China’s Han Tianyu won the men's 1,000 metres short track title on the final day of the ISU Shanghai Trophy ©Getty Images

China’s Han Tianyu and Qu Chunyu won the respective men’s and women’s 1,000 metres short track titles on the final day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Shanghai Trophy as the hosts underlined their domination of the event.

Han, a Sochi 2014 Olympic silver medallist, clocked a time of 1 min 29.251sec to add a second gold medal to the one he won in the 1,500m race on Friday (March 4).

Team-mate Shi Jingnan came second in 1:29.375, while Wu Dajing, also of China, finished third in 1:30.074.

China also swept the podium in the women's event as the 20-year-old Qu posted a time of 1:38.087 to condemn Fan Kexin to the runners-up spot in 1:38.153, and Guo Yihan to third place in 1:38.491.

"Our skaters did not gather around the national team for over one month and their training was also affected because of the National Winter Games," Li Yan, the head coach of the Chinese national team, told Chinese news agency Xinhua.

"Shanghai Trophy provides us a good chance to tune up for the World Championship in Seoul next week, so we brought in our top skaters here."

A mixed relay was also held today as skaters from different countries and regions were distributed into several teams.

Shi and fellow Chinese skater Xu Hongzhi joined forces with South Korea’s Lim Yongjin and France’s Lepape Sebastien to take the men's 5,000m mixed relay gold medal with a time of 6:59.237.

The winners of women's 3,000m mixed relay was a team that included Qu and the United States’ Jessica Smith.

China's Qu Chunyu won the women's 1,000m gold medal
China's Qu Chunyu won the women's 1,000m gold medal ©Getty Images

The inaugural edition of the ISU Shanghai Trophy combined the short track speed skating and synchronised disciplines for the first time.

Holding both short track and synchronised competitions at the same event, using the same ice, has caused issues for organisers.

Speed skating requires an ice thickness of 3.5 centimetres, compared to the softer 5cm needed for synchronised competitions.

Huang Yongping, director of the Shanghai Sports Bureau, wants the city to enlist more events in the tournament.

"We want to invite top figure skaters in the world to the tournament, all of them, in singles, doubles and ice dance," he told Shanghai Daily.

"We want the Shanghai Trophy to become a 'Grand Prix' of skating, including all the events of short track, speed skating and figure skating."

Jan Dijkema, vice-president of the ISU, applauded the "Grand Prix" idea but said it could be difficult to implement.

"We have full schedules both in short track and figure skating," he told Xinhua. 

"Only combining short track and synchronised skating has been difficult enough; you can imagine how difficult it will be to combine all these events together."