Karate female players Zhong Yaqi and Tian Xin'er lead the Nagoya Asian Games. Bama International sponsors national players in multiple events to prepare for the competition.

Chung Yaqi (from left) and Tian Xin'er are competing in the HOS Asian Games today. (Provided by Bama International)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The Nagoya Asian Games will kick off on September 19. Today, Taiwanese national athletes from karate, table tennis, martial arts and gymnastics will fly out to compete. Among them, female karate players Chung Ya-chi and Tian Xin'er are ready to fight against powerful enemies such as Japan, the landlord, and strive for sparring and team medals.

Gu Cuiping (Incheon 2014), Gu Xiaoshuang ( Jakarta in 2018 and Hangzhou in 2023) have successively won gold medals in the women's first weight class of the Asian Games. Now burdened with heavy responsibilities, Zhong Yaqi hopes to continue the fine tradition of her predecessors and help the team complete the feat of consecutive championships. This will not only be the 27-year-old's first appearance on the Asian Games stage, but will also be the final international battle of her karate career. "I will seize the opportunity and give it a try! No regrets."

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As for Tian Xin'er, who was born in Nantou, she formed a women's team with her seniors Jian Huixuan and Hong Zhixuan. She also has the opportunity to take the lead in winning medals for Taiwan in this new event. Tian Xin'er said, "Thanks to many people along the way, especially Eight Horse International and the Andre Foundation for their long-term support, I have been able to reach this point without any worries, and I have more courage to face the next challenge!"

In addition to Zhong Yaqi and Tian Xin'er, five people including Judo Liao Yurong, swimming Zhuang Mulun and Liu Biyin who have already started, are all Asian Games national athletes sponsored by Bama International. Liao Yurong lost the bronze medal match after upgrading to heavyweight in the last Asian Games and missed the medal. She gained experience and practiced hard. In the 2025 Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan, she won the bronze medal in the women's 70kg category and became the After Lian Zhenling and Yang Yongwei, he is the third player in the history of Chinese judo to stand on the Grand Slam podium, which is enough to boost the confidence of the Ami girl from the Ukagai tribe in Hualien. She hopes to win medals when she comes back to the Asian Games.

Zhuang Mulun and Liu Peiyin will compete in the men's 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 400m mixed relay, while Zhuang Mulun and Liu Peiyin will compete in the women's 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 400m mixed relay.