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.

HARBIN, Feb12, (Xinhua): Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing secured China's first figure skating medal in the ice dance event at the Harbin Asian Winter Games, while Cidanyuzhen and Buluer led Chinese skiers to a podium sweep in the ski mountaineering mixed relay on Wednesday.

The 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, capital city of China northernmost Heilongjiang Province, promises to be a sporting event of excellence and

Reigning world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan and her compatriot and men's national champion Yuma Kagiyama s

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,