Bidding farewell to "Wan Lao 4", women's hammer thrower Yu Yaqian won a medal in the Asian Championships in track and field for the first time in her career

The 2025 Asian Athletics Championships ignited the war in Gumi, South Korea on the 27th, and Chinese Taipei women's hammer throw record holder Yu Yaqian, with 64.25 meters, failed to break the national record in Taiwan, but still won a bronze medal for the Taipei team, which was also the first time in her career to win a medal in an international competition.

Yu Yaqian won the bronze medal in the women's hammer throw at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships

The Chinese Taipei team sent a total of 31 athletes to participate in this year's competition, Yu Yaqian appeared on the first day of the competition, she was in the second stop of the Chinese track and field throwing group competition in April, with 68.39 meters to send her 67.32 meters record at the Long Beach Track and Field Invitational in the United States two years ago into history, and it is also the fifth time in her career to set a new high in Taiwan.

It's just that Yu Yaqian has always missed the podium in international competitions in the past, and she has finished fourth in the 2023 Asian Championships, Chengdu World Universiade, and Hangzhou Asian Games. Yu Yaqian has achieved results in 6 throws today, including the 4th throw with 64.25 meters to throw away Japan's fierce rival and last silver medalist Japanese mixed-race female player Michael Arthur, and finally bid farewell to the "10,000-year-old 4" and won a medal in the Asian Championships for the first time in her career.