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Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

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Philippines at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph
in Harbin, China
7 February 2025 (2025-02-7) – 14 February 2025 (2025-2-14)
Competitors19 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Peter Groseclose & Kathleen Dubberstein
Medals
Ranked =5th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Asian Winter Games appearances

The Philippines competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February.[1][2][3] The curling event began on 4 February, ahead of the opening ceremony.[4] There were 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports. The Filipino flagbearers for the opening ceremony were Kathleen Dubberstein (curling) and Peter Groseclose (speedskating)

Their best performance was in men's curling, where they won the first ever Asian Winter Games medal for the nation, after beating South Korea in the gold medal final.[5][6]

Background

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The Philippines are among the tropical nations competing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.[7][8] They debuted at the games in 1990 with alpine skier Michael Teruel.[9]

Richard Lim of Karate Pilipinas leads the delegation.[10][11] The team was supposed to consist of 20 athletes competing in six sports, but the sole snowboarder got injured reducing the delegation to 19 athletes and five sports.[3]

Short track speed skater Peter Groseclose and curler Kathleen Dubberstein were the country's flagbearers for the opening ceremony.[12][13]

In this edition, the Philippines won their first ever Winter Asian Games medal on 14 February – a gold in the curling men's team tournament.[8][14] It is also the first gold medal ever for a Southeast Asian nation.[15] However this is not the first medal from Southeast Asia, that distinction belongs to freeskier Paul Vieuxtemps of Thailand who won a bronze on 11 February.[16]

Medal summary

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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Marc Pfister
Christian Haller
Enrico Pfister
Alan Frei
Benjo Delarmente
Curling Men's team 14 February

Competitors

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The following table lists the Filipino delegation per sport and gender.[9][17] A male snowboarder was also originally included but withdrew due to an injury.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 2 3 5
Freestyle skiing 1 1
Short-track speed skating 1 1
Total 9 10 19

Schedule

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The following was the schedule of the Philippine delegation.[18]

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Event finals 1 Event finals (athlete/s failed to advance) CC Closing ceremony
Event/Date→ February 2025 Events
4
Tue
5
Wed
6
Thu
7
Fri
8
Sat
9
Sun
10
Mon
11
Tue
12
Wed
13
Thu
14
Fri
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Curling 1 2 3
Figure skating 1 2 3
Freestyle skiing 1 1 2
Short-track speed skating 2 1 3
Total events 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 13 13
Cumulative total 0 2 5 6 7 9 11 13

Alpine skiing

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Tallulah Proulx finished 16th overall after her two runs in the women's slalom.[19] Francis Ceccarelli got disqualified in the first run after he went out of the slalom line while trying to speed down.[20]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Francis Ceccarelli Men's slalom DSQ
Tallulah Proulx Women's slalom 58.24 20 55.18 14 1:53.42 16

Curling

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The Philippines entered all three events: mixed doubles, men's and women's teams. Ten curlers represented the country.[21] This marks the first time that curlers have competed for the Philippines at the Asian Winter Games, with the national federation Curling Pilipinas only being formed in 2023.[22][23]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Marc Pfister
Christian Haller
Enrico Pfister
Alan Frei
Benjo Delarmente
Men's team  South Korea
L 1–6
 Kazakhstan
W 4–1
 Kyrgyzstan
W 12–2
 Chinese Taipei
W 11–3
2 Q  Japan
W 10–4
 China
W 7–6
 South Korea
W 5–3
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kathleen Dubberstein
Leilani Dubberstein
Sheila Mariano
Anne Marie Bonache
Jennifer de la Fuente
Women's team  Hong Kong
W 7–2
 Qatar
W 13–1
 Japan
L 4–6
 Kazakhstan
L 4–5
 Thailand
W 16–0
 China
L 5–9
 South Korea
L 3–11
 Chinese Taipei
W 9–2
5 Did not advance 5
Kathleen Dubberstein
Marc Pfister
Mixed doubles  South Korea
W 12–6
 Kyrgyzstan
W 10–2
 Qatar
W 11–3
 China
L 6–9
 Kazakhstan
W 11–2
2 Q  Chinese Taipei
W 7–2
 Japan
L 3–10
 China
L 5–6
4

Men's tournament

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The Philippines entered a men's team which is skipped by Marc Pfister.[24]

They lost their opening game to South Korea in the round round robin phase. They won over their other group opposition: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Chinese Taipei.

They advanced to the playoff, defeating Japan and host China in the qualification game and semifinal, respectively.[25] In the gold medal match, the Philippines won 5–3 over South Korea. The Koreans took the final shot and were attempting to dislodge one of the yellow stones in a bid to score two points to win the gold but failed.[26] This is the first ever Winter Asian Games medal for the Philippines.[25]

Round robin
Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 South Korea Lee Jae-beom 4 0 43 5 19 5 1 11 83.43
 Philippines Marc Pfister 3 1 28 12 11 9 5 2 78.11
 Kazakhstan Abylaikhan Zhuzbay 2 2 19 24 12 12 0 4 73.49
 Chinese Taipei Liu Bor-kai 1 3 16 35 9 17 0 2 108.93
 Kyrgyzstan Aibek Asanaliev 0 4 10 40 9 17 0 0 77.01
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 6
 Philippines (Pfister) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Zhuzbay) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 4
Draw 5

