Wang Weijia won bronze in taekwondo at the Asian Games and won the team's first medal

Taiwanese female player Wang Weijia (right). (AFP)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Nagoya Report] Taiwanese female athlete Wang Weijia, who caught a cold a week before the competition, passed all the way in the women's 67kg taekwondo category at the Nagoya Asian Games today. Unfortunately, she failed to hold on to the lead in the second round of the semi-finals and eventually lost to Iranian female athlete Saghar Moradi Sheikhlar in straight games. She still won a bronze medal, which was also the first medal for the taekwondo team.

Wang Weijia defeated the Tokyo Olympics taekwondo bronze medalist and Hangzhou Asian Games silver medalist Luo Jialing in the domestic Asian Games national team trials, showing her competitiveness and successfully obtained her first Asian Games ticket. Today, she defeated Vietnam's Chen Thi Anh Suet 2:0 in the first round, and then defeated the Chinese star Xing Jiani 2:1 in the top 8, successfully advancing to the top four.

Wang Weijia’s opponent in the top four is Iranian female player Saghar Moradi Sheikhlar is the gold medal winner of the World Women's Taekwondo Open Championship last month. Her strength should not be underestimated and she has a size advantage. Wang Weijia was suppressed after coming on the court and was kicked in the head many times by her opponent. She gave up at 3:14 in the first game. Although she was She took the lead in the second game, but was eventually caught by her opponent in the chaos and scored 2 points. In the end, she was reversed 5:7 and missed the chance to advance to the gold medal match. However, coach Su Taiyuan still spoke highly of her: "Her performance definitely exceeded 100 points!"

Taiwanese female player Wang Weijia (right). (AFP)