Zhang Lin from Beijing collected his third title at the 10th National Games with a victory in 1500m free on Thursday.

He has collected two golds from men's 200m and 400m free events in the games.

In the men's 1,500m race, Zhang came to front only at the last 25 meters to rush up to the wall first with a clocking of 15 minutes and 14.06 seconds. Reigning champion Yu Cheng from Zhejiang was second at 15:14.19 and Ji Zhixiang from Jiangsu third in 15:36.67.