her bow

Follow us at @WorldSportCNN and like us on Facebook Story highlights Violinist Vanessa Mae finishes 67th in giant slalom The 35-year-old's final time is 50.10 seconds off winner Tina Maze's time Mae crosses the finishing line, unlike 22 other competitors The musician relishes the experience despite her final placing CNN — If timing is key for musical maestros, Vanessa Mae found out the hard way on the Sochi slopes that the same is true of Winter Olympians. The multi-million selling violinist made her Olympic bow in the giant slalom Tuesday, finishing some 50.10 seconds behind winner Tina Maze of Slovenia – although Mae can take heart from crossing the finishing line, unlike 22 other competitors. “My main purpose of being here was to really have a good time and to improve my skiing in a very short amount of time.” Read: U.S. duo Davis and White skate to historic gold Describing music as her “lifelong passion,” but skiing as her “lifelong hobby,” Mae made her solo debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at the age of 10, three years later becoming the youngest soloist ever to record the Beethoven and Tchaikovsky violin concertos. Her self-described “techno-acoustic fusion” is big in Slovenia for one, with Tuesday’s giant slalom gold medallist Maze – a part-time singer – admitting to being a fan.