Andrei Drygin was 28 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics.[6] He had previously represented Tajikistan at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[6] According to the official report of these Olympics, he finished last in each of the first two downhill training runs.[7] His performance in the actual race of the downhill, held on 12 February, was better. He finished the race in a time of 1 minute and 59.41 seconds, good for 51st place out of 53 competitors who completed the competition.[8] On 18 February he took part in the super-G, finishing in a time of 1 minute and 37.85 seconds, again finishing 51st, this time out of 56 classified finishers.[9] On 20 February, in the giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run.[10] Drygin would go on to represent Tajikistan again four years later at the Vancouver Olympics.[6]