Kazakhstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Kazakhstan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
Kazakhstan at the; 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
in Sapporo and Obihiro; February 19–26
Competitors	116 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Yerdos Akhmadiyev
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 9 Silver 11 Bronze 12 Total 32
Asian Winter Games appearances
	1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017;

Kazakhstan is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.^[1]^[2] Kazakhstan is scheduled to compete in all five sports (eleven disciplines).^[3] The team consists of 116 athletes and was announced on January 17.^[4]^[5]

Also on January 17 in conjunction with the team announcement, cross-country skier Yerdos Akhmadiyev was announced as the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Akhmadiyev also served as the country's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.^[6]

Medal summary

Medal table


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Biathlon	6	4	2	12
Cross-country skiing	1	4	2	7
Freestyle skiing	1	1	2	4
Ice hockey	1	0	1	2
Ski jumping	0	1	2	3
Speed skating	0	1	1	2
Figure skating	0	0	1	1
Short track speed skating	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)	9	11	12	32

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rinat Mukhin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle	21 February
Gold	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	23 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint	23 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 10 km pursuit	24 February
Gold	Yuliya Galysheva	Freestyle skiing	Women's dual moguls	24 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya Darya Ussanova Maxim Braun Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Mixed relay	25 February
Gold	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 15 km mass start	26 February
Gold	Galina Vishnevskaya	Biathlon	Women's 12.5 km mass start	26 February
Gold	Sergei Kudryavtsev Pavel Poluektov Valeri Sevidov Vladislav Grebenshchikov Madiyar Ibraibekov Viktor Ivashin Aleksandr Nurek Alexander Pisarev Ivan Stepanenko Stanislav Zinchenko Nursultan Belgibayev Artem Burdelev Dmitri Grents Artyom Likhotnikov Nikita Mikhailis Vladislav Nikulin Anton Petrov Mikhail Rakhmanov Konstantin Savenkov Anton Sagadiev Kirill Savitsky Arkadi Shestakov Yaroslav Yevdokimov	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	26 February
Silver	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	20 February
Silver	Denis Kuzin	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	21 February
Silver	Vassiliy Podkorytov	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	23 February
Silver	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	23 February
Silver	Yan Savitskiy	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km pursuit	24 February
Silver	Sergey Cherepanov Yerdos Akhmadiyev Nikolay Chebotko Rinat Mukhin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay	24 February
Silver	Alina Raikova Anna Kistanova Vassiliy Podkorytov Anton Pantov	Biathlon	Mixed relay	25 February
Silver	Sabirzhan Muminov Konstantin Sokolenko Marat Zhaparov Sergey Tkachenko	Ski jumping	Men's large hill team	25 February
Silver	Alina Raikova	Biathlon	Women's 12.5 km mass start	26 February
Silver	Yuliya Galysheva	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestyle mass start	26 February
Silver	Sergey Cherepanov	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	26 February
Bronze	Yelena Kolomina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle	21 February
Bronze	Sergey Tkachenko	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill	21 February
Bronze	Iong A Kim Anastassiya Krestova Madina Zhanbussinova Anita Nagay	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay	22 February
Bronze	Dmitry Babenko Denis Kuzin Fyodor Mezentsev	Speed skating	Men's Team pursuit	22 February
Bronze	Alina Raikova	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint	23 February
Bronze	Darya Ussanova	Biathlon	Women's 10 km pursuit	24 February
Bronze	Dmitriy Reikherd	Freestyle skiing	Men's dual moguls	24 February
Bronze	Marat Zhaparov	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	24 February
Bronze	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Figure skating	Ladies singles	25 February
Bronze	Daria Dmitrieva Aizhan Raushanova Arina Schekolova Alexandra Feklistova Azhar Khamimuldinova Olga Konysheva Daria Moldabai Galia Nurgalieva Malika Aldabergenova Pernesh Ashimova Karina Felzink Alyona Fux Bulbul Kartanbayeva Tatyana Koroleva Tatiana Lihaus Aida Olzhabayeva Anastasia Orlova Meruyert Ryspek Arai Shegebayeva Zarina Tukhtieva Madina Tursynova	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	25 February
Bronze	Nikolay Chebotko	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestyle mass start	26 February
Bronze	Dmitriy Reikherd	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	26 February

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	6	6	12
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	23	21	44
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Ski jumping	4	—	4
Snowboarding	2	2	4
Speed skating	6	4	10
Total	63	53	116

Alpine skiing

Kazakhstan's alpine skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women).^[4]

Men

Women

Biathlon

Kazakhstan's biathlon team consists of ten athletes (five men and five women).^[4]

Men

Women

Cross-country skiing

Kazakhstan's cross-country skiing team consists of twelve athletes (six men and six women).^[4]

Men

Women

Curling

Kazakhstan has entered both a men's and women's teams, each consists of five athletes, for a total of ten.^[7]^[8]

Men's tournament

Viktor Kim – skip
Abylaikhan Zhuzbay – third
Dimitriy Garagul – second
Muzdybay Kudaibergenov – lead
Abilay Nurumbetov – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
China	Liu Rui	5	0
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	4	1
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	3	2
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	2	3
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	4
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	0	5

Round-robin

Kazakhstan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 9:00

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Rui)	1	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	X	12
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Draw 2

