SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's first ever Olympic speed skating champion Zhang Hong failed to win the women's 1,000m gold here on Monday at the Asian Winter Games.
Zhang, 28, clocked one minute and 15.75 seconds to finish third in the final, while Japan's Nao Kodairo, who had won all six World Cup events this season in the 500m, claimed the gold in an Asian record time of 1:15.19. Minho Takagi of Japan came second in 1:15.31.