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2025 Asian Winter Games

2025 Asian Winter Games
The 2025 Asian Winter Games will be the ninth edition of the multi-sport event. It will be held from February 7 to 14 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. This will be the second time Harbin hosts the event and the third time China has hosted the Asian Winter Games.
The Hong Kong team on parade during the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin in February. Photo: Xinhua
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Harbin agrees to help ‘snowless city’ Hong Kong win medals at future Winter Games

Agreement between SF&OC and Heilongjiang Sports Federation, Harbin Sport University to cover training resources, facilities and opportunities.

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South Korea

Editorial | Asian Winter Games a historic success

The national team claimed another record medal haul while the largest-ever Hong Kong delegation raised the city’s profile in winter sports.

Artists perform during the closing ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

Asian Winter Games close with China dominant, as Philippines savours first gold

Games end in glory for ‘Curling Pilipinas’ only two years after their federation was founded, but Hong Kong’s curlers just miss medal.

Speed skater Sidney Chu hails Asian Winter Games ‘breakthrough’ for Hong Kong

The only skater at the 2022 Winter Olympics has seen the city team grow to being able to field two speed skating relay teams in Harbin.

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Hong Kong beaten to curling bronze as Philippines win gold at Asian Winter Games

City’s men’s curlers were aiming to earn Hong Kong’s first ever Asian Winter Games medal.

Jason Chang (right), Martin Yan (left) and Chung Cheuk-hei of Hong Kong in action at the Games in Harbin. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong lose curling semi-final at Winter Games but will face China for bronze

City’s men’s curlers chase historic medal on Friday, while the Philippines, who beat China, go for gold against South Korea.

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Snow in Saudi Arabia? Asian Winter Games’ next hosts ‘watch and learn’ in China

Hosts for 2029 yet to elaborate on how they plan to stage a winter event at a site where temperatures have not dipped below zero this year.

Liu Mengting takes second Asian Winter Games gold, Hong Kong’s curlers win big

Liu, Han Linshan and Yang Ruyi ensure a second Chinese clean sweep in 24 hours, this time in freeski big air.

(From left) Han Linshan, Liu Mengting and Yang Ruyi again gave China a clean sweep in the big air. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong exit Winter Games ice hockey, China flag-bearers Ning and Liu win gold

Glory for speed skater Ning Zhongyan and freestyle skier Liu Mengting within minutes of one another in Harbin.

Winner Liu Mengting (centre) with Han Linshan (left) and Yang Ruyi after China took all three medals in the women’s freeski slopestyle. Photo: Xinhua
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Editorial | Cooler heads must prevail when tempers heat up in ice hockey

Fights are common in this intense sport but brawl involving Turkmenistan and Hong Kong at Asian Winter Games in Harbin broke all protocol.

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Curl Runnings! Philippines curling team bank on unlikely Winter Olympics berth

Following the lead of the Jamaican bobsleigh team, a Swiss-Filipino quartet are gaining experience in Harbin before trying for the 2026 Games.

Gao, Yang, Xiong win golds to give China a victorious day at Asian Winter Games

Speed skating ‘no longer an exclusively dominant strength for Western countries’, says Olympic champ Gao after 500m win lands him second gold.

China’s Gao Tingyu, who won the 100m on Saturday, did just enough to beat Japan’s Wataru Morishige to the 500m gold medal on Monday. Photo: AP
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Hong Kong end turbulent 36 hours with defeat, ice hockey quarter-finals await

The men’s team lost 6-5 in overtime to Kyrgyzstan in the ranking round, but the last eight already represents an improvement on previous Games.

Chief Executive John Lee paid a visit to the athletes’ village to speak to the three Hong Kong ice hockey players injured in a scuffle against Turkmenistan. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong ice hockey players hurt in shocking attack after Asian Winter Games win

The assault took place after Hong Kong’s men had beaten Turkmenistan 5-1 in a Group C clash in Harbin.

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China unearths next ski aerials star, Hong Kong’s Yung shines in men’s slalom

Li Xinpeng leaves Olympic champion in the shade to claim gold with flawless final jump, China and South Korea skaters continue battle on ice.

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Eileen Gu

Asian Winter Games: Li’s golden start, Gao’s record cap China’s perfect day

A late replacement for the injured Eileen Gu, Li Fanghui claims title of her own as China end day just ahead of South Korea in medal race.

China’s Li Fanghui competes in the women’s freeski halfpipe final at the Asian Winter Games. Photo: AFP

Video | Asian Winter Games 2025 opens in northeastern Chinese city of Harbin

In a display of lights, music and ice skating, the ceremony culminated in 2014 Chinese Olympic gold medallist Zhang Hong lighting the cauldron

South Korea’s skaters make dominant start to Asian Winter Games, Gao sets record

Team lives up to dominant billing, taking first three short-track golds, before Chinese speedster Gao Tingyu gets hosts off the mark.

‘Cool sweepings’: Hong Kong curling team make presence felt at Asian Winter Games

Winning a medal is the target for the team, who are making their debuts at this level – and would be a real coup for the ‘snowless city’.

Hong Kong’s curling pair of Martin Yan (right) and Hung Ling-Yue beat Thailand’s Chanatip Sonkham and Teekawin Jearateerawit in Harbin on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
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Asian Winter Games opening ‘distinctly Chinese, uniquely Asian and spectacular’

Short-track speed skater Lam Ching-yan and alpine skier Adrian Yung named city’s flag bearers, represent ‘new generation’ of athletes.

Hong Kong athletes arrive at the opening ceremony of the ninth Asian Winter Games in Harbin. Photo: Xinhua

34 nations arrive for Asian Winter Games, as Harbin hits -24 degrees Celsius

China’s naturalised South Korean-born speed skater Lin Xiaojun among those taking part, along with Saudi skiers and Cambodian snowboarders.

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Letters | Cruise, not medical, tourism the key for Hong Kong

Readers discuss where the focus of the city’s attempts to boost tourism should lie, and preparations for the Asian Winter Games in Harbin.

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China’s Eileen Gu pulls out of Asian Winter Games after injury in training

Gu’s Weibo post announces withdrawal from Games in Harbin ‘with a heavy heart’.

Eileen Gu is helped by medics after her initial injury during the X Games in Aspen on January 24. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Olympic champions carry torch as Hong Kong teams begin their Asian Winter Games

Hong Kong’s men and women get their ice hockey tournaments under way with varying degrees of success in Harbin.

Hong Kong’s men opened their Asian Winter Games in Harbin with a convincing win over Macau. Photo: SF&OC

Qi sets standard as Chinese skiers, snowboarders shine at World Cup and X Games

The veteran Qi admits ‘younger guys are constantly pushing me’, but says ‘I’m always ready for the competition’.

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Eileen Gu admits lucky escape after ski crash forces X Games withdrawal in Aspen

Chinese Olympic champion says she is ‘OK’ in Instagram post that reveals her ‘tanks hit zero’, with Asian Winter Games only days away.

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