Taiwan's number one long jumper Lin Yutang ranked fourth in the long jump at the Nagoya Asian Games. He missed the medal and lamented, "It's all fate!"

Lin Yutang. (Photo by reporter Chen Zhiqu)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] Taiwan's top long jumper Lin Yutang jumped out of 8.05 meters, his personal best of the season, in the men's long jump final of the Asian Games in Nagoya today. Unfortunately, he still missed the podium by 1 centimeter. He finished in fourth place, which made him sigh after the game: "This is all life!"

Lin Yutang tried to jump 7.64 meters for the first time in the finals, and then successfully challenged 7.97 meters. Although the third jump failed, the results continued to improve. The 8.04 meters in the fourth jump was the first time this year to break the 8-meter threshold. The fifth jump again broke the 8-meter threshold with 8.05 meters. Unfortunately, the last jump ended with 7.95 meters, and he was ranked 1 point behind Uzbek Anwar (ANVAROV). Anvar) missed the medal after 8.06 meters.

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When he saw the first sentence from the media after the game, Lin Yutang exclaimed, "It's all life!" But he said positively that after overcoming the injury, he was very satisfied with such a result. After all, he jumped 8 meters, and only 1 jump out of 6 attempts failed. "It means that my results and my training are on the right track, and the training method and physical condition are OK."

The 26-year-old Lin Yutang will have the Asian Championships and World Championships next year after the Asian Games. He said: "I hope to maintain my maturity until I compete in the future. I don't want to be like the past few years, where I may have a result and then fall down, and I can't get up." He also looks forward to the Asian Games in five years to have the opportunity to stand on the podium.