South Korea breezed past its Asian Winter Games gold medal target in northeast China this month with victories from ice and snow, an encouraging development for its up-and-coming athletes one year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Italy.

The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games medal with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea.

Team China dominated the medals table at the Harbin Asian Winter Games which close on Friday evening. The national team ended the Games with 85

South Koreans claimed six of the nine titles, with China snaring two and Kazakhstan claiming the last gold. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Korea defeated the home team China for the women's curling title at the Asian Winter Games on Friday, grabbing its 16th and final gold medal of the competition.

South Korea fell to the Philippines to take silver in men's curling at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday. Led by skip Lee Jae-beom, South Korea suffered its first loss of the competition when the Philippines pulled out a 5-3 win in the gold medal game at Harbin Pingfang District