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.
China's overwhelming favorites Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao twirled to their third consecutive victory at the Winter Universiade here on Sunday, snatching the first figure skating gold for the host.
South Korea is the only superpower in the world when it comes to short track speedskating.
The 2009 World Winter University Games kicks off on Wednesday evening here in China's northeastern Ice City of Harbin.
It's the first time China staged such a world-class winter games.
On the eve of the 24th Winter Universiade, President George Killian of the International University Sports Federation said in an interview that he believed China is absolutely capable of holding a Winter Olympic Games.
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