World championships runner-up Fumie Suguri of Japan led the short program in the ladies' singles of the figure skating event at the 6th Asian Winter Games on Thursday.

Suguri, Asian Games silver medalist in 2003, took 58.50 points to top the field of 15 skaters and her fellow Japanese Yukari Nakano was second in 57.36. China's Xu Binshu stood in third in 55.22.

For men's short program, China occupied the top three positions as Xu Ming scored 66.00, Li Chengjiang, silver medalist in last Games in Aomori, Japan, stayed in second with 62.64 and Wu Jialiang, third in 59.20.

Japanese pair Nozomi Watanabe and Akiyuki Kido collected the highest score of 28.16 in compulsory dance in the ice dancing. China's Huang Xintong and Zheng Xun were second in 27.03 before their compatriots Yu Xiaoyang and Wang Chen in 24.09.

Source: Xinhua