Lee Kyou-Hyuk of South Korea competes in the men's 1,500m speed skating finals at the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 31, 2007. Lee Kyou-Hyuk won the gold medal of the event on Wednesday. (Xinhua Photo/Chi Haifeng) Photo Gallery>>>

    CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Lee Kyou Hyuk snatched the men's 1,500m speedskating gold here on Wednesday at the 6th Asian Winter Games.

    Lee, runner-up in the 500m on Tuesday, leveled with the Asian record to win in one minute 49.13 seconds.

    Gao Xuefeng of China finished second in 1:49.24 before Mun Joon brought South Korea a bronze in 1:49.79.

    In the opening event of the afternoon, 3,000m Asian Games gold medalist Wang Fei excelled in the women's 1,500m.

    Wang, 24, clocked a Asian record breaking time of two minutes 0.49 seconds, beating the previous best of 2:01.02 to lift her second title here following her triumph in the opening race of the Games on Monday.

    It is the second time that Wang broke the Asian record here. She refreshed the 3,000m Asian mark in 4:13.08.

    Lee Ju Youn of South Korea took silver in 2:01.60 while Chinese Ji Jia came third in 2:01.82.