China's skiers continued battling for survival and some precious international exposure at the Winter Universiade yesterday after years of getting accustomed to living in the long shadow cast by the country's speed and figure skaters.
Chinese women skaters again excelled on the oval here Wednesday as Japan's Nao Kodaira came out the only foreigner in top five of the women's 1,000 meters speed skating at the 24th Universiade.
China's freestyle aerials skiers plan on turning their newly proven supremacy at the sport into Olympic gold medals at the Vancouver Winter Games next year.
China's winter sports athletes have won a record 11 gold medals at the ongoing Winter Universiade in Harbin after only six days of competition.
China's speed skaters punched above their weight at the Winter Universiade in Harbin last week to set themselves up for some silverware at next year's Vancouver Olympics, according to their Dutch coach.
Thanks to a hat trick feat made by China's short track speed skaters, the hosts stepped on top of the Harbin Universiade's medal table for the first time here on Monday.
China's sprint specialists of speed skating finally lived to their names here on Sunday as Yu Jing and Zhang Shuang finished 1-2 in the women's 100 meters at the Harbin Universiade on the slow start of South Korea's super talent Lee Sang Hwa.
Olympic silver medalists Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China won the pairs' skating gold while Xu Ming took a "surprising" men's title at the Harbin Winter Universiade on Sunday.
Jia Zongyang led China to sweep the medals in the men's freestyle aerials at the 24th Harbin Winter Universiade here on Monday.
Olympic silver medalists Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China won the pairs' skating gold while Xu Min took a "surprising" men's title at the Harbin Winter Universiade on Sunday.
Host China savored a day of harvest when its athletes have won a record of seven gold medals after four-day finals at the ongoing Harbin Winter Universiade here on Sunday.
Two powerhouses China and South Korea did not leave any room for other teams in the medal tally of the short track speed skating as they split all the medals on the opening day.
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