Editing Tajikistan (section)

=== Sport ===
The national sport of Tajikistan is [[gushtigiri]], a form of [[wrestling]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Ibbotson|first1=Sophie|last2=Lovell-Hoare|first2=Max|title=Tajikistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nm9DI7nu6CoC&pg=PA22|year=2013|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-455-6|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 June 2016|title=Tajikistan National Sport - Gushtigiri, Then And Now|url=https://www.bjjee.com/articles/tajikistan-national-sport-gushtigiri-then-and-now/|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Bjj Eastern Europe|language=en-US|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010212916/https://www.bjjee.com/articles/tajikistan-national-sport-gushtigiri-then-and-now/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another sport is [[buzkashi]], a game played on horseback, like [[polo]]. Buzkashi may be played as an individual sport and as a team sport. The aim of the game is to grab a 50&nbsp;kg dead goat, ride clear of the other players, get back to the starting point and drop it in a designated circle. It is played at [[Nowruz]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Abdullaev|first1=Kamoludin|last2=Akbarzaheh|first2=Shahram|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|publisher=Scarecrow Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PB5xgFRuYPUC&pg=PA85|isbn=978-0-8108-7379-7|page=85|date=27 April 2010|access-date=8 November 2015|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124200453/https://books.google.com/books?id=PB5xgFRuYPUC&pg=PA85|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:1982 expedition to Tartu Ülikool 350 (20).jpg|thumb|Tajikistan is a destination amongst mountaineers. 1982 expedition to [[Tartu Ülikool 350]].]]

Tajikistan has sent athletes to every [[Summer Olympic Games]] and four [[Winter Olympic Games]] since gaining independence and has enjoyed limited success.{{efn|Tajikistani athletes competed as part of the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]] in 1992.}} The country's best results have come in the [[Hammer throw|hammer throw]], with [[Andrey Abduvaliyev]] and [[Dilshod Nazarov]] each winning gold in the men's event in [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|1992]] and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|2016]] respectively (albeit with Abduvaliyev participating as part of the [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team]]). Tajikistan's highest medal haul at an Olympic Games came in the [[Tajikistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]], where its athletes won three medals.

The [[Tajikistan Football Federation]] is the governing body of [[Association football|football]] in Tajikistan. While neither the men's nor the women's teams have qualified for a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], the men's side qualified for the [[2023 AFC Asian Cup]], in which they unexpectedly reached the quarter finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Segrt: Asian Cup euphoria can spark bright Tajikistan future|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/petar-segrt-interview-tajikistan|website=[[FIFA]]|date=13 February 2024|access-date=6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909224039/https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/petar-segrt-interview-tajikistan|archive-date=9 September 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The men's team participated in the [[AFC Challenge Cup]] on four occasions, winning the inaugural edition in [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657|title=Tajikistan lift inaugural AFC Challenge Cup|website=[[Asian Football Confederation]]|date=19 April 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203153915/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The women's side has twice participated in the [[CAFA Women's Championship]], finishing third in the [[2018 CAFA Women's Championship|2018 edition]] and [[2022 CAFA Women's Championship|hosting the tournament in 2022]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/uzbekistan_inaugural_cafa_womens_championship_winners.html|title=Uzbekistan inaugural CAFA Women's Championship winners|website=[[Asian Football Confederation]]|date=2 December 2018|access-date=6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106150312/https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/uzbekistan_inaugural_cafa_womens_championship_winners.html|archive-date=6 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/index.php/en/post/64765/turkmen-football-players-tied-team-tajikistan-cafa-2022-championship-dushanbe|title=Turkmen football players tied with the team of Tajikistan at the CAFA-2022 championship in Dushanbe|website=[[Government of Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan.gov.tm]]|date=10 July 2022|access-date=6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106151301/https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/index.php/en/post/64765/turkmen-football-players-tied-team-tajikistan-cafa-2022-championship-dushanbe|archive-date=6 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Tajikistan Cricket Federation]] was formed in 2012 as the governing body for the sport of [[cricket]] in Tajikistan. It was granted affiliate membership of the [[Asian Cricket Council]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket in Tajikisyan |url=https://emergingcricket.com/teams/tajikistan/ |website=Emerging Cricket |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123003712/https://emergingcricket.com/teams/tajikistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, rugby union was officially registered with the [[Ministry of Justice (Tajikistan)|Ministry of Justice]], and there are three men's clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Таъсиси нахустин тими духтаронаи рогбӣ дар Тоҷикистон|trans-title=Establishment of the first girls' rugby team in Tajikistan|url=http://www.bbc.com/tajik/institutional/2012/04/120414_zm_regy_dushanbe.shtml|access-date=5 October 2020|website=BBC Tajik/Persian|language=tg}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[Khorugh]], capital of [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region]], is the location of highest altitude where [[bandy]] has been played.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbandynet.ru%2Fv1%2Fnode%2F14931&prev=search|title=Google Translate|work=google.co.uk|access-date=13 November 2016|archive-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130025448/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbandynet.ru%2Fv1%2Fnode%2F14931&prev=search|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tajikistan has one [[ski resort]], called [[Safed Dara]] (formerly ''Takob''), near the town of [[Varzob]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g811255-d9792233-Reviews-Safed_Dara-Varzob_Karotegin_Province.html|title=Safed Dara|work=Trip Advisor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060158/https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g811255-d9792233-Reviews-Safed_Dara-Varzob_Karotegin_Province.html|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>