Kyrgyzstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kyrgyzstan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeKGZ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors33 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Elzar Bolotbekov
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

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]

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  2. ^ "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "33 athletes from Kyrgyzstan to take part in 2017 Asian Winter Games". AKIpress news agency. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. ^ Marchenko, Ivan (18 January 2017). "About 8.7 mln soms to be spent on Kyrgyzstan's team participation in Asian Winter Games". 24 News Agency. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Хоккеист Элзар Болотбеков будет нести флаг Кыргызстана на открытии Азиатских игр в Японии" [Hockey player Elzar Bolotbekov will carry the flag of Kyrgyzstan at the opening of the Asian Games in Japan]. AKIpress news agency (in Russian). Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.