2011 Asian Winter Games

Preparation

Costs

Kazakh Minister of Sports Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov notes the US$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.

Venues

thumb|right|Ski Jump centre in Almaty, built for the Games.

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.

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.

Infrastructures

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.

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.

Torch relay

• [[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Alpine skiing (6)
• [[File:Bandy pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Bandy (1)
• [[File:Biathlon pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Biathlon (7)
• [[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Cross-country skiing (12)
• [[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Figure skating (4)
• [[File:Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Freestyle skiing (6)
• [[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Ice hockey (2)
• [[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Short-track speed skating (8)
• [[File:Ski jumping pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Ski jumping (3)
• [[File:Ski-orienteering pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Ski orienteering (8)
• [[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Speed skating (12)

Participating NOCs

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, while Macau and Pakistan did not compete after competing in 2007.

• AFG
• BRN
• CHN
• PRK
• HKG
• IND
• IRI
• JPN
• JOR
• KAZ
• KOR
• IOC
• KGZ
• LIB
• MAS
• MGL
• NEP
• PLE
• PHI
• QAT
• SIN
• TPE
• TJK
• THA
• UAE
• UZB

Non-Competing nations

One country only sent officials.

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.

Broadcasting

International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), a joint venture between Host Broadcast Services and IMG Media, served as the host broadcaster of the games. The joint venture previously served as the host broadcaster of the 2006 Asian Games under the name Doha Asian Games Broadcast Services (DAGBS).

Medal table

Kazakhstan won the same number 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. Eight countries won medals the most ever at an Asian Winter Games.

Stamps

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