The members of the Philippine team react after winning the male gold medal match between the Philippines and South Korea during the Asian winter matches of Harbin 2025 in Harbin, in northeast of China Heilongjiang, February 14, 2025. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Friday, the Asian winter games finished in Harbin with the host of China overlooking the one -year medal table of the Olympic Games and the Philippines among the tropical countries that make history.
Closely repeated dancers and a digital symphonic orchestra launched the closing ceremony before the athletes entered the flags of 10,000 inhabitants by waving flags and snapping selfies.
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A huge screen displayed images of futuristic ski slopes and words “to see in Saudi Arabia”, the next Asian winter games and a logo for “Neom 2029”.
The ninth edition of the regional games – but the first since 2017 – saw China win twice as many gold medals as the challenges closest to South Korea, with Japan third.
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China was successful in rapid skating and swept away Freeski’s female gold medals despite the fact that the hero of the Beijing Olympic Games missed Eileen Gu, who withdrew a few days before the games with an injury .
South Korea’s world class skaters came out on a short track, winning two -thirds of gold medals in sport.
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The skater with a natural chinese track naturalized Lin Xiaojun, 2018 Olympic champion in the 1500m for South Korea, was the only individual host champion, winning the 500m male sprint.
A late confrontation between linen in China and the Park Park in South Korea in the men’s 5,000 m relay cost the gold of the two countries, Kazakhstan winning victory.
In figure skating, where the field also contained global and Olympic medalists, Cha Jun-Hwan, 23, South Korea, won gold in simple male.
It came a few hours after his 18-year-old teammate Kim Chae-Yeon beat Kaori Sakamoto, favorite, from Japan for the female crown.
“Sakamoto is an excellent skater,” said Kim, according to the Yonhap news agency.
“I wanted to beat Sakamoto at least once at some point, and it’s an honor to beat her during a big competition like this.”
The North Korean artistic skater Ryom Tae Ok, which contributed under a unified Korean flag at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games, finished second with Han Kum Chul in pairs.
The Philippine gold medalists (C), silver medalists in South Korea (L) and the Bronze China Medaolists attend the ceremony for the awards of the male curling team during the Asian Winter Games From Harbin 2025 to Harbin, in northeast China, the province of Heilongjiang on February 14, 2025. East of China of Heilongjiang on February 14, 2025. (Photo (photo of China in northeast China on February 14, 2025. (Photo. By Jade Gao / AFP)
Teekhree Silpa-Archa in Thailand paid a poignant tribute to the members of his Boston skating club who died last month in the Washington plane crash that killed 67 people.
“I wanted to take them to an international scene and do it for them,” she told AFP after tightening photos of tragic teenage skaters Spencer Lane and Jinna Han.
Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines have all won the medals of Asian winter games for the first time.
On Friday, the Curler of the Philippines Alan Frei told AFP that it seemed “absolutely wild” to beat champions of South Korea twice for a historic gold.
“It’s so weird, right?” He said.
‘Act of violence’
This document photo taken on February 10, 2025 and received via the Hong Kong Information Services Department shows that the City Manager, John Lee (Center L), meeting of the injured players of the men’s men’s team Hong Kong ice hockey in the Asian winter matches of Harbin 2025 in Harbin. (Photo by Howout / Hong Kong Information Services Department / AFP)
Ski Mountaineering made its winter debut, a year before sport first took place at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.
China quickly won the nine medals available.
Saudi Arabia was at the games for the first time, in front of the Kingdom of Desert welcoming the Asian winter games of 2029.
Their team of eight athletes has won no medal in none of their two events: male curling and alpine skiing.
Controversy has never been far away.
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Four ice hockey players from Turkmenistan were suspended and thrown out of the matches after a violent consequence in their beat 5-1 in the hands of Hong Kong.
Images on social networks have shown at least three Turkmenistan players throwing punches on Hong Kong players while the referees were trying to intervene.
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“I am very shocked and my heart broken. I firmly condemn this act of violence, “said Hong Kong chief Kenneth Fok.
