On the day of the competition, medals were contested in the freestyle race, where 113 participants took to the start.
Saparbekov started under number 105 and recorded a time of 27 minutes 46.9 seconds, which ultimately earned him 103rd place overall.
The best in this discipline was Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who completed the distance in 20 minutes 32.6 seconds and won the gold medal.
Previously, Arthur competed in the sprint race, where he finished 94th out of 94 participants in this discipline.
