Ge Wuyanming ranked 7th in the 200m at the Nagoya Asian Games, and Thailand Bussen broke the championship and won the gold medal.

Thai Busan. (Photo by special correspondent Chen Zhiqu)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] As the rain continued in the local area, Taiwan's fast-legged Wu Yanming did not perform as expected in the men's 200m final of the Asian Games in Nagoya today, ranking seventh in 21.02 seconds. As for the much-anticipated 20-year-old Thai sprint genius Puripol Boonson, he won the gold medal with a time of 19.88 seconds that broke the conference and tied the Asian record.

Ge Wu Yanming's career best time in the 200 meters is 20.58 seconds, which is also the second best time in the history. This time he ran 20.84 seconds in the Asian Games preliminaries and advanced to the second place in the group. In the semi-finals, he advanced to today's finals in 20.71 seconds. He was placed in Lane 4, but due to leg discomfort before the game, he did not perform at his best and ended up in 7th place. He said: "I am very happy to advance to the finals, but it is a pity that the seconds are not very ideal. I will continue to work hard when I go back."

Taiwan's Kuaiji Ge Wu Yanming. (Photo by special correspondent Chen Zhiqu)

As for the 20-year-old Thai sprint genius Puripol Boonson just broke the conference record and won the 100m gold medal with a time of 9.90 seconds. Yesterday, he deliberately slowed down before the finish line in the semi-finals and still ran a time of 20.10 seconds ahead of the rest. Today, he also led the way in the finals, finally finishing with 1 He crossed the finish line first with a conference-breaking time of 9.88 seconds, tying the Asian record set by China's Xie Zhenye in 2019. The audience burst into exclamations. After the game, he also excitedly drew his bow towards the sky and happily put on the Thai flag to celebrate.