Asian Winter Games 2025

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 Uzbekistan may be able to get a medal in short track. I believe both of their athletes used to compete for Russia.

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2 hours ago, intoronto said:

And competition has officially started.

A close match nonetheless!  gets their men's ice hockey campaign off to a successful start in Group B.

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31 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Uzbekistan may be able to get a medal in short track. I believe both of their athletes used to compete for Russia.

They did, and so did their Pairs figure skating team and speed skater. 

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Hong Kong beat its neighbour Macau 26-1  in men's hockey 

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Looking forward to the  v.  match in women's ice hockey. They played a close 5-8 semifinals match at Torino 2025, and while there's obviously been some roster changes without the age/education restriction, I think it might be the most important match in terms of qualification to Group A.   

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 set to make a little history in the curling mixed doubles tournament today. According to the participation statistics kept by World Curling, it will be the first official senior international competition for both national federations.

 

 sent a team to the 2022 World Junior "B" Curling Championships, but this will be first time a senior team has entered an international tournament, meaning one of the two NFs will begin their senior competitive history with a victory as well.

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...and we're tied 5-5 heading into the final end 

 

 with the hammer.

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 takes the final end to win their first-ever international curling match 

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stuns  in the mixed doubles. The Korean team includes an Olympic silver medalist in the women's event. Wow. Mild surprise!

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15 minutes ago, intoronto said:

stuns  in the mixed doubles. The Korean team includes an Olympic silver medalist in the women's event. Wow. Mild surprise!

If that first session ends up being a tone setter, we're in for a very entertaining mixed doubles tournament