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Template:Asiad infobox Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The 2011 Asian Winter Games was a multi sporting event that was 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The documents for the hosting city were signed in Kuwait on March 4, 2006.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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 pressure. The Medeo Skating rink is an outdoor rink located in the Tian Shan Mountains, about a 30-minute drive away.<ref name=Registan/>

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 get the area ready to host the games.<ref name=Registan>2014 Winter Olympics</ref>

Upgrades to the Almaty airport were finished by December 2008; transport issues are also being reviewed. Millions of KZT are being earmarked for work on main transportation corridors, overpasses, a ring road as well as investment in light rail transit between Talgar, Almaty, and Kaskelen. The plan also included purchases of city passenger buses, taxis, and possibly the construction of a subway.<ref name="Gazeta" />

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.<ref name="Gazeta">79.4 billion KZT required for Asian Winter Games in Almaty</ref>

In 2008, both Medeo and Shymbulak Ski Resort were rebuilt in preparation for the Games. Vladimir Smirnov, deputy head of the national ski federation, said that the resort would soon be one of the largest in the world, which would increase the chances of a successful bid to host the Olympics.<ref name=Considers>Almaty Considers 2018 Winter Olympics bid</ref>

Medal table

Kazakhstan won the same amount of gold medals on the first day of the competition as it did in the entire 2007 games, 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.

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Venues

Torch relay

Template:Update The flame of the Games was officially lit at Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City on January 11, 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="relay">Template:Cite news</ref>

Sports Events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>

Olympic sports Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Snowboarding, Curling and Nordic Combined will not be contested.

Bandy and Ski Orienteering were 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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• 20px Alpine skiing (6)
• 20px Bandy (1)
• 20px Biathlon (7)
• 20px Cross-country skiing (12)
• 20px Figure skating (4)
• 20px Freestyle skiing (6)

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• 20px Ice hockey (2)
• 20px Short track speed skating (8)
• 20px Ski jumping (3)
• 20px Ski orienteering (8)
• 20px Speed skating (12)

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Participating NOCs<ref>Participating Nocs</ref>

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 made their debuts,<ref>Olympic Council of Asia : News. Ocasia.org (2011-01-13). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref> while Macau and Pakistan did not compete after competing in 2007. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-3

• Template:FlagIOC2 <ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info System. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>China target Winter Asiad for pre-Olympic training. News.xinhuanet.com (2011-01-21). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Olympic Council of Asia : News. Ocasia.org (2011-01-08). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Players ready to shell out money but govt says no. Hindustan Times (2011-01-20). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>جهت حضور در هفتمین دوره بازیهای آسیایی زمستانی- قزاقستان؛ترکیب تیم ملی اسکی اعزامی به آلماتی مشخص شد. Olympic.ir. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
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• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>167 athletes will represent Kazakhstan at the VII winter Asian games/ Khabar. Astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>제7회 동계아시아경기대회. Sports.or.kr. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Google Translate. Translate.google.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Ice rink needed to promote winter sports. Thestar.com.my. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref><ref>19 Malaysian Athletes To Take Part In Asian Winter Games. Bernama (2011-01-11). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>

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• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Fil-Am skaters vie in Asian Winter Games | The Philippine Star >> News >> Sports. Philstar.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Chen, May. (2011-01-07) He's Singapore's first winter games athlete. Admpreview.straitstimes.com:90. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Athletes. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Olympic Council of Asia : News. Ocasia.org (2011-01-10). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Info System. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Info System. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>
• Template:FlagIOC2<ref>Info System. Info.astana-almaty2011.kz. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.</ref>

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Non-Competing nations

One country only sent officials.

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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.

Stamps

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  Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010

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  Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010

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  Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010

• Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010-28.jpg

  Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010

References

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External links

• Official website

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