China has once again made a landslide victory at the 7th Asia Swimming Championships in Singapore, claiming five of the six gold medals on offer.

Chinese swimmers once again made their landslide victory at the 7th Asia Swimming Championships in Singapore on Tuesday by claiming five of the six gold medals on offer.

Tuesday's events include men's 50m breaststroke, men's 100m freestyle, men's 200m backstroke, women's 100m backstroke, women's 400m freestyle and women's 400m freestyle relay.

The Chinese swimmers won the gold medals in all but the women's 100m backstroke, which was taken by Japanese Abe Toshie, and China's Chen Yanyan clocked 1:02.68 to finish second.

Ouyang Kunpeng, a well-known Chinese swimmer, continued his record breaking performance on Tuesday, setting a new meet record of 1:58:88 in the men's 200m backstroke. The previous record was held by Japan's Hajime Itoh with a timing of 2:00.02 in 1992.

Organized by the Singapore Swimming Association (ASS) and the Singapore Sports Council (SAC), 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 four-day synchronized swimming competition, which started on Monday, is also part of this championships.

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

(Xinhua News Agency March 8, 2006)