China at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
# 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. China competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines). The Chinese delegation consisted of 236 people (156 athletes and 79 officials).

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

## 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. 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”. 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.

## 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 DiFang XinGuan YingyingHe SiyeHe XinJiang BowenJiang YueJu JingwenKong MinghuiLiu ZhixinLu ShuangLyu YueTian NaiyuanWang ChangWang YuqingWen LuYu BaiweiZhang ChiZhang MengyingZhao QinanZhu 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 |

## Curling

China had entered both men's and women's teams.

### Men's tournament

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

Key :

* Teams to playoffs

| Countryvte | 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

| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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

China's women's team consisted of five athletes.

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

Key :

* Teams to playoffs

| Countryvte | 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

| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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

China's figure skating team consisted of twelve athletes.

### Singles

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

### Mixed

| Athlete(s) | Event | SP/SD | SP/SD | FP/FD | FP/FD | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Pairs | 77.90 | 1 | 145.98 | 1 | 223.88 | |
| Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | Pairs | 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 | Ice dancing | 59.02 | 3 | 83.40 | 3 | 142.42 | |

## Ice hockey

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

### Men's tournament

China was represented by the following 23 athletes:

* 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 | Teamvte | 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 |

### Women's tournament

China was represented by the following 21 athletes:

* 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 | Teamvte | 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 |

## Snowboarding

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bi Ye | Giant slalom | 53.33 | 5 | 45.10 | 6 | 1:38.43 | 6 |
| Bi Ye | 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 |
| Sun Huan | Slalom | 43.84 | 11 | 36.80 | 7 | 1:20.64 | 8 |
| Wu Pengtao | Giant slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Wu Pengtao | 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 |
| Zhang Xuan | Slalom | 42.39 | 7 | 36.14 | 3 | 1:18.53 | 5 |

### Women

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

### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Men's halfpipe | 40.00 | 38.75 | 40.00 | 7 | 52.00 | 5.75 | 52.00 | 8 |
| Zhang Yiwei | Men's halfpipe | 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 | Women's halfpipe | 59.00 | 6.25 | 59.00 | 8 | 64.25 | 67.25 | 67.25 | 5 |
| Liu Jiayu | Women's halfpipe | 18.75 | 89.25 | 89.25 | 1 | 93.00 | 68.25 | 93.00 | |
| Qiu Leng | Women's halfpipe | 12.00 | 68.25 | 68.25 | 6 | 30.50 | 62.50 | 62.50 | 6 |
