Fu Zhaoxuan won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the Nagoya Asian Games, marking the first track and field gold medal in team history in 60 years

Fu Zhaoxuan won the men's high jump gold medal. (Photo by special correspondent Chen Zhiqu)

High jumper Fu Zhaoxuan tied the season's personal best of 2.25 meters in the Asian Games finals in Nagoya today to win a gold medal. This is not only the third gold medal for the Taiwanese team this year, but also the Asian Games men's track and field gold medal for the first time in the team's 60-year history. He admitted that he was a little stupid when he knew he would win the gold medal at the beginning. "It's really unbelievable. I never thought about it!"

The last time Taiwan won an Asian Games men's high jump medal was Liao Xuesong's bronze medal in 1990. The previous time a Taiwanese male athlete won an Asian Games gold medal was back in 1966 when Wu Amin won the men's decathlon. He said: "I feel very happy. I actually have the ability to win the gold medal. I still can't believe it."

Fu Zhaoxuan said that in fact, he really never thought that he could win the gold medal. "I wanted to say that I might be able to get third. If I was lucky, I might be able to get second. But I didn't expect to win a gold medal. I felt very happy." He said that it was 2.25 meters and 2 meters. It was only at 28 feet that I realized that I had jumped into first place, and I couldn't believe it. "When I reached 28 feet, I just wanted to say that I can let go and jump without being so nervous. Unfortunately, I still couldn't break my personal best of 2.27 meters because my physical strength was a little exhausted."