FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2016 file photo, Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea acknowledges the audience with his gold medal after winning the men's mass start race of the speeds kating single distance World Championships in Kolomna, Russia. With the Winter Olympics just a year away, the Asian Winter Games will be the ideal stage for the continent’s leading winter athletes to fine tune for Pyeongchang 2018. The eighth Asian Winter Games will open in Sapporo on Sunday, Feb. 19 and run through Feb. 26, with more than 2,000 athletes from 31 countries competing in five sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events. South Korea, the next Olympic host, will have 142 athletes taking part and has set an ambitious goal of 15 gold medals and second place in the medals standings. Lee, the 2010 Olympic champion in the men's 10,000 meters, is currently the world No. 1 in mass start. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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