Associated Press photographers captured the most exciting moments of the first six days of the Asian Winter Games, including some gravity-defying moves from ice hockey, figure skating and the Alpine skiing events teams.

Korea suffered a 2-1 loss against China to open the final round of the women's hockey tournament at the Asian Winter Games in China on Wednesday.

Associated Press photographers captured the most exciting moments of the first six days of the Asian Winter Games, including some gravity-defying moves from ice hockey, figure skating and the Alpine skiing events teams.

After two heavy defeats on its debut at the Winter Asian Games, the Indian men’s ice hockey team registered a historic win after it beat Macao, China 4-2 at the Harbin Ice Hockey Arena on Sunday.

Sofiya Zubkova (R) of Kazakhstan celebrates her goal with teammates during the women's ice hockey group B match between Kazakhstan and Thailand at 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Associated Press photographers captured the most exciting moments of the first six days of the Asian Winter Games, including some gravity-defying moves from ice hockey, figure skating and the Alpine skiing events teams.

(250213) -- HARBIN, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Goalkeeper Narisawa Yuta (C) of Japan competes during the men's ice hockey play-offs semifinal match between South Korea and Japan at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Feb. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

Figure skater Kim Hyun-gyeom at Asian Winter Games Kim Hyun-gyeom of South Korea performs in the men's singles free program at the Asian Winter Games at Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Multifunctional Hall in Harbin,