Nagoya Asian Games: Yang Junhan failed in the men's 100m semi-finals

Yang Junhan. (File photo, provided by the Chinese Olympic Games)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengquan/Nagoya Report] "Taiwan's Fastest Man" Yang Junhan ran 10.33 seconds in the men's 100m semi-finals of the Asian Games in Nagoya today. He failed to advance to the evening finals and missed the podium in individual events for the third consecutive Asian Games. He admitted frankly that due to injuries during the preparation process, he was not in 100% condition, but he had tried his best to perform to the best of his ability at this stage.

Yang Junhan won the silver medal in the 200m at the Jakarta Asian Games. He was plated with copper in the last edition. He returned from injury this year. In April, he tied his own national record of 10.11 seconds and met the 100m Asian Games entry standard. In this Asian Games, he ran 10.38 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100m and 10.33 seconds in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, he missed the final.

Regarding his failure to reach the finals, Yang Junhan admitted that his current state is not 100%, and he is only about 95% strong, which is still far from the peak at the beginning of the season. "As far as the current preparation level is concerned, it has reached almost the level it should be."

Yang Junhan said that there were still intermittent injuries during the preparation process. Although it was not to the point of being unable to train or compete, there were still some situations and the preparation was a bit tinkering with in the later stages of the competition. "But I think it is like what I just said. Although our cycle has been bumpy, based on this kind of preparation, we are actually running at the level we should be."