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DALIAN, Northeast China, June 26
(Xinhua) -- Olympic canoeing champion Yang Wenjun extended his
winning streak by adding two victories at the 11th Chinese National
Games Canoe and Kayak (Flat water) qualifiers here on Friday.
Yang won the men''s C1 500m in one
minute and 50.95 seconds, beating Huang Shaokun of Fujian and Ma
Xiaojie of Beijing to the second and third places respectively in
1:52.14 and 1:53.74.
Later, Yang moved another step further
by notching the gold of the men''s C2 500m with his partner Zhang
Zhiwu in 1:39.43. Li Qiang and Huang Maoxing of Guangdong took the
silver in 1:42.19, while Xia Zhigang and Zhao Jian of Shandong
settled for the bronze in 1:43.34.
Yang also lifted the title of men''s C2
1000m on Thursday.
He was satisfied with three golds but
still downplayed the result. "This is only the qualifiers, in which
some athletes chose not to give it all. The real show will be at
the Natioal Games in October. "said he.
Zhou Peng of Jiangxi, Li Guiqiang of
Hunan and Shen Jie of Shanghai came out first three in men''s K1
500m, while Zhong Hongyan of Zhejiang, Li Zhangli of Guizhou and
Wang Lingling of Shandong ranked top three in women''s K1 500m.
The first three places of men''s K2 500m
went to Jiangxi, People''s Liberation Army and Fujian. Liaoning,
Guangdong and Shandong took gold, silver and bronze medals
separately in women''s K2 500m.
The qualifiers attracted 446 athletes
from 22 teams, while 15 boats of each event will battle at the 11th
China''s National Games.
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