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Li Jiajun and Feng Kai surpassed the Asian record for the men's
500-meter in the short-track speedskating competitions at the Chinese
National Games on Tuesday.
Li, the reigning world champion, won the 4.5-lap final in 42. 285
seconds, 0.252 seconds faster than the Asian mark set by Japanese
Terao Satoru in 1999.
Feng, Li's teammate and fellow Jilin native, clocked 42.424 for
the second place with An Yulong, also from Jilin province, placing
the third in 42.650.
The ninth Chinese National Games are to officially open in November
while the short-track competitions were brought forward to this
month in order to make way for the national team's preparation work
for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, at which the Chinese will be
seeking their first ever Winter Olympic gold medal.
(People's Daily 04/25/2001)
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