China at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

China at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	156 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Wu Dajing
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 12 Silver 14 Bronze 9 Total 35
Asian Winter Games appearances
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China participated in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan, from February 19 to 26. ^{[1] [2]} China competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines). ^[3] The Chinese delegation consisted of 236 people (156 athletes and 79 officials). ^{[4] [5]}

Short track speed skater Wu Dajing was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. ^[6]

Background

One of the athletes' hotels was the APA Hotel in Sapporo. The founder and president of this hotel chain, Toshio Motoya, is a strong supporter of political and historical views aligned with those of Japan's right wing. For example, Motoya claimed that "Japanese aggression, the Nanking Massacre, and comfort women" were "fabricated stories" or "fictitious". His book is available in each of the guest rooms at the hotel. This created controversy, particularly in China, which caused the games organizers to ask the hotel to take appropriate actions and remove them from guest rooms. ^{[7] [8]} The Organizing Committee gained exclusive access over the hotel from February 12, and an organization committee official said, "we can decide what is removed and placed in the guest rooms so that we don’t place any items that offend athletes, from not only China, but also any other nation”. ^[9] Eventually, both South Korea and China requested that their athletes stay at a different hotel, and the organizing committee obliged by changing their accommodations to the Sapporo Prince Hotel. ^{[10] [11]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Short track speed skating	3	2	1	6
Snowboarding	3	2	1	6
Figure skating	2	3	2	7
Curling	2	0	0	2
Cross-country skiing	1	2	2	5
Speed skating	1	1	3	5
Biathlon	0	3	0	3
Ice hockey	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)	12	14	9	35

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Man Dandan	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	20 February
Gold	Zang Ruxin	Snowboarding	Women's slalom	20 February
Gold	Gao Tingyu	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	20 February
Gold	Wu Dajing	Short track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	21 February
Gold	Zang Yize	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	21 February
Gold	Wu Dajing Han Tianyu Ren Ziwei Xu Hongzhi	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 metres relay	22 February
Gold	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	Figure skating	Ice dance	24 February
Gold	Liu Rui Xu Xiaoming Ba Dexin Zang Jialiang Zou Qiang	Curling	Men's tournament	24 February
Gold	Wang Bingyu Wang Rui Liu Jinli Zhou Yan Yang Ying	Curling	Women's tournament	24 February
Gold	Zhang Yiwei	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	25 February
Gold	Liu Jiayu	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe	25 February
Gold	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	Figure skating	Pairs	25 February
Silver	Zang Ruxin	Snowboarding	Women's giant slalom	19 February
Silver	Sun Qinghai	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint	20 February
Silver	Wu Dajing	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	20 February
Silver	Han Mei	Speed skating	Women's 5000 metres	22 February
Silver	Fan Kexin Qu Chunyu Zang Yize Guo Yihan	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 metres relay	22 February
Silver	Zhang Yan	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint	23 February
Silver	Zhang Yan	Biathlon	Women's 10km Pursuit	24 February
Silver	Chi Chunxue Li Hongxue Li Xin Man Dandan	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay	24 February
Silver	Cai Xuetong	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe	25 February
Silver	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	Figure skating	Pairs	25 February
Silver	Li Zijun	Figure skating	Ladies singles	25 February
Silver	Deng Di Fang Xin Guan Yingying He Siye He Xin Jiang Bowen Jiang Yue Ju Jingwen Kong Minghui Liu Zhixin Lu Shuang Lyu Yue Tian Naiyuan Wang Chang Wang Yuqing Wen Lu Yu Baiwei Zhang Chi Zhang Mengying Zhao Qinan Zhu Rui	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	25 February
Silver	Jin Boyang	Figure skating	Men's Singles	26 February
Silver	Wang Wenqiang	Biathlon	Men's 15km Mass Start	26 February
Bronze	Gong Naiying	Snowboarding	Women's giant slalom	19 February
Bronze	Zhang Hong	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	20 February
Bronze	Guo Yihan	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	20 February
Bronze	Zhang Hong	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	21 February
Bronze	Zhao Xin Liu Jing Han Mei	Speed skating	Women's team pursuit	21 February
Bronze	Li Hongxue	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5km classical	23 February
Bronze	Chen Hong / Zhao Yan	Figure skating	Ice dance	24 February
Bronze	Yan Han	Figure skating	Men's Singles	26 February
Bronze	Li Hongxue	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15km Free Mass Start	26 February

