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ASIAN GAMES/Sprinter wins Taiwan's first athletics medal at Hangzhou Asian Games

10/02/2023 09:10 PM
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Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han (left) runs side by side with Nigerian-born Qatari runner Femi Ogunode in the men
Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han (left) runs side by side with Nigerian-born Qatari runner Femi Ogunode in the men's 200-meter race at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. CNA photo Oct. 2, 2023

Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) Sprinter Yang Chun-han (楊俊瀚) won bronze in the men's 200-meter race at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday to score Taiwan's first athletics medal at this year's games.

The 26-year-old Taiwanese sprinter edged out Nigerian-born Qatari runner Femi Ogunode by 0.01 seconds to finish third with a time of 20.74 seconds.

Japan's 24-year-old Koki Ueyama took gold with a time of 20.60 seconds, and 26-year-old Abdullah Abkar Mohammed of Saudi Arabia took silver in a time of 20.63 seconds.

Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han flies the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han flies the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee's flag after winning a bronze medal in the men's 200-meter race at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Monday. CNA photo Oct. 2, 2023

Yang, Taiwan's national record holder in the 200 meters with a time of 20.23 seconds set at the 2018 Asian Games, could meet Ueyama again in the men's 4 x 100m relay scheduled for Tuesday evening.

He also competed in the 100 meters in Hangzhou but his time of 10.23 seconds in his semifinal heat was not good enough to qualify for the finals.

(By Li Chien-chung and Kay Liu)

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Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han cheers after seeing his third-place finish, which secured a bronze, Taiwan
Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han cheers after seeing his third-place finish, which secured a bronze, Taiwan's first athletics medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Monday. CNA photo Oct. 2, 2023
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