JILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hosts China and Japan demonstrated their supremacy again in the second day competitions on snow by claiming two gold medals apiece at the sixth Asian Winter Games on Tuesday.

    Chinese skier Wang Chunli completed a great performance for the hosts as she beat off a strong challenge from Yelena Kolomina of Kazakhstan to claim the title of the cross-country skiing women's sprint free.

    Her fellow Chinese Hou Yuxia was third in the event.

    Wang, who crossed the finish line with Kolomina almost at the same time, was later confirmed as winner through video replay.

    Kolomina, vying against a Chinese trio in the final alone, hit top gear in the last few minutes, overtaking Hou Yuxia and Song Boin a row before catching up with Wang.

    But Wang ruled out the strong comeback from Kolomina to win the trophy with a slim advantage of 0.09 seconds.

    The gold medal was the first cross-country individual crown that China ever achieved in the 21-year-old Asian Winter Games history.

    In earlier competitions, Chinese biathletes had another clean sweep of all medals in the women's 10km pursuit after they took the medals of all colors in the women's 7.5km sprint on Monday.

    Kong Yingchao won the women's 10km pursuit gold medal. Her compatriots Liu Xianying and Dong Xue finished second and third by 1:48.51 and 3:59.13 respectively.

    Asian powerhouse Japan bagged the remaining two golds on offer as Yuichi Onda won the men's sprint free and Kazuhiro Kokubo took the men's snowboard halfpipe title in 44.5 points.

    In the men's sprint free, Onda beat Alexey Poltoranin and Yevgeniy Koshevoy, both of Kazakhstan, for the top honor.

    And Kokubo' victory put an end to the snowboard events of the Games after Shiho Nakashima led Japan for a 1-2 finish in the women's halfpipe on Monday.

    The competitions, with a participation of 26 skiers from seven countries and regions, were in fact a tale of Japan and China.

    Chinese Shi Wancheng only shattered Japan's supremacy a little as the 17-year-old youngster took the silver in 42.0 points, forcing another Japanese medal hopeful Daisuke Murakami to a thirdplace.

    In the women's part, Japanese had no trouble finishing one-two,with Nakashima's teammate Soko Yamaoka in second.

    Japan only sent two skiers apiece for the men's and women's events, signaling their confidence in enclosing the top honor.