Competitors

The following table lists the Chinese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	6	5	11
Biathlon	4	5	9
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	4	4	8
Ice hockey	23	21	44
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Ski jumping	6	—	6
Snowboarding	8	8	16
Speed skating	10	10	20
Total	83	74	157

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

China had entered both men's and women's teams. ^{[12] [13]}

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

• Liu Rui – Skip
• Xu Xiaoming – Third
• Ba Dexin – Second
• Zang Jialiang – Lead
• Zou Qiang – Alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
China	Liu Rui	5	0
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	4	1
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	3	2
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	2	3
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	4
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	0	5

Round-robin

China had a bye in draw 2

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Rui) 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 X 12   Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 Draw 3 Sunday, February 19, 9:00 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Rui) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 X 7   Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 13:30 Sheet A v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Rui) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 9   Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6

Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 9:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3   China (Rui) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 X X 8 Draw 6 Tuesday, February 21, 18:00 Sheet A v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 X X 5   China (Rui) 3 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 X X 14

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
China (Rui)	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	X	X	8

Gold medal match

Friday, February 24, 1:30

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Rui)	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	2	X	X	11
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

China's women's team consisted of five athletes. ^[13]

• Wang Bingyu – skip
• Rui Wang – third
• Liu Jinli – second
• Zhou Yan – lead
• Yang Ying – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	4	0
China	Wang Bingyu	3	1
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	2	2
Kazakhstan	Ramina Yunicheva	1	3
Qatar	Maryam Binali	0	4

Round-robin

China had a bye in draw 2

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2   China (Wang) 6 1 0 7 1 5 0 X X X 20 Draw 3 Sunday, February 20, 9:00 Sheet A v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   South Korea (Eun-jung) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8   China (Wang) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6

Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 18:00 Sheet B v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Wang) 4 0 5 4 5 5 X X X X 23   Qatar (Binali) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1 Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 13:30 Sheet C v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final   China (Wang) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Japan (Fujisawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

China's figure skating team consisted of twelve athletes.

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FP		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jin Boyang	Men's	92.86	1	187.22	2	280.08
Yan Han		91.56	3	180.30	3	271.86
Li Zijun	Ladies	58.65	4	116.95	3	175.60
Zhao Ziquan		58.90	3	79.67	10	138.57	7

Mixed

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	Pairs	77.90	1	145.98	1	223.88
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang		67.24	2	129.82	2	197.06
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	Ice dancing	66.02	1	98.26	1	164.28
Zhao Yan / Chen Hong		59.02	3	83.40	3	142.42

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

China had entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team competed in the top division. ^{[14] [15]}

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

China was represented by the following 23 athletes: ^[16]

• Sun Zehao (G)
• Xia Shengrong (G)
• Hu Tianyu (D)
• Liang Wenbin (D)
• Liu Qing (D)
• Na Yungang (D)
• Yang Mingxi (D)
• Zhang Jiaqi (D)
• Zhu Ziyang (D)
• Chen Ling (F)
• Cui Xijun (F)
• Li Hang (F)
• Li Tianhao (F)
• Li Zhengyu (F)
• Liu Wei (F)
• Liu Yongshen (F)
• Wang Chongwei (F)
• Wang Chuxiong (F)
• Xia Tianxiang (F)
• Zhang Cheng (F)
• Zhang Hao (F)
• Zhang Wenqinghuai (F)
• Zhang Zesen (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	0	19	0	+19	9
	South Korea	3	2	0	0	1	14	6	+8	6
	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	15	11	+4	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	0	32	–32	0

