In the event, which featured 113 participants, medals were contested in the freestyle race. Artur started his heat with number 105 and completed the distance in 27 minutes and 46.9 seconds, which earned him 103rd place.
In this competition, the gold medal was won by Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who finished with a time of 20 minutes and 32.6 seconds.
Previously, Saparbekov also participated in the sprint, where he finished 94th among all 94 skiers who started.
