CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's rising skating star Wang Beixing grabbed the gold medal of the women's 500mx2 speed skating with an Asian record here on Tuesday at the sixth Asian Winter Games.

    Wang clocked in an Asian record of 38.02 seconds in the first race, and won by a two-race combined total of one minute and 16.10 seconds, a great challenge to the winning mark of 1:16.57 set up by Russian veteran Svetlana Zhurova in the Turin Olympics in 1996 where the 21-year-old Wang was seventh.

    South Korea's Lee Sang-Hwa, 17, five-time World Cup winner this season, was beaten to the second in 76.95 seconds, followed by Zhang Shuang of China in 77.59 seconds.

Chinese Wang Beixing waves a national flag after the women's 500mX2 speed skating finals at the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 30, 2007. Wang Beixing on Tuesday won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua Photo/Xu Suhui) Photo Gallery>>>

Chinese Wang Beixing (R) competes in the women's 500mX2 speed skating finals at the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 30, 2007. Wang Beixing on Tuesday won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua Photo/Wang Yuguo) Photo Gallery>>>