South Korea claimed the opening gold at the Harbin Asian Winter Games in the short track speed skating mixed 2,000m relay here on Saturday. South Korean quartet of Kim Gil-li, Choi Min-jeong, Park Ji-won, and Kim Tae-sung finished first in two minutes and 41.534 seconds. Kazakhstan took a silver in 2:42.258, while the bronze went to Japan. Chinese skaters once took lead in the race but dropped to the fourth in the end, as Lin Xiaojun slipped out of the track. (Photos: Chen Tao/GT)