China's short-track speed skaters celebrate winning the country's first gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics after they won the mixed team relay, Feb 5, 2022. (ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - China claimed its first gold at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games from the 2,000m mixed relay of short-track speed skating in Beijing on Saturday.

China, consisting of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing, won the gold in two minutes and 37.348 seconds.

Italy and Hungary took the silver and bronze respectively.

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China's Wu Dajing celebrates after China's short-track speed skaters won the mixed team relay, the country's first gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Feb 5, 2022. (XINHUA)

China's short-track speed skaters celebrate winning the country's first gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics after they won the mixed team relay, Feb 5, 2022. (ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY)

China's Wu Dajing (left) celebrates after China's short-track speed skaters won the country's first gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics in the mixed team relay, Feb 5, 2022. (XINHUA)