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Mongolian Team Participates in the Opening Ceremony of the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games
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Ulaanbaatar, February 10, 2025 /MONTSAME/. On February 7, 2025, the Opening Ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games took place in Harbin, the People's Republic of China.
The Asian Winter Games, which will continue until February 14, 2025, is a grand spectacle featuring 1,275 athletes from 34 countries competing in 64 events across 11 sports. This marks the third time that China hosted the prestigious Asian Winter Games, and the Mongolian team proudly participated in the Opening Ceremony for the ninth time.
The Asian Winter Games, organized under the auspices of the Olympic Council of Asia, were first held in Sapporo, Japan, in 1986. Since then, Japan has hosted the event four times, the Republic of Korea once, the Republic of Kazakhstan once, and now the People's Republic of China for the third time.
This year, Mongolia sent its largest-ever team to the Asian Winter Games, with 35 athletes, guided by 28 coaches, competing in seven events across four sports.
The Mongolian team won its first bronze medal in the men’s cross-country ski relay at the Sapporo 1990 Asian Winter Games. Since then, Mongolian athletes have earned more accolades, including the bronze in free skiing at the Changchun 2007 Games, the silver in men’s ice hockey at the Astana-Almaty 2011 Games, and four more medals in ski orienteering.
