Skateboarding" 14-year-old Lin Yifan, who won the silver medal in the Asian Games, moved to the World Championships and advanced to the final 8

Lin Yifan. (File photo, provided by the Chinese Olympic Games)

[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] Taiwanese skateboarding star Lin Yifan, who just won the silver medal at the Nagoya Asian Games, immediately moved to Paraguay to compete in the World Skateboarding Park Championship. She ranked 8th in the women's parkstyle semi-finals with 76.20 points, and narrowly made it to the top 8 finals, and will fight to stand on the podium.

Lin Yifan, who was only 14 years old, wrote a new page in the history of Taiwan's skateboarding team at the Nagoya Asian Games. She won the women's park style silver medal, creating the first medal in the team's history. After finishing the Asian Games, she immediately went to Paraguay to participate in the World Championships, showing her excellent competitive form. She scored 64.90 points in the qualifying round and advanced to the semi-finals with an overall ranking of 8th. Then she once again showed her unique skills in the semi-finals, scoring 78.90 points and ranking 7th. She stood out from 40 players and advanced to the semi-finals.

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The women's park-style semi-finals gathered 16 players, including players from Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain and the United States. The competition was very fierce. Lin Yifan successfully completed the ultimate move in the first round, scoring 76.20 points, ranking 8th. She was only 1.70 points behind the 9th-ranked American player Wittstein, and she narrowly secured her final ticket.

Lin Yifan will next challenge the top players from each country in the finals, strive to continue the momentum of winning silver in the Asian Games, add to his good results, and seize the opportunity of the World Championships to continue to accumulate points on the road to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.