22 February 2017 19:00 v

Japan

14–0 (5–0, 4–0, 5–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 1,197

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	59	Shots	9

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24 February 2017 15:30 v

Kazakhstan

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 483

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	24 min
	76	Shots	19

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26 February 2017 9:00 v

China

0–10 (0–2, 0–4, 0–4)

South Korea

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 344

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	0 min
	14	Shots	66

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

China was represented by the following 21 athletes: ^[17]

• He Siye (G)
• Wang Yuqing (G)
• Jiang Yue (G)
• Deng Di (D)
• Ju Jingwen (D)
• Liu Zhixin (D)
• Yu Baiwei (D)
• Zhao Qinan (D)
• Fang Xin (F)
• Guan Yingying (F)
• He Xin (F)
• Jiang Bowen (F)
• Kong Minghui (F)
• Lu Shuang (F)
• Lyu Yue (F)
• Tian Naiyuan (F)
• Wang Chang (F)
• Wen Lu (F)
• Zhang Chi (F)
• Zhang Mengying (F)
• Zhu Rui (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	98	1	+97	15
	China	5	3	0	1	1	46	12	+34	10
	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	31	14	+17	9
4	South Korea	5	2	1	0	2	37	6	+31	8
5	Thailand	5	1	0	0	4	5	84	–79	3
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	0	5	4	104	–100	0

18 February 2017 19:00 v

China

20–0 (4–0, 8–0, 8–0)

Hong Kong

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 110

Game reference
				Referee: Kuroda Anna Linesmen: Mizuhori Mai Lee Kyung-sun
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	78	Shots	3

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20 February 2017 15:30 v

China

8–3 (2–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 323

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	21

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21 February 2017 12:00 v

China

15–0 (7–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Thailand

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 184

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	74	Shots	3

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23 February 2017 12:00 v

South Korea

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 351

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	29

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25 February 2017 19:00 v

Japan

6–1 (5–0, 0–1, 1–0)

China

Tsukisamu Gymnasium Attendance: 1,807

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	70	Shots	3

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Alpine

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bi Ye	Giant slalom	53.33	5	45.10	6	1:38.43	6
	Slalom	40.48	2	39.08	12	1:19.56	6
Sun Huan	Giant slalom	54.52	9	46.17	10	1:40.69	9
	Slalom	43.84	11	36.80	7	1:20.64	8
Wu Pengtao	Giant slalom	DSQ
	Slalom	43.65	10	38.42	10	1:22.07	10
Zhang Xuan	Giant slalom	53.64	7	45.12	7	1:38.76	7
	Slalom	42.39	7	36.14	3	1:18.53	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gong Naiying	Giant slalom	56.39	3	49.42	4	1:45.81
	Slalom	45.44	3	43.94	8	1:29.38	6
Niu Jiaqi	Giant slalom	DSQ
	Slalom	47.07	7	41.04	5	1:28.11	5
Xu Xiaoxiao	Giant slalom	1:03.57	7	49.31	3	1:52.88	6
	Slalom	45.19	2	47.10	12	1:32.29	7
Zang Ruxin	Giant slalom	55.95	2	49.75	6	1:45.70
	Slalom	43.50	1	40.12	2	1:23.62

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Huang Shiying	Men's halfpipe	38.75	39.50	39.50	8	54.25	57.75	57.75	7
Xu Dechao		40.00	38.75	40.00	7	52.00	5.75	52.00	8
Zhang Yiwei		81.50	15.25	81.50	3	90.50	93.50	93.50
Cai Xuetong	Women's halfpipe	65.50	26.00	65.50	7	77.50	78.50	78.50
Li Shuang		59.00	6.25	59.00	8	64.25	67.25	67.25	5
Liu Jiayu		18.75	89.25	89.25	1	93.00	68.25	93.00
Qiu Leng		12.00	68.25	68.25	6	30.50	62.50	62.50	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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