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 2 0 5 0 4 1 X X 12
 Kyrgyzstan (Asanaliev) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 4 2 0 3 0 2 X X 11
 Chinese Taipei (Liu) 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Qualification

Thursday, 13 February, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 X 10
 Japan (Aoki) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
Semifinal

Thursday, 13 February, 19:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Xu) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
 Philippines (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 7
Gold Medal Game

Thursday, 14 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
 Philippines (Pfister) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 5

Women's tournament

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The Philippines entered a women's team skipped by Kathleen Dubberstein.[27]

Round robin
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 South Korea Gim Eun-ji 8 0 63 14 33 11 0 18 45.90
 China Wang Rui 7 1 85 21 34 17 3 18 38.69
 Japan Yuina Miura 6 2 68 30 32 19 2 14 58.25
 Kazakhstan Angelina Ebauyer 5 3 55 39 28 22 1 14 54.81
 Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein 4 4 61 36 32 21 1 16 85.56
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 3 5 44 45 24 29 1 11 115.69
 Chinese Taipei Yang Ko 2 6 29 75 16 34 1 4 107.27
 Thailand Kanya Natchanarong 1 7 19 91 15 30 0 7 128.48
 Qatar Sara Al-Qaet 0 8 11 84 8 33 1 5 180.65
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2
Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 17:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Qatar (Al-Qaet) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 0 5 2 0 5 1 X X 13
Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 6
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 5

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 1 2 5 2 1 5 X X 16
 Thailand (Natchanarong) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 7

Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 X 9
Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 2 0 4 3 0 2 X X 11
Draw 9

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Yang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 X 9

Mixed doubles tournament

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The Philippines entered a mixed doubles pair consisting of Marc Pfister and Kathleen Dubberstein. Prior to this tournament, the two have played mixed doubles together for six or seven times.[24] They started their campaign with an upset of world rank no. 13 South Korea.[7][28] With wins over Kyrgyzstan and Qatar and despite a loss to China, the Philippines was assured a spot in the qualification play-off.[29] They lost to Japan in the semifinal, and their rematch against China in the bronze medal game ended in a close defeat to finish fourth.[30][31]

Round robin
Group B Athletes W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 China Han Yu / Wang Zhiyu 5 0 44 19 23 11 0 12 37.46
 Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein / Marc Pfister 4 1 50 22 21 13 0 12 58.24
 South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae / Seong Ji-hoon 3 2 50 22 24 9 0 14 47.83
 Kazakhstan Amina Seitzhanova / Azizbek Nadirbayev 2 3 26 43 14 21 0 6 55.33
 Kyrgyzstan Keremet Asanbaeva / Iskhak Abykeev 1 4 21 50 13 23 0 4 114.23
 Qatar Mabarka Al-Abdulla / Nasser Alyafei 0 5 15 50 8 26 0 1 98.31
Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 X 12
 South Korea (Kim / Seong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 X 6
Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kyrgyzstan (Asanbaeva / Abykeev) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 X 10
Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 0 3 3 1 3 1 X X 11
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla / Alyafei) 3 0 0 0 0 0 X X 3
Draw 5

Wednesday, 5 February, 18:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Han / Wang) (has hammer) 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 X 9
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 X 6
Draw 8

Thursday, 6 February, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 X 11
 Kazakhstan (Seitzhanova / Nadirbayev) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
Qualification Game

Thursday, 7 February, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 X 7
 Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Semifinal

Friday, 7 February, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) (has hammer) 2 0 4 1 0 3 X X 10
Bronze medal game

Saturday, 8 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
 China (Han / Wang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 6

Figure skating

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The Philippines' is represented by individual skaters Paolo Borromeo, Sofia Frank, and Cathryn Limketkai. Pair skaters Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin will also compete. Russian-born Korovin received Filipino citizenship in 2024 allowing him to compete in the Asian Winter Games.[9]

Philippine Skating Union president Nikki Cheng project at least a bronze medal for the pair of Gamez and Korovin.[32] The pair finished fourth in the short program.[33] They still finished fourth in both the free skate and overall missing a place on the podium.[34]

For the individual skaters, Borromeo finished 10th, Frank ended 11th and Limketkai was 9th place overall.[35]

Athlete(s) Event SP FP Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Paolo Borromeo Men's 61.11 9 117.85 10 178.96 10
Sofia Frank Women's 43.55 11 76.50 12 120.05 11
Cathryn Limketkai 45.28 10 91.91 9 137.19 9
Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin Pairs 55.63 4 99.99 4 155.62 4

Freestyle skiing

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Laetaz Rabe recorded a 56.0 point finish in the slopestyle and provisionally placed fifth. She tried different moves for her next two runs but registered a "did not improve" for both, relegating her to 6th place.[36] She also placed sixth in the big air.[37]

Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Laetaz Rabe Big air 64.00 55.50 64.00 DNI 6
Slopestyle 56.50 DNI DNI 56.50 6

Short-track speed skating

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Peter Groseclose advanced from the first round in all of his three events.[30] He did not reach the medal rounds for his events.[38]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Groseclose 500 m 42.562 2 Q 42.331 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:29.636 2 Q 1:28.045 3 Did not advance
1500 m 2:19.318 4 q 2:32.668 6 Did not advance

Snowboarding

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Adrian Tongko was supposed to compete but withdrew due to sustaining a knee injury while training in Hakuba, Japan.[22][39]

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