Korea, way to go! The opening ceremony of the 7th day of departure from the main team of Harbin Game is ice hockey Lee Chong-min X curling Kim Eun-ji
Feb 04, 2025
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The main team of the South Korean team is scheduled to depart from Incheon International Airport at 12:20 p.m. on the 4th via Asiana Airlines flight OZ339 and arrive in Harbin after a flight of about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The headquarters, which will depart on the same day, consisted of 16 executives from the headquarters of the Korea Sports Association, including Shin Dong-kwang (head of the Korea Sports Association's training headquarters), and a total of 29 members, including the cross-country (13 athletes). Starting with the ice hockey event on the 1st, the ice short track, curling (mix-double) and ice speed skating teams left the country on the 2nd, and skis (alpine, snowboard, freestyle, etc.) will leave the country on the 5th, following the main stage on the 4th.
The Harbin Winter Asian Games, which will be held for the first time in eight years since the 2017 Sapporo Games, will be held in Harbin, China from the 7th to the 14th of next month, with 1,275 people from 34 countries participating, the highest number ever in the Winter Asian Games. They compete for 64 gold medals in six events and 11 divisions. The ice skating event will be held in Harbin City and the snow event will be held in Yabuli, about 200 kilometers from Harbin. South Korea will send a total of 222 athletes in six sports (148 athletes, 53 sports officials and 22 headquarters officials).
Lee Chong-min, a former MVP of the Asian League Ice Hockey regular league last season, and Kim Eun-ji, a skip of the curling team's 5G, will be the riders at the opening ceremony to be held at Harbin International Convention, Exhibition and Sports Center at 8 p.m. on the 7th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
