Zhou Yang took the first gold medal for the host China in the women's short track speed skating 1500 meters competition at the 24th Winter Universiade in Harbin here on Thursday.
South Korea's No. 1 speed skater Lee Sang Hwa held off a strong challenge from the host Chinese here Thursday to win the women's 500 meters, the first gold medal up to grab at the Harbin Winter Universiade.
Spearheaded by Torino Olympic silver medallist Li Ni'na, Chinese aerials skiers are striving for a clean sweep of all three aerials gold medals at the Winter Universiade.
China laid the foundations for a possible Winter Olympics bid on Wednesday when the 24th World Winter University Games opened with a grand ceremony.
China creamed everyone at last year's Summer Olympics but its winter sportsmen and women are still playing catch up - a race they aim to improve on at this month's Winter Universiade.
China is determined to snatch six plus gold medals at the 2009 Winter Universiade to be officially opened on Wednesday evening in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin.
The 2009 World Winter University Games kicks off on Wednesday evening here in China's northeastern Ice City of Harbin.
About 250 doping tests are going to be carried out at the Harbin Winter Universiade for those medallists and long-distance competitors in random, says Roger Roth, the president of FISU technical committee here on Tuesday.
China beat Slovak 5-3 here on Wednesday to enjoy their first victory in the women's ice hockey competition in the 24th Winter Universiade, to be officially opened this evening.
President George Killian of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) was unsparing of praise for the excellent preparation of northeastern Chinese city Harbin for the 24th Winter Universiade.
Tickets are on hot sale, especially for speed-skating and short track speed-skating events at the coming 24th Winter Universiade, concerned officials said on Monday.
China's Olympic gold medalists will not attend the upcoming Winter Universiade in Harbin, the capital city of northeast Heilongjiang province.
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