JILIN, Northeast China, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- China made a clean sweep of all the gold medals in the women's biathlon events at the Asian Winter Games after they claimed the 4x6km relay at Beidahu, Jilin city on Friday.

    The Chinese quartet, comprising Kong Yingchao, Dong Xue, Yin Qiao and Liu Xianying, clocked one hour 29 minutes and 3.1 seconds to win the fourth biathlon gold medal for China.

    Kazakhstan was second with 3 minutes and 22.9 seconds adrift while Japan finished third 2 minutes and 25.3 seconds further back.

    "It is a great day for China to win four biathlon gold medals in the Asian Winter Games, but the result is more important, we must win the competition with a cushion of four minutes or so," said Klaus Siebert, head coach of the Chinese biathlon team after the match.

    Chinese women biathletes have won 7.5km sprint, 10km pursuit and 15km individual events before Friday's competitions.