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{{Short description|International multi-sport event}}
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{{Infobox games
| name = I South Asian Winter Games
| logo =
| host_city = [[Dehradun]] and [[Auli, India|Auli]], [[India]]
| nations = 7
| athletes = 150
| events = 19 events in 4 [[sports]]
| opening = 10 January 2011
| closing = 16 January 2011
| opened_by = [[Pratibha Patil]] ([[President of India]])
| stadium = [[Dehradun]] (RSC Arena), [[Auli, India|Auli]] (GMVNL Ski Resort)
| SpreviousS = [[2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka]]
| SnextS = [[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati-Shillong]]
}}

The '''2011 South Asian Winter Games''', officially the '''1st South Asian Winter Games''', were held in [[Dehradun]] and [[Auli, India|Auli]], in the Himalayan state of [[Uttarakhand]], India in January 2011. The games were conducted by the [[Indian Olympic Association]] and the Winter Games Federation of India.<ref>http://www.wgfi.in {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116131710/http://wgfi.in/ |date=16 November 2015 }} date=August 2011</ref> A grand opening and closing ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 and 16 January 2011, in Dehradun and Auli, respectively.

The Ice skating and Ice hockey events were conducted from 10 to 12 January 2011 in Dehradun while the Skiing and Snowboarding events were held from 14 to 16 January 2011 at Auli.

==Infrastructure (Games Related)==

At [[Dehradun]] a facility has been created at Raipur Sports College. The Ice skating and Ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 2,000 and the ice skating rink area is 60M by 30M, in which about 100 to 150 persons can skate every hour. It also has an Olympic size (50 by 25 Meters) fully air conditioned swimming pool, basketball courts and a cafeteria inside the complex. The central government had sanctioned ₹1.5 Billion for constructing this facility.


[[Auli, India|Auli]] is a destination for skiing and snowboarding. The skiing facility at Auli has ski slopes, artificial snow making system, water storage for artificial snow making system, chair lift system for ski sport and a residential accommodation complex. For the event, most of the works, including the ice making facility were put in place and there were 230 guest rooms that were built for the athletes and officials. The season at Auli has now been extended by creating artificial ice from a captive snow plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auliholidays.com/ |title=Auli Travel Guide - Auli Skiing - Hotels Tour Packages to Auli - SAF Winter Games Auli 2010 |publisher=Auliholidays.com |accessdate=2011-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826063239/http://www.auliholidays.com/ |archive-date=26 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Infrastructure (General)==

The new Passenger Terminal Building at the [[Jolly Grant Airport]] at [[Dehradun]] is now fully operational. The installation of Night Landing System (NLS) and Instrument landing System (ILS) was completed and the lights, too, were installed on the runway to facilitate night landing. The main runway was extended by The [[Airports Authority of India]], to 7000 ft to facilitate the landing of bigger aircraft such as the [[Airbus A320]] and [[Boeing 727]].<ref>Airports Authority of India. http://www.aai.aero.jsp{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 Feb 2007 |title=Expansion causes flight suspension at Dehradun airport |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/VFuk30XNZPkVa1k1YekxGL/Expansion-causes-flight-suspension-at-Dehradun-airport.html |work=Live Mint |department=Business News > Politics > News |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]}} Reproduced from: {{Cite news |date=26 February 2007 |title=D'dun airport expansion:flights to remain suspended for 8monts |work=The Press Trust of India Limited |publisher=Asia Pulse Pty Limited |id=[[Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&an=PRTRIN0020070227e32q0000l&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.PRTRIN0020070227e32q0000l&cat=a&ep=asi PRTRIN0020070227e32q0000l]}}</ref>
The [[helipad]] at Auli was reconstructed to ensure regular chopper services from Jolly Grant Airport. These services were used to ferry athletes and officials during the event.

== Mascot==
The official mascot for the first South Asian Winter Games was the [[Bharal]], the Himalayan Blue-Sheep or Big-Horn (Ovis Ammon) Wild Sheep is the native of Central Asia and the Himalayas. The Bharal was chosen as the ideal mascot for these games keeping in view its agility, strength, sure-footed nature and adaptability for survival in the snow-covered high altitude areas. The male has massive wrinkled horns up to 70 inches in length which forms a spiral, while the horns of the female are much smaller. It weighs around a quintal and stands about 42 inches at the shoulder. [[Nanda Devi National Park]] in Uttarakhand is the famous abode of this brownish grey Himalayan Big-Horn called Bharal.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = IND
| flag_template = flagIOC2
| event = 2011 South Asian Winter Games
| team =
| gold_IND = 11 | silver_IND = 10 | bronze_IND = 12 | host_IND = yes
| gold_PAK = 1 | silver_PAK = 3 | bronze_PAK = 1
| gold_SRI = 1 | silver_SRI = 0 | bronze_SRI = 0
}}
<ref name="deccanherald1">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/128339/india-win-all-medals-500.html |title=India win all medals in 500 mt speed skating |work=Deccan Herald |date=2011-01-10 |accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>

