Huang Xiaowen lost to Japan's Tsukimi Namiki in the quarterfinals of the 54kg boxing class at the Nagoya Asian Games and missed the medal.

Huang Xiaowen. (File photo)

[Special Correspondent Nian Miaoyun/Reporting from Nagoya] Taiwanese boxing Olympic bronze medalist Huang Xiaowen competed in the top 8 of the women's 54kg category at the Nagoya Asian Games. After a fierce battle with Japanese Olympic bronze medalist Namiki Tsukiumi for 3 rounds, she lost 0:3 and missed the semifinals.

Huang Xiaowen, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, although she did not win a medal at the last Asian Games in Hangzhou, she later qualified for the Paris Olympics and won the World Championships. She still has high hopes of winning a medal this time.

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Huang Xiaowen started from the top 16 this time. She defeated Vietnamese player Nguyen Thi Kim Anh 5-0 in the first match and successfully entered the top 8. Today, I met Namiki Tsukiumi, a landowner. She also won the bronze medal in the women's 51kg class at the Tokyo Olympics. Her strength is not bad.

Huang Xiaowen was in some trouble when facing an opponent who was smaller than herself. The opponent frequently came forward to engage in close combat, leaving her behind 0:5 at the end of the first round. Fortunately, she made some adjustments in the second round and came back to win 2:3. Entering the third round, Huang Xiaowen knocked her opponent to the ground at the beginning and launched a series of attacks. Unfortunately, she still failed to win the favor of the referee and lost 2:3.

As for other Taiwanese players, Taiwanese female boxing champion Chen Nianqin starts from the top 8 this time and has a tough battle to fight in the first match. She will meet Thai Olympic bronze medalist Janjaem Suwannapheng. The match is expected to start at 4 pm Taiwan time.

Lin Yuting defeated Kazakh World Championship bronze medalist Viktoriya Grafeyeva in the top 16 of the women's 60kg category yesterday and successfully advanced to the top 8. She is expected to meet North Korea's Won Eun-kyung in the top 8 tomorrow. The two met at the Asian Championships this year, and Lin Yuting lost at that time. This time she aims to avenge her defeat.