Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Uzbekistan has competed independently at every Summer Olympics since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Athens, and in every Winter Olympic Games since the 1994 Lillehammer Games, as of the conclusion of the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/UZB/|title=Uzbekistan|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=22 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203065404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/UZB/|archive-date=3 February 2018|df=dmy-all}} Uzbekistan began participating in the Summer Paralympics in the 2004 edition, but Sochi marked their first delegation sent to a Winter Paralympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/feature/uzbekistan-five-facts-sochi-2014-paralympics|title=Uzbekistan: Five facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics|date=2 February 2014|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826134650/https://www.paralympic.org/feature/uzbekistan-five-facts-sochi-2014-paralympics|archive-date=26 August 2016|df=dmy-all}} Ramil Gayazov was chosen as the Uzbekistani flag-bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony,{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/sochi-2014-opening-ceremony-flag-bearers|title=Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony flag bearers|date=7 March 2014|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180350/http://www.paralympic.org/news/sochi-2014-opening-ceremony-flag-bearers|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} and for the closing ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/sochi-2014-closing-ceremony-flag-bearers|title=Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony flag bearers|date=16 March 2014|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312195320/http://www.paralympic.org/news/sochi-2014-closing-ceremony-flag-bearers|archive-date=12 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.{{cite web |title=Paralympics categories explained |publisher=ABC |date=3 September 2008 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008 |access-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912225056/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics%2F2008 |archive-date=12 September 2008 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |title=Making sense of the categories |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 October 2000 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm |access-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528052125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm |archive-date=28 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }} Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/25580284|title=Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports|date=18 February 2014|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219005200/http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/25580284|archive-date=19 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}

{{Main|Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics}}

Ramil Gayazov was 28 at the time of these Games, who competed in the standing category of events. On 13 March 2014, he was disqualified during the first run of the slalom for missing a gate.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-nevidomych.cz/sporty/paralympijske_hry/data/140315073733397_as_2014_sochi_slmen+final.pdf|title=Men's Slalom – Official Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510125352/http://www.sport-nevidomych.cz/sporty/paralympijske_hry/data/140315073733397_as_2014_sochi_slmen+final.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2018|df=dmy-all}} Two days later, despite being entered into the giant slalom, he failed to start the race for unknown reasons.{{cite web|url=http://sochi2014.arch.articul.ru/www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/athlete-ramil-gayazov.htm|title=Ramil GAYAZOV – Alpine Skiing – Uzbekistan – Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games|publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi|access-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423003832/http://sochi2014.arch.articul.ru/www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/athlete-ramil-gayazov.htm|archive-date=23 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}

Men

For the 2014 Winter Paralympics, snowboard cross was considered a discipline of Alpine skiing, rather than a separate sport.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sdms/hira/web/results/sochi-2014/alpine-skiing/mens-para-snowboard-cross-standing|title=Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Men's Para Snowboard Cross Standing|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=22 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310141202/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms/hira/web/results/sochi-2014/alpine-skiing/mens-para-snowboard-cross-standing|archive-date=10 March 2018}} Snowboarding was offered only for athletes who competed in a standing position. The men's snowboard cross event was held on 14 March 2014. Yevgeniy Slepov posted his two best times on runs 1 and 3, and only the two best times of each athlete counted towards the final result.{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/14/paralympic-snowboarderswithvaryingdisabilitiesareallequalonslope.html|title=Paralympic snowboarders with varying disabilities are all equal on slopes|last=Berg|first=Aimee|date=March 14, 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera America|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410113014/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/14/paralympic-snowboarderswithvaryingdisabilitiesareallequalonslope.html|archive-date=10 April 2016|df=dmy-all}} Slepov finished with a combined time of three minutes and two seconds, over a minute off the winning time of one minute and forty-three seconds. He finished in 32nd place out of 33 competitors.

;Men

• Uzbekistan at the Paralympics
• Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rLh1tHHTLQ Gayazov's run in the slalom]

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