At the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games held from the 7th to the 14th, the South Korean delegation, which sent 222 participants in six major events, finally won 16 golds, 15 silvers and 14 bronzes, ranking second in the medal table after the host China (32 golds, 27 silvers and 26 bronzes). With that, South Korea, which is far behind the third-placed Japan (10 golds, 12 silvers and 15 bronzes), has achieved its goal of second place in the medal table after the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games (16 golds, 18 silvers and 16 bronzes).

On the 8th, in the Asian Winter Games short track speed skating mixed 2000-meter relay final, Kim Ji-ri, Park Ji-won, and Kim Tae-sung, who won the gold medal, were very happy with the Taiji flag

Before the competition, the Korean Athletic Association predicted that the number of gold medals won by the Korean delegation was about 11 based on the analysis of past competition results, but the delegation equaled the record for the most gold medals in the previous Asian Winter Games such as the Sapporo Asian Winter Games, and exceeded the target. Starting with the new event of the mixed 2000m relay, the Korean short track speed skating team won four gold medals on the 8th of the first day of the medal day, and finally handed over six golds, four silvers and three bronzes, continuing the reputation of "filial son".

Choi Minjing, the "ace" of the South Korean short track speed skating women's team, won the gold medals in the mixed 2000m relay and the women's 500m and 1000m races, becoming the only triple crown champion of South Koreans in this Asian Winter Games. Due to the men's and women's relay races, South Korea failed to win medals, and Choi Minjing also failed to become the "quadruple champion".

Cui Minjing, the triple champion of short track speed skating at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, returned to China through Incheon International Airport on the 10th and showed her medals to reporters.

In the speed skating competition, the "Queen of the Ice" Kim Min-sun unsurprisingly won the women's 500-meter gold medal, and the "new star" Lee Na-hyun, born in 2005, won the women's 100-meter championship, leading the fast run. The Korean speed skating team, led by Kim Min-sun and Lee Na-hyun, won three gold, five silver and four bronze medals at the Asian Winter Games, leading the medal race along with short track speed skating.

In the figure skating competition, men's singles skater Cha Jun-hwan and women's singles skater Kim Chae-yeon reversed the strong favorites Japan, creating a new history of "men's and women's singles gold medals" for the first time in the history of the Asian Winter Games.

On the 9th, the South Korean women's team Kim Min-ji, Kim Min-sun, and Lee Na-hyun, who participated in the speed skating pursuit at the Asian Winter Games, were galloping.

Korea also performed particularly well in the snow events, winning three gold, three silver and six bronze medals. Russian naturalized athlete Avakumova also won the first Asian Winter Games gold medal for South Korea's biathlon. The Korean biathlon team, led by Avakumova, also finished second in the women's relay of 4×6km, the best result ever in the event.

Kim Kun-hee (left), who won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Asian Winter Games, and Li Chao-eun took a group photo at Yabuli Ski Resort in China on the 13th.

Curling, which is considered another sport with potential, also played its due role with 1 gold medal and 2 silver medals in 3 events. The Korean women's curling team won the gold medal with a record of "0 wins", and the Korean men's curling team and the mixed doubles Kim Kyung-ae/Sung Ji-hoon won the silver medal respectively. Although the Korean men's ice hockey team failed to achieve its goal, it won the bronze medal and finished on the podium for the fourth consecutive Asian Winter Games.

On the 14th, at the women's curling award ceremony of the Asian Winter Games, the Korean players Kim Min-ji (from left), Xue Yi-eun, Kim Eun-ji, Kim so-ji, and Xue Yi-zhi waved their hands.

With the news of medals in several events spreading, and with a year to go until the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, the anticipation for the Games has never been greater. It is also encouraging to see that energetic players under the age of 20, such as Lee Seung-hoon (born in 2005), Lee Chao-eun and Kim Chae-yeon (born in 2006), and Kim Kun-hee (born in 2008), are showing the best level on the Asian stage and brightening the future of winter sports in Korea.