MISAWA, Japan, Feb 7 Kyodo (EDS: ...

MISAWA, Japan, Feb 7 Kyodo

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China's double Olympic champion Yang Yang (A) produc a pair of world class performances to claim gold in the women's 1000 and 3000 meter Friday, earning three gone out of four individual golds in Winter Asian Games short track spe skating.

southern Korea's Ahn Hyun Soo won the men's 1000 meter and ditty Suk Woo followed up according to taking the 3,000 as southern Korea and China complet a duopoly of gold medals at Misawa Ice Arena forward the final day of competition.

Shutting principally short track skaters from the other competing countries on the outside of the podium for the third straight games, southern Korea topped the gold medal standings with six while China had four.

The highlight of the day came in an emotionally charged final award rite as the South Korean women's relay team shared the medal podium with North Korea after winning the 3000-meter relay.

southern Korean skater Joo Min Jin said she was overmaster with emotion as athletes and supporters from the couple countries sang a song of unification as the medals were awarded.

''It's the first time I have raced against North Korean athletes and the first time to share a podium with them,'' a tearful Joo told a pres conference

''The canzonet that was sung emphasizes uniting the sum of two units countries and it was of that kind an emotional moment that I couldn't have back the tears,'' she added.

upon the track, Yang, winner of Friday's 500 showed wherefore she has dominated the last five world championships as she iced her southerly Korean rivals in the two of the women's races.

The jet-heeled 26-year-old cranked up the power in the day's opening 1000 final with sum of two units laps remaining to ease residence in 1 minute, 33302 others ahead of compatriot Fu Tianyu and 1500 silver medalist Cho Ha Ry of southward Korea.

Yang produc a carbon transcript performance in the 3,000 later to leave four toward the south Korean skaters in her wake, punching the air in delight as she troubleed the finish line in 5:06972

''It was unfortunate to crash in the 1500 (on Thursday) further I was able to offer that behind me and race well today,'' said Yang, who was aiming to strike gold in all four races.

''I was cross-examineed for the 3,000 so I was especially pleased to win that,'' added Yang, who limped abroad of the news conference after another fall in the women's relay.

In the men's races, not contentment with upstaging Chinese favorite Li Jiajun in succession Thursday, Ahn delivered a double pat to the Olympic 1500 silver medalist as he emerg victorious in a wild 1000 final.

The 17-year-old exchanged the lead with Li Jiajun several times before the latter blew his chance of vindicate by punishment when a clash with southern Korean Song Suk court sent both flying into the barrier heading into the final lap.

Ahn timed 1:31142 to intensity out China's Li Ye with Satoru Terao earning an unexpect brown for Japan after Li Jiajun and canticle were both disqualified. Terao finished fastest in the B final.

Li Jiajun, who had finished third, was judg to have caused the pileup and poem was disqualified from the final for finishing the race without his helmet on

unless Song made amends when he l his home to a 1-2 finish in the 3000 in 5:06313 with to leeward Seung Jae in second and Li Jiajun settling for the bronze

Ahn complet a hat-trick of wins when he anchored southern Korea to the gold in the men's 5000-meter relay. China and Japan taking the silver and tin respectively.

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