Chinese singer Song Zuying performs during the closing ceremony of the 24th World Winter Universiade in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2009
Winter Sports powerhouse Russia, who finished at the top of the medal table in four of the last five Winter Universiades, slipped to the second place with 18 golds, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes. The Russians showed their domination in cross-country and biathlon by winning 16 titles in these two sports, but Anna Sorokina surprisingly surrendered the title to Chinese Song Chaoqing in Saturday's 12.5km mass start biathlon race, demolishing their chance of surpassing China on the medal table on the last day.
Chinese figure skater Zhang Dan (R) and Zhang Hao perform during the closing ceremony of the 24th World Winter Universiade in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2009
South Korea reaped five golds in speed skating and short track each to finish third on the medal table with 12 golds, seven silvers and nine bronzes. Having invested more than 3 billions RMB (44 million US dollars)in the last four years on the infrastructures and facilities, Harbin received high marks from the FISU for its diligent and efficient organizing work.
"Harbin has the ability to host the Winter Olympic Games," said FISU president George Killian.
However, senior Chinese sports officials seemed to be less optimistic.
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