==The Games==
===Participating nations===
Afghanistan did not participate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news679044.html |title=Pak team arrives for winter SAF games |publisher=Zeenews.com |date=2011-01-07 |accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>
[[File:South Asian Games participating countries.PNG|thumb|right|Participating nations.]]
*{{flagIOC2|BAN|2011 South Asian Winter Games|2}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Hafez Ahmed @ thefinancialexpress-bd.com|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=122462&date=2011-01-10|title=Bangladesh takes part in South Asian Winter Games in India|publisher=Thefinancialexpress-bd.com|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=2011-08-24|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064235/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=122462&date=2011-01-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagIOC2|BHU|2011 South Asian Winter Games|10}}<ref name="dailypioneer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/311283/Spectacular-ceremony-marks-closure-of-SAF-Winter-Games-in-Auli.html |title=The Pioneer :: Home : >> Spectacular ceremony marks closure of SAF Winter Games in Auli |work=The Pioneer|location=India |date=2011-01-17 |accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>
*{{flagIOC2|IND|2011 South Asian Winter Games|95}}
*{{flagIOC2|MDV|2011 South Asian Winter Games|7}}<ref name="dailypioneer1"/>
*{{flagIOC2|NEP|2011 South Asian Winter Games|8}}<ref name="dailypioneer1"/>
*{{flagIOC2|PAK|2011 South Asian Winter Games|22}}<ref name="dailypioneer1"/>
*{{flagIOC2|SRI|2011 South Asian Winter Games|1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/309607/Safe-SAF-Winter-Games-begin-today.html |title=The Pioneer :: Home : >> Safe SAF Winter Games begin today |work=The Pioneer|location=India |date=2011-01-10 |accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref>

===Sports===
Four winter sports events were included in the 2011 South Asian Winter Games. [[Alpine skiing]] consisted of [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[giant slalom]] and [[Super G]] with both men's and women's events. [[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]] consisted of three events for men – 10 km, 15 km and a 4x10km relay, while the women's event consisted of a 3 km, 5 km and a 10 km. [[Snowboarding]] had a slalom and giant slalom with events for both men and women. Skating events included [[short track speed skating]] for men and women.<ref name="2011SAWG EVENTS">{{cite web|url=http://www.wgfi.in/events |title=Events |publisher=Winter Games Federation of India |accessdate=2010-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314123730/http://www.wgfi.in/events |archivedate=2012-03-14 }}</ref><ref name="FIRSTWINTERGAMES">{{cite web | url = http://www.wgfi.in/uttarakhand_2010_-_1st_s_a_winter_games | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220317222732/http://www.wgfi.in/uttarakhand_2010_-_1st_s_a_winter_games | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 March 2022 | title = Uttarakhand 2011 First South Asian Winter Games | publisher = Winter Games Federation of India | accessdate = 2010-11-11 }}</ref>

Skiing and Snowboarding events were held at the Auli GMVNL Ski Resort, [[Auli, India|Auli]] while the Skating and Ice Hockey events were held at Dehradun RSC Arena, [[Dehradun]].<ref name="2011SAWG EVENTS"/>

The figure in brackets indicates the number of events

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Alpine skiing]] (4) ({{detailslink|Alpine skiing at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}})
*[[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]] (5) ({{detailslink|Cross-country skiing at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}})
*[[File:Snowboarding pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Snowboarding]] (4) ({{detailslink|Snowboarding at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}})
*[[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Short track speed skating]] (5) ({{detailslink|Short track speed skating at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}})
{{div col end}}

;Demonstration event
*[[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Ice hockey]] (1) ({{detailslink|Ice hockey at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}})
*[[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Figure skating]] (4) ({{detailslink|Figure skating at the 2011 South Asian Winter Games}}) *Was scheduled to be a medal event, but only India had entered the competition, so it became a demonstration event.

==See also==
*[[South Asian Games]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151116131710/http://wgfi.in/ Winter Games Federation of India]

{{South Asian Games}}

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