Hurdle rising star Lin Zhongwei changed from winning silver to bronze at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships: I am very satisfied when I get a medal

Chinese Taipei's 21-year-old hurdles star Lin Zhongwei won the bronze medal in the men's 400m final of the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea in 49.73 seconds on May 31 local time.

Chinese Taipei's 21-year-old hurdles rising star Lin Zhongwei won bronze

The Chinese Taipei team won a total of 5 medals this year, including Lin Yutang's silver medal in the men's long jump, Chen Caijuan's heptathlon bronze medal, Jiang Jingyuan's women's shot put bronze medal, Yu Yaqian's women's hammer throw bronze medal and Lin Zhongwei's bronze medal, scoring 1 silver and 4 bronze.

In fact, Lin Zhongwei was originally holding the silver medal at one time, and Simiadi, who was punished for a violation, finished in 49.44 seconds, but he later appealed successfully, and Lin Zhongwei returned from the silver medal to the bronze medal position. Lin Zhongwei said, "It's okay, I'm very satisfied with the medal!" ”

Lin Zhongwei scored the second best time of his career with a career time of 49.63 seconds in the preliminaries on the 30th, ranking first and entering the final of today's debut. Coach Zeng Xiaosheng pointed out that Lin Zhongwei played well in the preliminaries, but if he wants to really win a medal, he must break the career best of 49.40 seconds to have a chance. Lin Zhongwei revealed that the pre-game strategy was to follow the 5th Qatari good Samba, who won the gold in 48.00 seconds, but unfortunately the last hurdle jumped a little, but it was good to grab the medal, "But I really didn't think about winning a medal before the game, I just want to break my personal best in this Asian Championships." ”