Kyrgyzstan is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] The country is scheduled to compete in four sports (four disciplines).[3] The team consists of 33 athletes, a drop of 19 athletes from the previous edition of the games in 2011.[4] The Kyrgyzstani government plans on spending 8,737,000 Kyrgyzstani som on the team's participation at the games.[5]
On February 1, 2017 it was announced that ice hockey player Elzar Bolotbekov would be the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[6]
Competitors
The following table lists the Kyrgyzstani delegation per sport and gender.
Kyrgyzstan's biathlon team consists of four athletes. Both Kunduz Abdykadyrova and Tariel Zharkymbaev will also compete in the cross-country skiing competitions.[8]
Kyrgyzstan has entered a men's hockey team.[10][11] The team will compete in division two.[12][13] Kyrgyzstan finished in second place (12th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.[14]
^"2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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