China at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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]

China at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors156 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Wu Dajing
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
12
Silver
14
Bronze
9
Total
35
Asian Winter Games appearances

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

Background

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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

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Medal table

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Short track speed skating3216
  Snowboarding3216
  Figure skating2327
  Curling2002
  Cross-country skiing1225
  Speed skating1135
  Biathlon0303
  Ice hockey0101
Totals (8 entries)1214935

Medalists

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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
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

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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

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Biathlon

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Cross-country skiing

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Curling

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

Men's tournament

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Key
Teams to playoffs
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

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet B 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 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

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

Key
Teams to playoffs
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

Figure skating

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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

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Ice hockey

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

Men's tournament

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

Legend

  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Rank 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
Japan  14–0
(5–0, 4–0, 5–0)
  ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,197
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
59Shots9

24 February 2017
15:30
Kazakhstan  8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 483
Game reference
6 minPenalties24 min
76Shots19

26 February 2017
9:00
China  0–10
(0–2, 0–4, 0–4)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 344
Game reference
12 minPenalties0 min
14Shots66

Women's tournament

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

Legend

  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Rank 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
China  20–0
(4–0, 8–0, 8–0)
  Hong KongTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Referee:
  Kuroda Anna
Linesmen:
  Mizuhori Mai
  Lee Kyung-sun
6 minPenalties2 min
78Shots3

20 February 2017
15:30
China  8–3
(2–1, 3–1, 3–1)
  KazakhstanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 323
Game reference
6 minPenalties10 min
39Shots21

21 February 2017
12:00
China  15–0
(7–0, 4–0, 4–0)
  ThailandTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 184
Game reference
2 minPenalties4 min
74Shots3

23 February 2017
12:00
South Korea  3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 351
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots29

25 February 2017
19:00
Japan  6–1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,807
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
70Shots3

Short track speed skating

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Ski jumping

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Snowboarding

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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

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References

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