In the competition held the day before, medals were contested in the freestyle race, with 113 participants at the start.
Artur, representing the Olympic team of Kyrgyzstan, started under number 105 and completed the distance in 27 minutes and 46.9 seconds, which earned him 103rd place in the final standings.
The gold medal was won by Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who finished with a time of 20 minutes and 32.6 seconds.
Previously, Saparbekov had already competed at the Olympics, where he took 94th place in the sprint race among all participants.
