CCTV News: February 14 is the last day of the 9th Asian Winter Games. Although the Chinese sports delegation did not earn gold medals, it still won one precious silver medal and two bronze medals in the women's curling, men's curling and women's ice hockey matches. At this Asian Winter Games, the Chinese team not only firmly ranked first in the gold medal list and medal list, but also achieved the best results in the history of the Chinese team since participating in the Asian Winter Games, continuing to write a new chapter in China's ice and snow sports.

Create the best results in the history of participating in the Asian Winter Games

In this Asian Winter Games, the Chinese sports delegation participated in all 6 major events, 11 sub-events and 64 sub-events, with 85 medals in total, with 32 golds, 27 silvers, 26 bronzes, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list. The number of gold medals and medals both hit a record high in the Chinese team's participation.

The situation of "strong ice and weak snow" is turning into balanced development of ice and snow

In this Asian Winter Games, the Chinese sports delegation won 32 gold medals, including 13 ice events and 19 snow events. The number of gold medals in snow events exceeded the number of gold medals in ice events for the first time.

Zhou Jinqiang, head of the Chinese Sports Delegation Group of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, said that the outstanding results reflect the comprehensive development trend of my country's ice and snow sports since the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The development of ice and snow projects has become increasingly balanced and progressing together. The original situation of "strong ice and weak snow" is changing to a balanced development of ice and snow.

Breakthroughs in gold medals in multiple events

In the speed skating men's 100 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, women's group chase, cross-country skiing men's personal short distance, men's 4×7.5 kilometers relay, women's 5 kilometers and other minor events, the Chinese team achieved a breakthrough in gold medal "zero" at the Asian Winter Games. At the same time, speed skating and short track speed skating events have broken many Asian records and competition records, making it the most records since my country participated in the Asian Winter Games.

The veterans and newcomers exploded to reserve strength for the Milan Winter Olympics

At this Asian Winter Games, the Beijing Winter Olympic champions such as Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu, Fan Kexin continued to fight for the country, demonstrating the veteran's championship strength and good competitive state.

The performance of the Mesozoic athletes such as Ning Zhongyan and Han Mei have become more and more mature in the field and have achieved outstanding results. At the same time, new generation athletes such as Liu Mengting, Yang Wenlong, Li Fanghui, and Xiong Shirui have devoted themselves to winter sports due to the Beijing Winter Olympics and have grown and improved at this Asian Winter Games, which has also accumulated strength for China to prepare for the Milan Winter Olympics.

my country's competitive ice and snow map continues to expand

In addition, the athletes won medals by the Chinese sports delegation of the Harbin Asian Winter Games cover 19 provinces including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Beijing, showing the development achievements of my country's competitive ice and snow sports in "expanding the territory" and "strengthening the foundation" and consolidating the thickness of talents. It also reflects the new situation of vigorous development of competitive ice and snow across the country after the Beijing Winter Olympics.