<p>Chinese athletes asserted home turf dominance on day two of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, netting four gold medals in alpine and cross country skiing events.</p>.<p>The host nation now tops the medal tally with a haul of 16, taking the mantle from Ukraine, whose athletes netted seven medals including three gold in Saturday's biathlon events.</p>.<p>Local crowds roared with excitement as Zhang Mengqiu, 19, won China's first-ever gold medal in para-alpine skiing in the Super G standing event on Sunday -- a day earlier she was on the podium with a silver in the women's downhill event.</p>.<p>Liang Jingyi, also 19, zipped down the Yanqing mountain to claim the men's standing Super G event.</p>.<p>While over at Zhangjiakou Zheng Peng 29, and Yang Hongqiong, 32, cleaned up in the men's and women's long-distance cross country sitting categories.</p>.<p>"I actually felt worn out in the second half of the race, but then I heard them cheering for me. With that in the background, the more I skied, the more powerful I felt," Yang said.</p>.<p>"We've proved that Team China has unlimited potential for winter sports."</p>.<p>At the para-snowboarding qualifiers, Chinese athletes claimed the top four times in the men's SB-UL category for competitors with upper limb impairments.</p>.<p>Crowd favourite Wang Pengyao, 21, goes into Monday's final ranked third.</p>.<p>"Today, I challenged myself and made breakthroughs," he said.</p>.<p>Winter sports are still in their infancy in China but are growing in popularity after the country built 650 skating rinks and 800 ski resorts in recent years.</p>.<p>China made their Winter Paralympic debut at the Salt Lake City 2002 Games but only won their first medal in 2018 in PyeongChang -- claiming gold in wheelchair curling.</p>.<p>Being on home ground is however not helping China's wheelchair curling team defend their title.</p>.<p>On Sunday they lost their second successive match -- going down 5-1 to Sweden after a 7-3 defeat to Canada the previous day.</p>.<p>Coach Yue Qingshuang said they were feeling the burden of high expectations on home ice.</p>.<p>"It's probably got to do with the fact that we're on home ground," she said.</p>.<p>"There's more pressure and everyone wants to do well too much."</p>.<p>The team are hoping for better fortunes in their Sunday evening match against Estonia.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Chinese athletes asserted home turf dominance on day two of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, netting four gold medals in alpine and cross country skiing events.</p>.<p>The host nation now tops the medal tally with a haul of 16, taking the mantle from Ukraine, whose athletes netted seven medals including three gold in Saturday's biathlon events.</p>.<p>Local crowds roared with excitement as Zhang Mengqiu, 19, won China's first-ever gold medal in para-alpine skiing in the Super G standing event on Sunday -- a day earlier she was on the podium with a silver in the women's downhill event.</p>.<p>Liang Jingyi, also 19, zipped down the Yanqing mountain to claim the men's standing Super G event.</p>.<p>While over at Zhangjiakou Zheng Peng 29, and Yang Hongqiong, 32, cleaned up in the men's and women's long-distance cross country sitting categories.</p>.<p>"I actually felt worn out in the second half of the race, but then I heard them cheering for me. With that in the background, the more I skied, the more powerful I felt," Yang said.</p>.<p>"We've proved that Team China has unlimited potential for winter sports."</p>.<p>At the para-snowboarding qualifiers, Chinese athletes claimed the top four times in the men's SB-UL category for competitors with upper limb impairments.</p>.<p>Crowd favourite Wang Pengyao, 21, goes into Monday's final ranked third.</p>.<p>"Today, I challenged myself and made breakthroughs," he said.</p>.<p>Winter sports are still in their infancy in China but are growing in popularity after the country built 650 skating rinks and 800 ski resorts in recent years.</p>.<p>China made their Winter Paralympic debut at the Salt Lake City 2002 Games but only won their first medal in 2018 in PyeongChang -- claiming gold in wheelchair curling.</p>.<p>Being on home ground is however not helping China's wheelchair curling team defend their title.</p>.<p>On Sunday they lost their second successive match -- going down 5-1 to Sweden after a 7-3 defeat to Canada the previous day.</p>.<p>Coach Yue Qingshuang said they were feeling the burden of high expectations on home ice.</p>.<p>"It's probably got to do with the fact that we're on home ground," she said.</p>.<p>"There's more pressure and everyone wants to do well too much."</p>.<p>The team are hoping for better fortunes in their Sunday evening match against Estonia.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>