18-year-old Jiang Jingyuan reversed the last throw and won the bronze medal in the women's shot put at the 2025 Track and Field Asian Championships

Chinese Taipei's 18-year-old shot put Jiang Jingyuan won the bronze with a final throw of 17.42 meters in the women's shot put final of the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on May 30, local time. Jiang Jingyuan also won the gold medal with 17.83 meters at the Shizuoka International Track and Field Championships in Japan in May this year, and broke the record in Taiwan.

Chinese Taipei's 18-year-old shot put teenager Jiang Jingyuan

Jiang Jingyuan revealed that she was very excited to come to the Asian Championships for the first time in her career, but in fact, she couldn't sleep many nights. Jiang Jingyuan failed to show her level in the first four times of the day, and it was not until the fifth throw that she scored 16.59m, which also regained her confidence, and she threw 17.42m in one fell swoop at the last chance, reversing the 17.01m of her opponent in Uzbekistan and winning the bronze medal.

After Jiang Jingyuan accepted the bronze medal, the Chinese Taipei team has Lin Yutang's silver medal in the men's long jump and Yu Yaqian's bronze medal in the women's hammer throw in this Asian Championships, accumulating 1 silver and 2 bronze.