Lin Yifan wins Asian Games women's park style skateboarding silver medal, the best in Taiwan's history

Lin Yifan completed the park style event in the women's skateboarding category. (Photo by reporter Chen Zhiqu)

[Special Correspondent Nian Miaoyun/Reporting from Nagoya] Taiwan's 14-year-old skateboarder Lin Yifan won the silver medal with 85.15 points in the skateboard park final of the Asian Games in Nagoya today. This is Taiwan's first Asian Games skateboarding medal in history. His coach Sasaoka Kendo is satisfied with Lin Yifan's performance. He believes that this medal will have a very positive impact on Lin Yifan's career and looks forward to her continuing to move towards the Olympics in the future.

Lin Yifan scored a high score of 85.15 points in the first run today. Sasaoka Kendo said: "The first run was very relaxed, more relaxed than yesterday, and the performance was very good, so I feel very good. In addition, because I successfully completed the moves in the first run, I felt a lot more relaxed."

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Speaking of the main opponent, the Japanese female Mizuho E-Hasegawa, Sasaoka Kendo spoke highly of her, "I think she is really outstanding, but no matter what, we must catch up in the future. Regarding the issues that Yifan is currently facing, I now have a complete grasp of them, so we will practice well on these issues to prepare for the next competition."

However, Sasaoka Kendo revealed that Lin Yifan's 85 points was not her highest score. She had higher scores in Rome and the World Championships before, but today she got a higher score than expected in the first trip, so she was a little relieved.

Sasaoka Kendo is happy that Lin Yifan can win Taiwan's first Asian Games skateboarding medal in history, "For Yifan, it would be great if it could be a source of confidence for her. Although she wants to get the medal herself, and I am there to support her, after all, she is the one skating on the court. She won it by her own strength. I hope this medal will have a positive impact on her future skateboarding career." He emphasized that the next goal will be the Olympics. "We hope to win a medal in the Olympics in the future. We will focus on this goal and continue to invest in training."