Georgia at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:GEO
Nocname:Georgian National Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Flagcaption:Flag of Georgia
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:4
Sports:2
Flagbearer:Nino Tsiklauri (opening)[1] [2]
Elene Gedevanishvili (closing)[3]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1994
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Georgia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7-23 February 2014. The Georgian team consisted of four athletes in two sports.[4] The team also sent seven officials.[5] Georgia's government only decided to send athletes and coaches but no government officials due to the breakup in relations with Russia in the aftermath of the August 2008 war.[4]

Flagbearer

Originally figure skater Elene Gedevanishvili was supposed to be the flagbearer.[6] However, because of training schedules, Gedevanishvili was scheduled to arrive after the opening ceremony. Therefore, alpine skier Nino Tsiklauri was selected to replace her.[1]

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Georgia qualified three athletes.[7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Iason Abramashvili
52.59431:00.78231:53.3722
align=left rowspan=2Alex BeniaidzeMen's giant slalom
Men's slalom
align=left rowspan=2Nino Tsiklauri1:27.27541:28.07502:55.3449

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Georgia achieved the following quota places:[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgia to be represented by delegation of 19 people at Sochi 2014 Olympics . Kirtzkhalia . Nana. 21 January 2014 . www.en.trend.az/ . 21 January 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: 7 December 2013 . Georgia to not send officials, only athletes to Sochi Olympics . Democracy & Freedom Watch . 19 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: Georgia to send 19-member squad to Sochi for winter Olympics . 21 January 2014 . china.org.cn . 21 January 2014.
  6. Web site: Georgian Flag bearer for Winter Olympics named . 15 January 2014 . www.agenda.ge . 19 January 2014 . 1 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213634/http://agenda.ge/news/6210/eng . dead .
  7. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 . 20 January 2014r . www.fis-ski.com . . 31 January 2014.
  8. News: 28 September 2013 . Elene Gedevanishvili obtains license for Sochi Olympic Games 2014 . Georgian News TV . 19 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114001/http://www.georgianews.ge/sports/24827-elene-gedevanishvili-obtains-license-for-sochi-olympic-games-2014.html . dead .