Georgia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Georgia at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Georgia.svg
IOC code GEO
NOC Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website www.geonoc.org.ge  (in Georgian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Flag bearer Nino Tsiklauri (opening) [1] [2]
Elene Gedevanishvili (closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (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]

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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

According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Georgia qualified three athletes. [7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Iason Abramashvili Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 52.59431:00.78231:53.3722
Alex Beniaidze Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Nino Tsiklauri Women's giant slalom 1:27.27541:28.07502:55.3449
Women's slalom DNF

Figure skating

Georgia achieved the following quota places: [8]

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Elene Gedevanishvili Ladies' singles 54.7017 Q92.4520147.1519

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