Chinese women biathletes were invincible in Asian Winter Games biathlon tournament as China wrapped up five out of seven gold medals on offer at the Beidahu ski resort on Friday.

Chinese men biathletes completed a perfect showtime by winning the men's 4x7.5km relay event, while unstoppable Chinese women went on to claim 4x6km relay title, registering all four golds in women's events to their name.

The 30-year-old veteran Liu Xianying became the only athlete to win three golds at the Winter Asiad after taking 7.5km sprint, 15km individual and relay titles. Another Chinese ace Kong Yingchao also claimed the 10km pursuit title.

"Chinese women have been listed among the top athletes in the world, they are likely to be the world number one someday, but the men biathletes still have a long way to go," said Former International Biathlon Union (IBU) vice chairman Ubaldo Prucker on Friday. He is the technical delegate appointed by the IBU.

The remaining two golds were split by Kazakhstan and Japan, with men's 20km individual title going to Kazakhstan and Japan winning men's 10km sprint.

"The Chinese biathletes are improving fast, and they really impressed us with their World Cup results ahead of the Asian jamboree," said Yelena Khrustaleva, the last skier for the Kazakhstan biathlon relay team.

"Chinese biathletes are the best in Asia, but we have imported some excellent athletes from our cross-country team, and let's see what will happen in the next few years," she added.

The 7th Asian Winter Games will be held at Almaty, Kazakhstan, and the central Asian country is also in a bid to host the 2014 winter Olympics.

Chinese biathletes are set to compete at the World Championships 2007 and the last three stops of the World Cup series this season.

The World Championships are slated for Feb. 2 to 11 at Antholz, Italy. That means the Chinese biathletes will miss the sprint and pursuit events in the initial competitions of the world championships.

The team will then move to Finland, Norway and Russia for the remaining World Cup series following the world championships.

Source: Xinhua