DALIAN, Northeast China, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Olympic canoeing champion Yang Wenjun extended his winning streak by adding two victories at the 11th Chinese National Games Canoe and Kayak (Flat water) qualifiers here on Friday.

    Yang won the men's C1 500m in one minute and 50.95 seconds, beating Huang Shaokun of Fujian and Ma Xiaojie of Beijing to the second and third places respectively in 1:52.14 and 1:53.74.

    Later, Yang moved another step further by notching the gold of the men's C2 500m with his partner Zhang Zhiwu in 1:39.43. Li Qiang and Huang Maoxing of Guangdong took the silver in 1:42.19, while Xia Zhigang and Zhao Jian of Shandong settled for the bronze in 1:43.34.

    Yang also lifted the title of men's C2 1000m on Thursday.

    He was satisfied with three golds but still downplayed the result. "This is only the qualifiers, in which some athletes chose not to give it all. The real show will be at the Natioal Games in October. "said he.

    Zhou Peng of Jiangxi, Li Guiqiang of Hunan and Shen Jie of Shanghai came out first three in men's K1 500m, while Zhong Hongyan of Zhejiang, Li Zhangli of Guizhou and Wang Lingling of Shandong ranked top three in women's K1 500m.

    The first three places of men's K2 500m went to Jiangxi, People's Liberation Army and Fujian. Liaoning, Guangdong and Shandong took gold, silver and bronze medals separately in women's K2 500m.

    The qualifiers attracted 446 athletes from 22 teams, while 15 boats of each event will battle at the 11th China's National Games.