HARBIN, China, Feb 8, (Agencies): Chinese President Xi Jinping officially opened the Ninth Asian Winter Games (Harbin 2025) in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China. The event features nearly 1,500 athletes from 34 Asian countries, including a 55-member delegation from Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti athletes are competing in five sports: ice hockey, curling, snowboarding, speed skating, and figure skating.
The opening ceremony showcased a vibrant folklore performance themed “Dream of Winter, Love among Asia.”
Following the lighting of the cauldron and the parade of national flags, Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia, Timothy Tsun Ting Fok, delivered a speech welcoming the participants.
Ali Al-Merri, head of the Kuwaiti delegation, expressed gratitude for the support from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
He emphasized the Kuwait Olympic Committee’s commitment to promoting sports through participation in such continental events, highlighting the significance of the Asian
Winter Games as the second-largest multi-sport event in Asia after the Asian Summer Games.
The Kuwaiti athletes are competing in five sports: ice hockey, curling, snowboarding, speed skating, and figure skating. Over 8,000 spectators at the Harbin International Conference,Exhibition and Sports Center burst into cheers as Xi officially declared the Games open in the presence of visiting
dignitaries including International Olympic Committee
(IOC) President Thomas Bach.
A record 34 countries and regions are competing in Harbin 2025, surpassing the previous high set at the 8th Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan in 2017.
Over 1,200 athletes are participating in ice events in Harbin and snow events in Yabuli, marking an increase from the previous record of 1,147 at the Sapporo Games. Amid roaring cheers from the venue audience, star speed skater Ning Zhongyan and skier Liu Mengting, who made history by winning the women’s big air gold at the FIS Freeski World Cup in January, bore the Chinese national
flag during the athletes’ parade. The Chinese delegation is composed of 257 members, including 170 athletes. Five Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic champions, Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu, Gao Tingyu,
Fan Kexin and Liu Shaoang headline the squad of 85 men and 85 women that cover 64 events across six disciplines.
Finishing 1st in regular part of the season, Kuwait Warriors had a good playoff winning series.
Kuwait was competing in Division IV for the fourth straight year and had its third straight top-three finish after taking silver last year.
Kuwait Ice Hockey Federation is proud to announce the participation at International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship Division IV Tournament at Armenia, Yerevan from 13-19. April 2025
Fahid Al-Ajmi, director of Kuwait’s delegation at the tournament, commended the team’s strong performance against one of the toughest opponents in their group.
Mongolia strikes gold in Kuwait
Kuwait Ice Hockey Federation is proud to announce the hosting of the FIRST International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship Division IV Tournament in Kuwait from 16-19. April 2024
Kuwait ice hockey federation is proud to announce the champion of the league 2023-2024 KUWAIT WARRIORS
Kuwait is ready to host ARAB CUP which is scheduled to be held in Kuwait from May 07 to May 13. 2023.
Kuwait ice hockey federation is proud to announce the champion of the league
2022-2023 Kuwait Stars.
Finishing 2nd in regular part of the season, Kuwait Stars had a good playoff winning series, and finishing 1st in the Kuwait Ice Hockey League.
The Kuwaiti women’s national team had its first IIHF competition at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey
Kuwait is ready to host the first IIHF DEVELOPMENT CUP which is scheduled to be held in Kuwait from November 06 to November 12. 2022. Live stream game statistics you can find on our website: http://kuwait.livehockey.online/
This season Kuwait ice hockey league will present stronger and faster games in both leagues’ men and women.
Tournament for development and presentation of the ice hockey in the regions.
This is the biggest sporting event to be hosted by Kuwait and for the first time in the history of the GCC Game.
Aiming to lift the game in the Gulf to unprecedented heights, boys and girls from Kuwait lived and breathed hockey during for the past two weeks in a pre-season camp in Sweden.
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