SWIMMER Quah Ting Wen added to Singapore's growing collection of gold medals at the Asian Youth Games on Friday, bringing the Republic's total to four golds.

Ting Wen, 16, came home first in the girls' 200m freestyle event at the Singapore Sports School, while bronzes were also added in the pool and on the track.

On Day 4 of competition, China confirmed its dominance at the Games by adding another two golds each in the athletics and swimming events.

But the loudest cheers were saved for Ting Wen at the Singapore Sports School.

Her winning time of 1min 59.21sec rewrote her own national record, and would have been good enough to win a gold medal in the same event at the 2006 Asian Games.

The swimming competition also yielded another three bronzes for the host nation on Friday.

Roanne Ho broke her own national record in the girls' 50m breast with a time of 32.44sec for third place, while Lionel Khoo and Rainer Ng added bronzes in the boys' 50m breast and boys' 100m back respectively.

China's two golds were won by Wang Chen (girls' 50m breast) and Sun Yuchen (boys' 50m breast).

In athletics, the title of Asia's fastest boy went to Japan's Masaki Nashimoto, who clocked 10.82sec. Singapore speedster Shahrir Anuar (11.13sec) clinched bronze in the boys' 100m race.

South Korean Lee Sunae secured the girls' 100m gold in 12.16sec.

China's two athletics golds were won by Ren Wei, who powered to the boys' high jump title, and Li Jun, the boys' shot put champion.

Two nations also struck gold for the first time at the Games on Friday. Kuwait's Abdullah Althuwaini won the boys' 100m back in swimming, while in athletics, Konstantin Kudryashov of Kazakhstan emerged tops in the boys' triple jump.

In table tennis, Singapore's mixed team confirmed a bronze after losing 0-2 to China in the semi-finals.

Singapore is in sixth place on the medal table. China continues to rule the roost, with 17 golds, six silvers and four bronzes. South Korea is second (seven, 10, eight), while India leapt to third place (five, three, two) by winning three golds - two in athletics and one in swimming - on Friday.