Two athletes specializing in alpine skiing and cross-country skiing represented the Kyrgyz team.
During the opening of the Olympics on February 7, skier Artur Saparbekov carried the flag of Kyrgyzstan.
Saparbekov was the first of the Kyrgyz athletes to start on February 10, participating in the sprint race in the classic style. In this discipline, out of 95 registered athletes, 94 took to the start. Artur finished in 94th place, trailing Olympic champion Johannes Klæbo from Norway by 1 minute 29.48 seconds.
On February 13, he also participated in the 10 km freestyle race, which had 113 participants registered.
In the first half of the race, Artur was among the top hundred, but at the eighth kilometer, he fell, which negatively affected his time. Ultimately, he finished with a time of 27 minutes 46.9 seconds, taking 102nd place. The Olympic champion in this distance was again Klæbo.
On February 14, alpine skier Timur Shakirov made his debut at the Games, participating in the giant slalom, where 81 athletes were registered.
In his first run, he placed 67th, and in the second run, he placed 62nd, which gave him an overall 62nd place among the 69 finishers. The Olympic champion in this discipline was Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Broten.
The slalom competitions held on February 16 were marred by adverse weather conditions—snowfall and poor visibility. In the first run, more than half of the participants were unable to finish, including Timur Shakirov.
Thus, athletes from Kyrgyzstan have concluded their participation in the Winter Olympic Games.
