2025 Asian Athletics Championships Wu Yanni won bronze in the women's 100m hurdles, but claimed to be "the best in Asia"

At the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships on the evening of May 29, local time, Chinese representative Wu Yanni ran third in the women's 100-meter hurdles final and won the third place. Wu Yanni choked up after the game, bowed and apologized, saying that she didn't win the championship for China, sorry everyone, but she still claimed to be "the best in Asia".

Wu Yanni, the representative of China

The Asian Athletics Championships were held in Gumi, South Korea, on the third day of the event, with the women's 100m hurdles final being staged in the evening. A number of Asian hurdles elites are competing for the title, including India's Jyothi Yarraji, the last Asian Championships champion and the current Asian Games silver medalist, Japan's Yumi Tanaka and China's Wu Yanni.

Yumi Tanaka and Wu Yanni led in the early stage, clanging horses' heads; Yerazi didn't have a quick reaction time, but he came from behind to overtake two in the final hurdle to win the title in 12.96 seconds and successfully defend his title. Yumi Tanaka and Wu Yanni pressed the line at the same time, also completed in 13.07 seconds, and needed to win and lose in a thousand minutes and one second, Yumi Tanaka won the silver medal in 13.061 seconds, while Wu Yanni ran 13.068 seconds to win the third place with a difference of 0.007 seconds. After crossing the line, Wu Yanni took the initiative to go and hug Yumi Tanaka.

Jyothi Yarraji, Representative of India

After winning the bronze medal in the Asian Championships that night, 27-year-old Wu Yanni choked up and said: "Thank you very much for coming to the scene to cheer for me, I feel sorry for not winning this championship for the Chinese team." I'm sorry. She bowed 90 degrees in front of the camera and apologized, and the reporters on the scene comforted her, and Wu Yanni later said: "It's because my injury hasn't healed yet, so I don't want to explain too much to myself, but I still think I'm the best in Asia, and the Chinese team is the best." ”

Wu Yanni admitted that she was injured in this game, and she limped after the game, she said: "I think I just came to get this championship, but unfortunately I didn't get it, Keqiao (Yangtze River Delta International Track and Field Diamond Championships) I said I had an injury, so this time I actually discussed with the team is whether to withdraw from this game, because it is really uncomfortable, I feel unbearable, but I think this is the country to give me this opportunity, because I have said, the country needs me, I will be there immediately." ”

The representative of Japan, Yumi Tanaka

Regarding the lack of stamina in this game, Wu Yanni said: "In fact, I have always been in front of the future, but when I was about to go to the penultimate and three hurdles, I pulled my leg a little, so the speed fell off at once." It's a pity. So I think it's better to go back and practice and fight again. She said that the most important thing at present is to recuperate from the injury, and she is looking forward to fighting again in the Asian Championships in two years, she said: "My goal now is to heal my current injury slowly, and we will have a long time in the future." ”