Tajikistan at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:TJK
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Alisher Qudratov (opening[1] [2]
and closing)[3]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2002
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Tajikistan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of one alpine skier, Alisher Qudratov. Qudratov will become nation's second athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics. The team struggled with lack of funding and resources to qualify for the games.[4] [5]

Originally Andrei Drygin the country's only ever Winter Olympian was selected to compete for the country. However he was replaced with Alisher Qudratov because Qudratov became the first athlete born in the country to qualify for the Winter Olympics[1] and was younger.[6]

Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon was among the 65 heads of state that were present during the opening ceremony.[7]

Competitors

width=200Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Alpine skiing10 1
Total 10 1

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Tajikistan had qualified one athlete.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . ru:Президент Таджикистана поедет в Сочи на зимние Олимпийские игры . ru. Tajik President will travel to Sochi Winter Olympic Games . http://rus.ozodi.org/content/tajik-sportsmen-left-for-sochi/25245041.html . rus.ozodi.org/ . 28 January 2014 . 6 February 2014 .
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. 23 February 2014.
  4. News: 28 July 2013 . Tajikistan skiers dream of Sochi glory . . 16 January 2014 .
  5. News: Borissov . Akbar . 28 July 2013 . Tajikistan preparing for unlikely Sochi quest . . . 31 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140224212337/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/tajikistan-preparing-unlikely-sochi-quest-124536421.html . 24 February 2014 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Tajik skier to carry flag for second time in opening ceremony . . 4 February 2014 . ocasia.org/ . . 2 March 2014 . 13 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213172817/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea0971U6Y0bDnQ. dead .
  7. Web site: President in the opening ceremony Sochi 2014 . . 8 February 2014 . www.jahonnamo.tj/en/ . 14 February 2014 . 23 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223155632/http://jahonnamo.tj/en/president/2643-president-in-the-opening-ceremony-sochi-2014.html . dead .
  8. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 28 January 2014.