Nepal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Nepal competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.^[1][2] The country is scheduled to compete in one sport (two disciplines).^[3][4]

Nepal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	3 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Saphal-Ram Shrestha
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2003 2007 2011 2017

Nepal's team consisted of three athletes (one man and two women).^[5]

Alpine skier Saphal-Ram Shrestha was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.^[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Nepalese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	0	1	1
Total	1	2	3

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Nepal's alpine skiing delegation consists of two athletes (one man and one woman).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Saphal-Ram Shrestha	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	1:15.45	27	DNF
Sangita Lama	Women's giant slalom	2:11.91	28	DNF
	Women's slalom	1:49.09	29	2:37.97	24	4:27.06	24

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Nepal's cross-country skiing delegation consists of one woman.^[5] Manikala Rai competed in two races, finishing in 19th out of 23rd position in the women's 10 kilometre freestyle event.^[7]

Distance

Woman

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Manikala Rai	10 km freestyle	43:35.1	+13:10.5	19
	30 km freestyle mass start	59:10.9	+15:42.3	20

References

1. "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
2. "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
3. "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
4. "Cross Country and Alpine Ski participant in 8th Asian winter games in Japan". www.nocnepal.org.np/. Nepal Olympic Committee. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
5. "Team off to Japan". The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. "Opening of 8th Winter Asian Games". www.nocnepal.org.np/. Nepal Olympic Committee. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
7. "Nepal's Rai 19th in cross-country skiing event in Asian Winter Games". The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.