Yuki Kobayashi picked up her third Asian Winter Games gold medal when she helped Japan win the women's 4x5-km relay in cross-country skiing on Friday.

The team of Kobayashi, Hikari Miyazaki, Kozue Takizawa and Chisa Obayashi clocked a total time of 1 hour, 8 minutes, 16.6 seconds at Shirahatayama Open Stadium, while China placed second (1:08:41.4) and South Korea third (1:09:13.3).

Kobayashi, who won the 5-km classical and 10-km free earlier in the week, posted the fastest time of 15:51.6 in the third leg.