In the evening session, Chinese swimmers and gymnasts continued gold medal haul by winning two golds respectively.

China's world champion Xu Jiayu tasted sweet victory as a backstroke specialist as he won his third gold by taking the 200m title with a personal best of 1:53.99, which could place him No. 3 in the world of the year.

"My plan was to swim as fast as I could in the first 100m and set my own pace. I've been competing from the first day until now, the fifth day, I felt tired but I realized my dream step by step. My goal was to try to win five gold medals. I believe that I can fight until the last event, the men's medley relay tomorrow," said the 23-year-old Xu.

The 16-year-old Wang Jianjiahe from China, winner of 1,500m, led all the way through women's 800m freestyle and touched the wall first in a Games record of 8:18.55.

Chinese gymnasts have brought the team's gold medal number at these Games to six as veteran Deng Shudi and newcomer Liu Tingting won rings and uneven bars titles respectively.

Deng, 27, a bronze medalist of team event at Rio Olympics, outplayed Japan's Shogo Nonomura to take the gold with 14.750 points, while Liu and her teammate Luo Huan wrapped up the gold and silver medals for China with 14.600 and 14.225 points.

Previously, China won four gold medals in the men's and the women's team and all-around events.

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