Nepal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games explained

Noc:NEP
Nocname:Nepal Olympic Committee
Year:2017
Date:February 19–26
Games:Asian Winter Games
Location:Sapporo and Obihiro
Competitors:3
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Saphal-Ram Shrestha
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Nepal is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1] [2] The country is scheduled to compete in one sport (two disciplines).[3] [4]

Nepal's team consisted of three athletes (one man and two women).[5]

Alpine skier Saphal-Ram Shrestha was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Nepalese delegation per sport and gender.

width=200Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Alpine skiing112
Cross-country skiing011
Total 123

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Nepal's alpine skiing delegation consists of two athletes (one man and one woman).[5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Saphal-Ram ShresthaDNF
1:15.4527DNF
align=left rowspan=2Sangita Lama2:11.9128DNF
1:49.09292:37.97244:27.0624

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Nepal's cross-country skiing delegation consists of one woman.[5] Manikala Rai competed in two races, finishing in 19th out of 23rd position in the women's 10 kilometre freestyle event.[7]

Distance
  • Woman
  • AthleteEventFinal
    TimeDeficitRank
    align=left rowspan=2Manikala Rai10 km freestyle43:35.1+13:10.519
    30 km freestyle mass start59:10.9+15:42.320

    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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185609/https://sapporo2017.org/site/news-en/12161.html . 20 December 2016 .
    4. Web site: Cross Country and Alpine Ski participant in 8th Asian winter games in Japan. 18 February 2017 . www.nocnepal.org.np/. . 25 February 2017.
    5. News: Team off to Japan . The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. 18 February 2017. 18 February 2017.
    6. Web site: Opening of 8th Winter Asian Games . 20 February 2017 . www.nocnepal.org.np/. . 21 February 2017.
    7. News: Nepal's Rai 19th in cross-country skiing event in Asian Winter Games . The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. 21 February 2017. 22 February 2017.