Gold medal winner Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the men's 1500m freestyle swimming final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Nov 18, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Tao outsprinted Yuka Kato of Japan and Lu Ying of China for the title at 26.10. Kato ranked second at 26.27 while Lu Ying came home third in 26.29.

Japan collected three gold medals on Thursday in the men's 50m backstroke, 200m breaststroke and 4x100m medley relay.

Junya Koga edged his compatriot Ryosuke Irie to win the 50m backstroke title in 25.08, while Irie finished in 25.16. Chinese Cheng Feiyi took the bronze in 25.30.

In the 200m breaststroke, with the absense of four-time Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima, Naoya Tomita claimed the gold in 2:10.36. Chinese Xue Ruipeng and South Korean Choi Kyuwoong both finished second in 2:12.25.

Japan finished second in the 4x100m medley relay but were still the winner after China's disqualification. South Korea took the silver while Kazakhstan took the bronze.

Chinese Ye Shiwen, the youngest swimmer at the Guangzhou Asiad aged 14, won her second gold by claiming the women's 200m individual medley title in 2:09.37.

Her teammate Wang Qun took the silver in 2:12.02, while South Korean Choi Hye-ra finished third in 2:12.85.

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