Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Asian Winter Games explained

Noc:TPE
Nocname:Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Year:2017
Date:February 19–26
Games:Asian Winter Games
Location:Sapporo and Obihiro
Competitors:41
Sports:5
Flagbearer:Shen Yen-chin(Opening Ceremony)Amy Lin(Closing Ceremony)
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1] [2] Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in all five sports (seven disciplines).[3] The Chinese Taipei delegation consists of 41 athletes and 30 officials.[4] [5] This marks the nation's largest ever Asian Winter Games team in terms of athletes and officials sent.[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Chinese Taipei delegation per sport and gender.

width=200Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Alpine skiing213
Biathlon100
Curling505
Figure skating213
Ice hockey20020
Short track speed skating448
Speed skating101
Total 35641

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei's Alpine skiing team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

Men
Woman

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei's biathlon team consists of one male athlete.[5]

Man

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team.[7] [8] The team consists of five athletes.[5]

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament.

Round-robinChinese Taipei has a bye in draw 2
  • Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00
  • Draw 3Sunday, February 19, 9:00
  • Draw 4Monday, February 20, 13:30
  • Draw 5Tuesday, February 21, 9:00
  • Draw 6Tuesday, February 21, 18:00
  • SemifinalsWednesday, February 22, 1:30
    Bronze medal matchThursday, February 23, 1:30

    Figure skating

    See main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei's figure skating team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

    Singles
    AthleteEventTotal
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    Tsao Chih-IMen's63.6811
    Lee Meng-ju44.4916
    Amy LinLadies47.1510

    Ice hockey

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division one.[9] [10] Chinese Taipei finished in second place (6th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.[11]

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament. Chinese Taipei was represented by the following 20 athletes:[5]

    Legend

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    Short track speed skating

    See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei's short track speed skating team consists of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women).[5]

    Men
    Women

    Speed skating

    See main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Chinese Taipei's speed skating team consists of one male athlete.[5]

    Man
    AthleteEventFinal
    TimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Sung Ching-yang500 m35.749
    1000 m1:12.4616

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 25 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111113043/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPenUzDm9A5cxw. 11 November 2016 . dead .
    2. Web site: OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 17 February 2017 . 17 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170819144530/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3Kj2tgwUEW%2Fw=%3D . 19 August 2017 . dead .
    3. Web site: 2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC . 16 December 2016 . www.sapporo2017.org . 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee . 16 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185609/https://sapporo2017.org/site/news-en/12161.html . 20 December 2016 . dead .
    4. Web site: Chinese Taipei will attend the 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games in 2017 . 我國參加2017年第8屆札幌亞洲冬季運動會授旗典禮 . Chinese . 9 February 2017 . www.tpenoc.net/ . . 11 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093456/http://www.tpenoc.net/?p=8375 . 12 February 2017 . dead .
    5. Web site: Chinese Taipei Delegation for the 8th Sapporo Winter Asian Games 2017 . Chinese, English . 13 February 2017 . www.tpenoc.net/ . . 13 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213165605/http://www.tpenoc.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017%E6%9C%AD%E5%B9%8C%E4%BA%9E%E5%86%AC%E9%81%8B%E5%9C%98%E5%93%A1%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C-1.pdf?gid=6 . 13 February 2017 . dead .
    6. Web site: 15 February 2016 . Chinese Taipei NOC sends record number of winter sports athletes to Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 15 February 2016.
    7. Web site: Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017 . 27 January 2017 . www.sapporo2017.org/ . 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee . 27 January 2017 .
    8. Web site: Asian Winter Games return to Sapporo for the third time . 15 February 2017 . www.worldcurling.org/ . . 15 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061502/http://www.worldcurling.org/eighth-awg-preview . 16 February 2017 . dead .
    9. Web site: Entry list for hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games . 3 December 2016 . www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National Teams of Ice hockey . 3 December 2016.
    10. Web site: Sapporo 2017 confirm entrants in men's and women's ice hockey tournaments . Morgan . Liam . 4 January 2017 . www.insidethegames.biz/ . Dunsar Media Ltd. . 4 January 2017.
    11. Web site: Ice hockey Men's Division I Tournament Progress. 25 February 2017. www.info.sapporo2017.org/. Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 26 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227145927/http://info.sapporo2017.org/ddr/12017100/IH/IH/M/401/00/TOURNAMENTPROGRESS.pdf?_=1488127489027. 27 February 2017. dead.