Kyrgyzstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
| Kyrgyzstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games |
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| IOC code | KGZ | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||
| in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26 |
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| Competitors | 33 in 4 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Elzar Bolotbekov | ||||||||
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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 Kyrgyzstani 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.
The following table lists the Kyrgyzstani delegation per sport and gender.
Kyrgyzstan's alpine skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women).
Kyrgyzstan's biathlon team consists of four athletes. Both Kunduz Abdykadyrova and Tariel Zharkymbaev will also compete in the cross-country skiing competitions.
Kyrgyzstan's figure skating team consists of two athletes in the women's singles event.
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.
Kyrgyzstan was represented by the following 23 athletes:
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