Lin Yutang won the silver medal in the men's long jump at the 2025 Athletics Asian Championships with a difference of 2 centimeters and missed the title defense

Chinese Taipei's first brother Lin Yutang handed over 8.20 meters in the fourth jump in the men's long jump final of the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on the 30th local time, but was finally reversed by Chinese player Shu Heng and won the silver medal with a difference of 2 centimeters.

Chinese Taipei long jump brother Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang won the gold in the last Asian Championships by breaking the national record of 8.40 meters, and sought to defend his title this time, and handed over 7.82 meters in the first jump on the 29th to win today's final ticket. Lin Yutang revealed that it is a good thing to have a qualifying round, first familiarize yourself with the conditions of the venue, and add confidence to the finals.

Lin Yutang failed to end in the first jump of today's final, the second jump of 7.84 meters, the third jump of 7.58 meters, temporarily ranked 6th and entered the final of the last 8 players, Lin Yutang rested for a while and handed over 8.20 meters in the fourth jump, surpassing Shu Heng 8.16 meters and Shanpu Xidou 8.08 meters in one fell swoop, jumping to the lead.

However, Lin Yutang did not get results in the last two jumps, while Shu Heng reversed the battle with 8.22 meters in the last jump, although Lin Yutang did not have a chance to complete the defense of the title, but still accepted the silver medal and proved his competitiveness.