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Japanese Hiroki Hirako competes in the men's 5,000m
speed skating race at the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of
northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 29, 2007. Hirako on Monday won the
gold medal of the event in 6 minutes and 39.71 seconds and broke the Asian
record at the eight-day Winter Asiad opened on Jan. 28. (Xinhua
Photo/Jiang Lin)
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CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) --
Japanese Hiroki Hirako broke the Asian record to pocket the men's 5,000m
speedskating title at the 6th Asian Winter Games here on Monday.
Hirako rushed to win in six minutes and 39.71
seconds, improving the previous Asian mark of 6:41.62 set by Kazakhstan's
Dmitriy Babenko who competed side by side against him.
Yeo Sang-Yeop of South Korea came second in 6:43.34
while Babenko bagged a bronze in 6:43.40.
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