2011 Asian Winter Games
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2011 Asian Winter Games
| VII Asian Winter Games | |
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| Host city | Astana & Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Motto | Unity of purpose ‒ unity of spirit! |
| Teams participating | 26[1] |
| Athletes participating | 843[1] |
| Events | 69 events in 11 sports[2] |
| Opening ceremony | January 30 |
| Closing ceremony | February 6 |
| Officially opened by | President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[3] |
| Torch Lighter | 7 Well known Kazakh athletes. |
| Main venue |
Astana Arena (Opening) |
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The 2011 Asian Winter Games was a multi sporting event that was being held in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan and that began on January 30, 2011 and ended on February 6, 2011. It was the first time that Kazakhstan hosted such a large event since independence from the Soviet Union.[4] The documents for the hosting city were signed in Kuwait on March 4, 2006.[5]
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Venues and financing
Astana Mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov announced venues being built include a multipurpose Sports Palace which will seat up to 15,000 spectators, a ski jump complex, a biathlon stadium, and an athlete village.
Upgrades to existing venues included modernizing the Central Stadium, the B. Sholak Sports Palace, Medeo Skating Rink, and Shimbulak Ski Resort. The ski area was increased fivefold from the current 5 km to 65 km. In 2008 a gondola lift from Medeo Skating Rink to Shymbulak Ski Resort was planned to be completed, however, only in the summer of 2010 construction really started and was under serious time preassure. Medeo Skating rink, built in 1972, is an outdoor rink about a half-hour from Almaty. It is surrounded by the Tian Shan Mountains.[6]
Kazakh Minister of Sports Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov notes the USD 726 million for construction and renovation comes from the 2008 state budget. The Olympic village, on the other hand, will be financed by private investors. Overall, Kazakhstan is spending over $1.4 billion to develop the area it in advance of the games.[6]
Upgrades to the Almaty airport were finished by December 2008; transport issues are also being reviewed. Millions of KZT are being earmarked for reconstruction and construction of main transport routes, overpasses, a ring road as well as investment in a light railway transport line between Talgar, Almaty, and Kaskelen. The plan also included purchases of city passenger buses, taxis, and possibly the construction of an underground electric transport system.
Almaty also upgraded its power supply network of substations and transmission lines. Expansion and reconstruction of heating systems was also recommended. A portion also got into environmental stabilisation.[7]
In 2008, both Medeo and Shymbulak Ski Resort were rebuilt in preparation for the Games. By 2015, Vladimir Smirnov, deputy head of the national ski federation, sayd the Shymbulak complex will play a key role in any prospective Olympic bid, and "by 2015 Shymbulak should become one of the world's ten largest ski resorts". People love to ski in Shymbulak, and many teenagers spend their weekends over there.[8]
Medal table
Kazakhstan won the same amount of gold medals as it did in 2007 on the first day of the competition on the way to topping the medal table for the first time. Iran and Kyrgyzstan won their first ever Asian Winter Games medals, Iran in ski orienteering and alpine skiing and Kyrgyzstan in bandy. 8 countries won medals the most ever at an Asian Winter Games.
- Key
The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
32 | 21 | 17 | 70 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) |
13 | 24 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) |
13 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) |
11 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  North Korea (PRK) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 69 | 69 | 69 | 207 | |
Venues
| Location | Venue[9] | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astana | Astana Arena | Opening ceremony | 30,000 |
| Indoor Speed Skating Stadium | Speed skating | 8,773 | |
| Kazakhstan Sports Palace (arena 1) | Ice hockey | 5,050 | |
| Kazakhstan Sports Palace (arena 2) | Ice hockey | 1,200 | |
| Republican Cycling Track | Short track speed skating, figure skating | 8,000 | |
| Almaty | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports | Ice hockey, closing ceremony | 5,000 |
| Medeo | Bandy | 8,500 | |
| International Ski Jump Complex | Ski jumping | 9,500 | |
| Shymbulak Alpine Sport Resort | Alpine skiing | 3,000 | |
| Biathlon and Cross Country Skiing Stadium | Biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski orienteering | 6,200 | |
| Tabagan Sport and Recreation Complex | Freestyle skiing | 2,250 |
Torch relay
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The flame of the Games was officially lit at Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City on January 11, 2011.[10][11] The relay was officially start in Almaty on January 12, 2011 and span around the cities in Kazakhstan for 16 days before arrive at the opening ceremony on January 30, 2011.[12]
| Date | City[13] | Length | Number of torchbearers |
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| January 12 | Almaty | 11.7km | 80[12] |
| January 13 | Taraz | 12km [14] | 60[15] |
| January 14 | Shymkent | ||
| January 15 | Kyzylorda | ||
| January 16 | Aktau | ||
| January 17 | Atyrau | ||
| January 18 | Oral | ||
| January 19 | Aktobe | ||
| January 20 | Kostanay | ||
| January 21 | Petropavl | ||
| January 22–23 | Kokshetau | ||
| January 24 | Pavlodar | ||
| January 25–26 | Oskemen | ||
| January 27 | Taldykorgan | ||
| January 28–29 | Karagandy | ||
| January 30 | Astana |
Sports Events
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.[16]
Olympic sports Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Snowboarding, Curling and Nordic Combined will not be contested.
Bandy was included for the first time in the Games, while curling and snowboarding was excluded from the list, ski jumping returns to the Games, after not being contested in the last Games in Changchun.
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Participating NOCs[17]
26 countries have registered to take part and they are listed below, this is an increase of 1 from the 2007 games. Bahrain, Qatar and Singapore will make their debuts,[18] while Macau and Pakistan will not compete after competing in 2007.
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Non-Competing nations
Only one country just sent officials.
Calendar
In the following calendar for the 2011 Asian Winter Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held.
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| January / February 2011 | 28th Fri |
29th Sat |
30th Sun |
31st Mon |
1st Tue |
2nd Wed |
3rd Thu |
4th Fri |
5th Sat |
6th Sun |
Gold medals |
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 Alpine skiing |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
 Bandy |
● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
 Biathlon |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
 Cross-country skiing |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||
 Figure Skating |
● | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
 Freestyle skiing |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
 Ice hockey |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |
 Short track speed skating |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
 Ski jumping |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 Ski orienteering |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
 Speed skating |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Total gold medals | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 69 | |||
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||||||
| January / February 2011 | 28th Fri |
29th Sat |
30th Sun |
31st Mon |
1st Tue |
2nd Wed |
3rd Thu |
4th Fri |
5th Sat |
6th Sun |
Gold medals |
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