Saturday, February 18, 18:00

Sheet A v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Soo-hyuk)	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	2	X	X	12
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 13:30

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar (Alyafei)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	4	1	12

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 9:00

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	4
Japan (Morozumi)	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	X	X	13

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 21, 18:00

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	0	2	X	13

Women's tournament

The women's team consists of five athletes.^[4]

Ramina Yunicheva – skip
Anastassiya Surgay – third
Kamila Bakanova – second
Diana Torkina – lead
Sitora Alliyarova – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	4	0
China	Wang Bingyu	3	1
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	2	2
Kazakhstan	Ramina Yunicheva	1	3
Qatar	Maryam Binali	0	4

Round-robin

Kazakhstan has a bye in draw 4

Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 13:30

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (Yunicheva)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
China (Wang)	6	1	0	7	1	5	0	X	X	X	20

Draw 2

Saturday, February 19, 9:00

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (Yunicheva)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	4	1	3	2	0	2	0	5	X	17

Draw 3

Sunday, February 20, 9:00

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Qatar (Binali)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Kazakhstan (Yunicheva)	2	0	1	0	4	2	2	3	X	X	14

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 13:30

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Eun-jung)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan (Yunicheva)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Figure skating

Kazakhstan's figure skating team consists of four athletes (two men and two women).^[4]

Singles

Athlete(s)	Event	SP		FP		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abzal Rakimgaliev	Men's
Denis Ten	Men's
Aiza Mambekova	Women's
Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Women's

Freestyle skiing

Kazakhstan's freestyle skiing team consists of four athletes (three men and one woman).^[4]

Men

Woman

Ayaulum Amrenova

Ice hockey

Kazakhstan has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.^[9]^[10]

Men's tournament

Template:2017 Asian Winter Games Kazakhstan men's ice hockey team roster

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	19	0	+19	9
	South Korea	3	2	1	14	6	+8	6
	Japan	3	1	2	15	11	+4	3
4	China	3	0	3	0	32	–32	0

22 February 2017
15:30

South Korea

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513




14 min	Penalties	8 min
29	Shots	27

24 February 2017
15:30

Kazakhstan

8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 483




6 min	Penalties	24 min
76	Shots	19

26 February 2017
12:30

Kazakhstan

7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,631




6 min	Penalties	20 min
41	Shots	12

Women's tournament

Template:2017 Asian Winter Games Kazakhstan women's ice hockey team roster

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	98	1	+97	15
	China	5	3	0	1	1	46	12	+34	10
	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	31	14	+17	9
4	South Korea	5	2	1	0	2	37	6	+31	8
5	Thailand	5	1	0	0	4	5	84	–79	3
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	0	5	4	104	–100	0

18 February 2017
12:00

Kazakhstan

0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,200


			Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Lee Tae-ri

12 min	Penalties	4 min
3	Shots	58

20 February 2017
15:30

China

8–3
(2–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 323




6 min	Penalties	10 min
39	Shots	21

21 February 2017
15:30

Kazakhstan

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 292




10 min	Penalties	2 min
21	Shots	30

23 February 2017
15:30

Hong Kong

0–19
(0–7, 0–5, 0–7)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 182




0 min	Penalties	8 min
2	Shots	72

25 February 2017
12:00

Kazakhstan

8–0
(5–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Thailand

Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 337




0 min	Penalties	6 min
75	Shots	0

Short track speed skating

Kazakhstan's short track speed skating team consists of ten athletes (five men and five women).^[4]

Men

Women

Ski jumping

Kazakhstan's ski jumping team consists of four male athletes.^[4]

Men

Snowboarding

Kazakhstan's snowboarding skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women). All four will compete in the alpine events.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rollan Sadykov	Men's giant slalom	56.77	15	47.91	15	1:44.68	14
Rollan Sadykov	Men's slalom	49.12	18	41.58	14	1:30.70	14
Vladislav Zuyev	Men's giant slalom	59.95	18	49.37	16	1:49.32	16
Vladislav Zuyev	Men's slalom	49.12	18	41.58	14	1:30.70	14
Dariya Slobodkina	Women's giant slalom	1:05.86	9	57.66	10	2:03.52	10
Dariya Slobodkina	Women's slalom	48.93	17	40.32	13	1:29.25	12
Xeniya Tupik	Women's giant slalom	1:07.06	11	55.56	9	2:02.62	9
Xeniya Tupik	Women's slalom	52.71	11	47.06	11	1:39.77	11

Speed skating

Kazakhstan's speed skating team consists of ten athletes (six men and four women).^[4]

Men

Women

References

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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.

[team-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Пресс релиз" [Press release]. www.kazsports.kz/ (in Kazakh). Astana. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[5] "Kazakhstan reveals national team roaster at Asian Winter Games 2017 in Sapporo". www.inform.kz/. Kazinform. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.

[6] "«Саппоро-2017» Азия ойындарына қатысатын Қазақстан құрамасы анықталды" ["Sapporo-2017" were participating in the Asian Games team]. www.inform.kz/ (in Kazakh). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

[7] "Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017" (PDF). www.sapporo2017.org/. 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[8] "Asian Winter Games return to Sapporo for the third time". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[9] "Entry list for hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games". www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National Teams of Ice hockey. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

[10] Morgan, Liam (4 January 2017). "Sapporo 2017 confirm entrants in men's and women's ice hockey tournaments". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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