Chinese swimmers dominated the opening day of the 7th Asian swimming championships by claiming all the seven titles on offer.

The events of the opening day include men's 800 meter freestyle, women's 100m freestyle, men's 100m breaststroke, women's 400m IM, men's 200m freestyle, women's 800m freestyle relay and men's 50m backstroke.

Organized by the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) and the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the championships is being held from March 5 to 10 at the Singapore Sports School, drawing some 300 swimmers from 19 countries and regions.

The synchronized swimming competition to be held from March 6-9 is also part of this championship.

The Asia Swimming Championships is a quadrennial event, with the inaugural one held in 1980 in Dacca, Bangladesh.

(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2006)