Lin Yikai overcomes thigh injury and reaches Asian Games men's 110m hurdles final

Lin Yikai. (provided by the delegation)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] In June this year, Lin Yikai injured his right thigh at the Taiwan International Track and Field Open, making it almost impossible to train. He even ran in spike shoes two weeks ago. However, he made his debut in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Nagoya Asian Games today, successfully passed the preliminaries, and won the final ticket. He could not help but describe it as a "miracle" after the game.

Lin Yikai appeared in the first group of the preliminaries. He was next to the famous Japanese player Shunsuke Izumiya. However, he performed poorly and hit the hurdle at the beginning, and then gradually stalled. Lin Yikai admitted that he was indeed affected, but in the end he ran 13.82 seconds and advanced to the first place in the group.

"At that time, the right rear thigh tendon was almost completely severed. I was recovering from the injury from June to September. I didn't wear spike shoes until the first two weeks." Lin Yikai, who was still in the recovery stage, was quite surprised when he saw the final result. "I still feel it is quite a miracle and incredible. I am standing on the starting block of the Asian Games like this."

Lin Yikai admitted that he was still worried before the game. After all, it was the first big competition after the injury. He was very stressed and could not sleep well. However, he was very happy and enjoyed being on the Asian Games track. He also successfully passed the preliminaries and headed for his first Asian Games final.