Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

sent a delegation to compete in the

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, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The Kyrgyzstani delegation consisted of two athletes,

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

Dmitry Trelevski and

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

Olga Reshetkova. The best performance in any event by the delegation was Reshetkova's 54th place in the women's sprint. 2010 Opening Ceremony - Kyrgyzstan entering

2010 Opening Ceremony - Kyrgyzstan entering

Background

Following the

Dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in 1991, the

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргызстан улуттук олимпиада комитети), (also referred to as the Kyrgyz Republic) an organization representing Kyrgyzstan in the international Olympic mov ...

was recognized by the

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on 1 January 1993. Kyrgyzstan has participated in every

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since the 1994 Lillehammer Games, and every

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since the

1996 Atlanta Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. For the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the Kyrgyzstani delegation consisted of two athletes, alpine skier Dmitry Trelevski and cross-country skier Olga Reshetkova. Trelevski was chosen as the flag bearer for both the

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and the

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Alpine skiing

Dmitry Trelevski was 26 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics. On 23 February, he competed in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

, where he posted run times of 1 minute and 31 seconds and 1 minute and 36 seconds. Results were determined by adding the two run times together, and his total time of 3 minutes and 8 seconds placed him in 76th position. This was a little over 30 seconds behind the gold medal time. On 27 February he participated in the

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, but failed to finish the first run.

Cross-country skiing

Olga Reshetkova was 28 years old at the time of these Olympics. On 15 February, she took part in the

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race, and finished with a time of 4 minutes and 32 seconds, which put her in last place, and 42 seconds behind the lowest position to qualify for the next round.

References

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