China won four gold medals, both the men's and women's team and individual titles, in the 53rd World Championship Military Pentathlon in Vienna New City on Tuesday, succeeding in capturing 11th men's team title and sixth women's team title in a row.

 

According to the final results, the Chinese men team placed atop with 21,845.8 points, followed by Germany and Belarus. Yang Shiwei, a team member, claimed the individual title with 5,538.1 points.

 

The Chinese women team captured the top honor with predomination by 16,126.3 points. Tian Linna, Liu Kun and Xu Lei respectively had a clean sweep of all three medals of the individual.

 

It's laudable that the Chinese men team, which played not well in last days, exerted themselves on Tuesday and succeeded in defeating Belarus, the primary opponents for China to capture the first place in the men's 8km cross-country race.

 

With the victory in the cross-country race, the Chinese men's team rose from the third to the first for the team title.

 

"Proper organization and control, and athletes' strong fighting-will were the main drive for China to win the title again in the world military pentathlon," Chen Meilin, head of the Chinese delegation, told Xinhua News Agency.

 

The 53rd World Championship Military Pentathlon opened last Thursday in Vienna New City, 40 kilometers south of Vienna.

 

And the closing ceremony will be held after the last events of the men's and women's relays on Thursday.

 

(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2006)