China claims men's 5000m relay title at Turin FISU Winter Universiade

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

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 3000 m relay, while South Korea won the gold, which was the eighth title for the Asian powerhouse in the sport.