The Winter Asian Games 2025 are underway in Herbin, China. The games officially started on 7th February with some events happening from 5th February onwards and will go on till 14th February. Along with India, 1,275 athletes from 34 nations are participating in the games. In the duration of these 7 days, a total of 64 events in 11 sports will be played. This year, it’s an important tournament for India, the country that has never won any medals in the tournament’s history so far. After the introduction of the Khelo India Winter Games, the country is hoping for a good show in world events.
India at Winter Asian Games 2025 so far
So far on 8th February, Saturday, medal events happened in speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, curling, Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, and and snowboarding. However, despite India’s participation in all the events, India has failed to grab a medal in any of these events as of now. Yet, India will be participating in more events in the coming days.
Talking about ice hockey, India has suffered two defeats and is in third place in the group. First, they lost to Hong Kong by 30-0, and then Macau thrashed India by 19-1.
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India’s squad for Winter Asian Games 2025
Speed skating: Amitesh Mishra, Anubhav Gupta, Chandra Mouli Danda, Vishwaraj Rajendrasinh Jadega, Srivatsa Srikantha Rao, Omkara Yogaraj, Daniel Salvadore Concessao, Shruti Nitin Kotwal, Diya Harsha Rao
Short track speed skating: Prajwal Sharath, Akash Aradhya, Eklavya Jagal, Sohan Sudhir Tarkar, Noyal Charli Chevrian, Suyog Sanjay Tapkar, Dashiel Amanda Concessao, Sai Sahana Sarvana, Raina, Varsha Sriramakrishna Puranik, Swarali Ashutosh Deo, Suvarnika Radhakrishnan
Figure skating: Manjesh Tiwari, Tara Prasad
Ice hockey: Nawang Zangpo, Dorjay Angchok, Tsering Angchuk, Tsering Angdus, Stanzin Angchuk, Stanzin Phande, Tsewang Dorjay, Rigzin Norboo, Deskyong Namgyal, Mohd Ismail, Deldan Namgyal, Tundup Namgail, Lakdan Angchok, Mohammad Ali Baba, Sajjad Hussain, Stanzin Namgyal, Jigmath Kunzang, Ghulam Mustafa, Tsewang Gyaltson Gyal, Chamba Tsetan, Chamba Lotus, Tashi Namgail
Alpine skiing: Mohammad Arif Khan, Mayank Panwar, Baqir Hussain, Sunil Kumar, Sandhya, Aanchal Thakur, Tanuja Thakur
Cross-country Skiing: Shubham Parihar, Manjeet, Padma Namgail, Rameez Ahmad Padder, Aman Kumar, Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda
Winter Asian Games 2025 Medal Tally
Currently, in the medal tally, China is dominant with 20 total medals, followed by South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Chinese Taipei.
| Ranking | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
