Introduction

Organised by the General Administration of Sport of China and hosted by the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the 14th National Winter Games (NWG) were originally scheduled to take place from 16 to 26 February 2020 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, but have been postponed to 17 to 27 February 2024 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NWG, held every four years, are a multi-winter-sport national event on the largest scale and at the highest level, with the aims of nurturing and training outstanding talent in competitive sports, promoting and encouraging increased participation in winter sports, as well as further enhancing the national strength and competitiveness in the area of winter sports.

The main venue of the 14th NWG is located at Hulunbuir, while the sub-venues are located at Chifeng, Ulanqab and Zalantun. The opening ceremony will be held in the Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Centre, Hulunbuir on 17 February 2024. It is expected that over 3 700 athletes will participate in the 14th NWG, making it the largest in scale with the most events and the highest standard in the event’s history. This is the sixth time for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to take part in the NWG since its first participation in 1999.

Competition Events

The 14th NWG comprise eight major competition events, including skating (speed skating, short track speed skating and figure skating), skiing (alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboard, ski jumping, cross-country skiing and Nordic combined), biathlon, curling, ice hockey, bobsleigh (bobsleigh and skeleton), luge and ski mountaineering. There is a youth category for four of the said events, namely skating, skiing, curling and ice hockey. In addition, the sport-for-all events include speed skating and cross-country skiing.

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簡介

由國家體育總局主辦、內蒙古自治區人民政府承辦的第十四屆全國冬季運動會（十四冬），原定於2020年2月16至26日在內蒙古自治區舉行，惟受2019冠狀病毒病疫情影響而延期至2024年2月17至27日復辦。

全國冬季運動會（冬運會）每四年舉辦一次，是全國規模最大和水平最高的冬季綜合運動會，旨在培養和鍛煉優秀競技體育人才、推廣和鼓勵更多人參加冬季運動，以及進一步提升國家在冬季運動方面的實力和競爭力。

十四冬的主會場設於呼倫貝爾市，而赤峰市、烏蘭察布市及扎蘭屯市亦設有分賽場。開幕式將於2024年2月17日在呼倫貝爾市冰上運動訓練中心舉行。十四冬預計有超過3 700名健兒參賽，在歷屆中屬規模最大、項目最多和標準最高。香港特別行政區於1999年首次參加冬運會，至今已是第六次參賽。

競賽項目

十四冬設有八大競賽項目，包括滑冰（速度滑冰、短道速滑及花樣滑冰）、滑雪（高山滑雪、自由式滑雪、單板滑雪、跳台滑雪、越野滑雪及北歐兩項）、冬季兩項、冰壺、冰球、雪車（雪車及鋼架雪車）、雪橇及滑雪登山，而當中滑冰、滑雪、冰壺及冰球四項另設青年組。此外，羣眾項目包括速度滑冰及越野滑雪。

https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/tc/ngames/2020/index.html

https://www.14dong.cn/