Asian Games women's freestyle team sprint competition: Taiwan team beats Japan to win bronze
Quick Look
- Taiwan's free cycling women's team racing team defeated the Japanese team in the Nagoya Asian Games bronze medal match with a time of 49.061 seconds, winning the Taiwanese team's first medal in the free cycling event this year.
- Contestant Wang Xinting said that the team overcame the disadvantage of the lack of international standard venues in China and finally successfully stood on the podium through long-term on-site training and logistical team support.
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Why It Matters
Taiwan currently lacks a 250-meter indoor freestyle racing track that meets international standards. Athletes need to overcome the disadvantages of field training through overseas competitions and off-site training.
Liu Shangying (middle). (File photo)
[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] The Taiwanese team competed in the bronze medal match of the women's team sprint at the Nagoya Asian Games Free Cycling venue today. They combined their efforts to hit a time of 49.061 seconds, edging out the Japanese team by 0.076 seconds and winning a bronze medal. It was also the first medal for the free cycling team this year.
The team sprint competition consists of three players. The Taiwanese team completed the event this time with Chen Jingyun, Liu Shangying, and Wang Xinting. As for Qiu Jingwen, she was unable to compete due to injury. Today, the Taiwan team jointly sprinted 49 seconds in the field team sprint qualifying competition. With a score of 860, he advanced to the 4th place in the group. Then they jointly posted a 49-second 504 in the preliminaries, defeating the Indian team's 50-second 431, and successfully advanced to the bronze medal match. In the end, they successfully defeated Japan, which made all the players very happy.
Wang Xinting said that after each trip, the coach discussed with the players how to adjust the route to make them faster. "After it was confirmed that we would advance to the bronze medal game, the coach finally decided to let us change the gears so that the seconds could be faster."
Since Taiwan currently does not have a 250-meter indoor free cycling track that meets international standards, the outside world has even praised the hard-won medal. Wang Xinting mentioned, "We have been training together for 10 months, and we can only make use of the time for overseas competitions and off-site training." Overcoming the disadvantage of the venue." She also mentioned that with the help of coach Lin Kunhong, foreign coach Shang Aidi, and the support of the logistics team such as mechanic Xu Yuexiu and physical therapist Liu Junwei, she was able to stand on the podium. "It was only with their help that we achieved such results."
