Taiwan's Cheng Cheng-yu bags gold at U15 Games

Taipei, April 8 (CNA) Taiwan's Cheng Cheng-yu (鄭丞佑) clinched a gold medal Tuesday in the men's gymnastics vault event at the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 in Zlatibor, Serbia.

Cheng scored 13.566 and 11.900 points for his two vaults, with an average score of 12.733.

He also won silver in the floor event and a bronze as part of Taiwan's team in the team event Monday.

Gymnastics is just one of 25 sports featured at the Gymnasiade, also known as the U15 World School Sport Games, and one of 12 in which Taiwan is fielding competitors.

The results were an ideal birthday gift for Cheng, who will turn 15 on Saturday.

In his third year at Taipei Municipal Datong High School's junior high division, Cheng is the son of Taiwan's national gymnastics coach Cheng Kun-chieh (鄭焜杰).

His father told CNA that the moves Cheng can perform on the vault are quite advanced for his age, "so before we set off I thought he should be able to win a medal. It was just a matter of the color."

Taiwan's 133-member delegation to the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 from April 4-14 consists of 75 athletes, 28 coaches and 30 staff.

The 75 athletes are participating in 12 sports including archery, track and field, badminton, boxing, breakdancing, artistic gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and tennis.