CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China
added two more gold medals in the women's speedskating on Wednesday while Japan
and South Korea split the men's titles at the 6th Asian Winter Games.
Women's 3,000m winner Wang Fei clocked an Asian
record-breaking time of two minutes 00.49 seconds, beating the previous best of
2:01.02, to lift her second title following her triumph in the opening race of
the Games on Monday.
Her compatriot Xing Aihua brought in China the fourth
speedskating gold here, winning in 10.41 seconds in the 100m which was added to
the Games program for the first time.
South Korean Lee Kyou-Hyuk, runner-up in the 500m on
Tuesday, snatched the men's 1,500m speedskating gold and Yuya Oikawa pulled off
the 100m victory.
"I was both nervous and excited but now I am
surprisingly calm. Actually, when I won in the 3,000m the other day, I was more
excited. Since the 1,500m is my favorite event, I was more prepared to win,"
said the 24-year-old Wang Fei, who beat Lee Ju-Youn of South Korea in 2:01.60
and teammate Ji Jia in 2:01.82.
Wang Beixing, 500m winner Tuesday, added a silver in
the women's 100m for China in 10.44 while World Cup multi-titlist Lee Sang-Hwa
from South Korea settled for the third in 10.59.
In the men's 1,500m, Lee, leveled the Asian record to
win in 1:49.13. Gao Xuefeng of China finished second in 1:49.24 before Mun Joon
brought South Korea a bronze in 1:49.79.
Oikawa became the second Japanese to triumph in the speedskating event here in 9.59. Yu Fengtong also gave China a silver in the men's 100m competition in 9.68 and 500m champion LeeKang-Seok of South Korea was third in 9.69.