Lebanon is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The country is scheduled to compete in one sport (three disciplines). The team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was officially named by the Lebanese Olympic Committee on January 30, 2017, and later on February 7, the team was introduced officially.
Background With the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 being held close to these games, the Lebanese Ski Federation opted to send its top four male and female athletes to the World Championships. The fifth and sixth ranked athletes per gender, according to results from 2015 and 2016 were selected to compete at these games.
Competitors The following table lists the Lebanese delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalAlpine skiing 224Cross-country skiing 112Snowboarding 112 Total 448
Alpine skiing
Lebanon's alpine skiing team consists of four athletes (two men and two women). Men Raul Anis Asmar Cyril Kayrouz
Women Sophia Marie Fayad Carlie Maria Iskandar
Cross-country skiing
Lebanon's cross-country skiing team consists of two athletes (one man and one woman).
Man Samer Tawk
Woman Lea Rahme
Snowboarding
Lebanon's snowboarding team consists of two athletes (one man and one woman).
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNafez TaukMen's giant slalom 1:16.3821 1:04.13 19 2:20.51 19Men's slalom 1:02.00 20 51.46 16 1:53.4616Uguette FakhryWomen's giant slalom 1:26.33 13 1:19.27 13 2:45.6013Women's slalom 1:10.69 14 58.94 14 2:09.6314
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