Japan completed a great showtime in snowboard events of the Asian Winter Games by claiming both gold medals on offer at the Beidahu ski resort on Tuesday.
Japan and China had to tussle against each other to split three gold medals on offer on the first match day of snow sports in the 6th Asian Winter Games on Monday at the Beidahu ski resort, Jilin city.
Kazakhstan smashed Thailand 52-1 to storm into the final four of the men's ice hockey event together with China and South Korea at the sixth Asian Winter Games here on Monday.
Japanese Hiroki Hirako broke the Asian record to pocket the men's 5,000m speedskating title at the 6th Asian Winter Games on Monday.
It is the warmest winter in Jilin city since 1959, but Japan coach Atsushi Kazama still think it is too cold for his athletes to compete in biathlon competitions of the sixth Asian Winter Games.
The largest-ever Asian Winter Games raised its curtain here Sunday evening in Changchun, a northeast city in China.
It is the warmest winter in Jilin city since 1959, but Japan coach Atsushi Kazama still think it is too cold for his athletes to compete in biathlon competitions of the sixth Asian Winter Games.
Chinese women ice hockey players started their revenge with a big win while Japan struggled at the sixth Asian Winter Games in Changchun on Sunday.
A record number of competitors will take part in the Asian Winter Games here from Sunday in a tribute to the widening appeal of ice and snow sports in the region.
Yuya Oikawa, a rising Japanese star skater, said that China is a lucky place for him upon his arrival in Changchun on Thursday with the Japanese Winter Asiad delegation.
The Japanese delegation put its gold medal hope mainly in skating events at the 6th Asian Winter Games, said Toshiaki Murasato, Chef-de-Mission of the Japanese delegation which arrived in Changchun on Thursday.