Games close later Friday in Harbin with hosts China dominating the medals table a year out from the Olympics and the Philippines among the tropical countries making history. Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines all won Asian Winter Games medals for the first time.

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

Team China secured eight gold, eight silver and four bronze medals on the first gold medal day of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province on Saturday, topping both the gold medal and overall medal standings.

Games end in glory for ‘Curling Pilipinas’ just two years after their federation was founded, but Hong Kong’s curlers just miss medal.

With the extinguishing of the Harbin Asian Winter Games flame on Friday, the Chinese delegation took a total of 32 gold, 27 silver and 26 bronze medals, surpassing the gold medal count and total medal count of the Changchun 2007 Asian Winter Games and setting the best performance for China at a single Asian Winter Games.

History was made on Friday as the Philippine men’s curling team took home the country’s first Asian Winter Games gold medal in Harbin, China.

The Philippines men's curling team seizes a historic gold medal for the country over South Korea at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.