Kyrgyzstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
# Kyrgyzstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kyrgyzstan is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The country is scheduled to compete in four sports (four disciplines). The team consists of 33 athletes, a drop of 19 athletes from the previous edition of the games in 2011. The Kyrgyzstani government plans on spending 8,737,000 Kyrgyz som on the team's participation at the games.

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.

## Competitors

The following table lists the Kyrgyzstani delegation per sport and gender.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Biathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Total | 27 | 6 | 33 |

## Alpine skiing

Kyrgyzstan's alpine skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women).

### Men

* Maxim Gordeev
* Evgeniy Timofeev

### Women

* Olga Paliutkina
* Dariha Muratalieva

## Biathlon

Kyrgyzstan's biathlon team consists of four athletes. Both Kunduz Abdykadyrova and Tariel Zharkymbaev will also compete in the cross-country skiing competitions.

### Men

* Tariel Zharkymbaev
* Nurbek Doolatov

### Women

* Kunduz Abdykadyrova
* Natalia Levdanskaia

## Figure skating

Kyrgyzstan's figure skating team consists of two athletes in the women's singles event.

| Athlete(s) | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Laura Ismagulova | Ladies | 18.53 | 23 | 42.44 | 23 | 60.97 | 23 |
| Aleksandra Nesterova | Ladies | 18.53 | 21 | 48.46 | 19 | 70.15 | 21 |

## Ice hockey

Kyrgyzstan has entered a men's hockey team. The team will compete in division two. Kyrgyzstan finished in second place (12th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.

### Men's tournament

Kyrgyzstan was represented by the following 23 athletes:

* Elzar Bolotbekov (G)
* Rinat Mustafaev (G)
* Adilet Uulu Zhyrgalbek (G)
* Amanbek Uulu Esen (D)
* Adis Kachkynbekov (D)
* Oleg Kolodii (D)
* Vladimir Nichipurenko (D)
* Zalkarbek Uulu Salmorbek (D)
* Urmat Sheishenaliev (D)
* Uran Tursunbekov (D)
* Adilet Zhookaev (D)
* Kanat Uulu Abylmechin (F)
* Duulat Abyshev (F)
* Nurzhan Ibraimovv (F)
* Atai Ismaiilov (F)
* Adilet Uulu Kazybek (F)
* Anton Kudashev (F)
* Beknazar Paizov (F)
* Artem Semiletko (F)
* Aibek Shakirov (F)
* Daniil Shushenkov (F)
* Taalaibek Suiunbaev (F)
* Salamat Tynaliev (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

**Group A**

| Rank | Teamvte | Pld | W | OW | OL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 9 |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 6 |
| 3 | Independent Olympic Athletes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 3 |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 | –21 | 0 |
