China

Wang Fei lifts second title in Asian record time

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-01-31 16:54

CHANGCHUN, Northeast China - 3,000m Asian Winter Games winner Wang Fei excelled in the 1,500m speedskating here on Wednesday at the 6th Asian Winter Games.

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 these 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.