100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games has reached all four corners of the world, even the steppes of Mongolia! The Mongolian National Ski Federation has submitted a team of three alpine skiers for the slalom, giant slalom and super G disciplines that will take place at Coronet Peak in Queenstown.

To date 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games has filled 650 competition slots with athletes from 26 countries with many disciplines still open for entries. As well as Mongolia, athletes are travelling from as far away as Brazil, Ukraine, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bahamas and The Netherlands.

As well as the more obscure nations, the Games will feature top Olympians from traditional winter sports nations such as Switzerland, France, Norway, USA and Canada. These include the two current world snowboard number ones Jiayu Liu (CHN) and Ryoh Aono (JPN) together with freeskiers X Games gold medallist Anna Segal (AUS), X Games silver medallist Jossi Wells (NZE).

The inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games will take place at Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, Cardrona Alpine Resort, Snow Farm, Naseby and Dunedin from 21-30 August 2009. It will feature disciplines of alpine skiing, free skiing, x-country skiing, snowboarding, curling, ice skating and adaptive snow sports as well as the demonstration sports of winter triathlon and natural luge. For further information visit www.wintergamesnz.com.

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