Chinese skaters stormed to the gold in the short track speed skating men's 5000m final of the 2025 FISU Winter University Games on Thursday, which was the first title for China in Turin.

Hao Weiying (front) of Team China competes during the women's 3000m relay Final A of the short track speed skating competition at the 2025 FISU Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy, Jan. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

Liu Guanyi, Song Guixu, Li Kun and Zhang Tianyi won in six minutes 57.044 seconds, ending South Korea's hope of sweeping all the nine golds of the sport at the Games. Japan finished second and the bronze went to Kazakhstan.

China also won the silver medal earlier in the women's 3000m relay, while South Korea won the gold, which was the eighth title for the Asian powerhouse in the sport.