Team China on Monday scooped up six gold medals on day three of the Harbin Asian Winter Games, with three of the top prizes coming in speed skating.

Gao Tingyu finished first in the men's 500 metres sprint, with the Asian record holder completing the course in 34.95 seconds.

Sidney Chu of Team Hong Kong, China finished with a time of 39.42 seconds, good for 18th as he wrapped up his maiden Asian Winter Games journey.

Elsewhere, Team China's athletes filled all the spots on the podium in the women's 3,000 metres, with Yang Binyu winning gold, Han Mei silver and Tai Zhien taking home bronze.

The national men's sprint team also struck gold by beating South Korea and Japan.

In freestyle skiing, the gold medal also belonged to Team China as the mixed aerials team outperformed their Kazakh and Japanese opponents.

And Xiong Shirui and Yang Wenlong topped the snowboard podium in the women's and men's big air events respectively.

China have a haul of 54 medals, including 21 golds so far. Second-placed South Korea have 11 gold medals and Japan four.

In curling, the SAR's men's team defeated Japan 7-3 in group play.