AKP Phnom Penh, February 05, 2025 --

Nine Cambodian sports delegates, coaches, and athletes will attend the 9th Asian Winter Games to be held at Harbin, Heilongjiang province, the People's Republic of China, this week.

The update was shared by H.E. Vath Chamroeun, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), adding athletes from 34 countries will challenge in 64 disciplines of 11 sports at the games from Feb. 7 to 14.

"This is historic for Cambodia, as a tropical country, to send athletes for such a tournament, which is hosted every four years," said the secretary general.

He continued that Cambodia's participation is in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s policy and vision and encouraged sports institutions in Cambodia to consider training their athletes for the games in the future.

The participating Cambodian team has registered for ice skating at the games and had been trained in South Korea through the Dream Programme for it.

By Lim Nary