Maintaining its medal-winning spree, India raised its tally to 15, including four gold, on the penultimate day of the Asian Kayaking and Canoeing championships in Bhopal on Friday,�while China remained on top with 22 medals.

India's energetic rower Wamutombi bagged the gold medal in C-1 500 metres junior men's category at the Boat Club, pushing behind China's Chen Zhijiang and Motaguchi Takashi of Japan to second and third places�respectively.

For India, equally spellbinding was the KT-2500 metres senior men's event, in which�Naveen Sahu and A Machariya snatched the gold after�a spectacular performance.

India maintained its fourth position at the end of the third day's events, adding seven medals to its tally�in the four-day sporting extravaganza.

However, reigning champions China continue to maintain�overall superiority with�15 gold medals in their basket, though they lag behind Japan and Iran in the�medal count.

The Chinese top the list with 22 medals, including 15 gold, three silver and four bronze, followed by Japan (26 medals - 11 gold, seven silver and eight bronze).

The Japanese�added six gold, three silver and four bronze medals in today's competitions.

Iran, runners-up in the last championships, are in�third spot with seven gold, 14 silver and four bronze.

True to�expectations of Indian coach U R Abhyan, who assisted Hungary's Gyongyyosi Jonas in training the team, the hosts won two more gold,�a silver�and three bronze medals today to swell their medal count to 15.

India's D V S Negi, who made history yesterday by winning gold in K-1 1000 metres junior men category, today bagged silver in K-1 class�500 metres for junior men.

In�fifth place in the medal tally is Indonesia, who�won three silvers and bronze medals each to make their total count shoot to 13 from seven yesterday.

Chinese Taipei and Iraq added four silver and a bronze respectively to their overnight tally.

Out of the 11 countries participating in the championship, Hong Kong and Singapore have not yet been able to open their account.

Out of a total of 47 events, 39 have been completed so far and�the remaining eight�will be decided on the closing day, tomorrow.