Yu Yaqian climbed on the women's hammer throw podium at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships and waited for her first medal in 18 years

Chinese Taipei women's player Yu Yaqian won the bronze medal in women's hammer throw at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea with 64.25 meters on the 27th local time, which is also the first medal in Chinese Taipei's women's hammer throw after 18 years.

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

Chinese Taipei won a total of 2 medals in the women's hammer throw at the Asian Championships in Athletics in the past, and won silver in 2002 and bronze in 2007 for the former Taiwan record holder, and now Yu Yaqian did not throw the expected results before the game, but still defeated the last silver medalist Japanese mixed-race player Joy McArthur (Joy McArthur), the first time on the podium of the Asian Championships in Athletics, and it is also the third women's hammer throw medal in the history of Chinese Taipei in the history of the Asian Championships in Athletics.

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

In addition, the last Chinese Taipei woman to stand on the podium at the Asian Championships in Athletics was Li Caiyi, who won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw in 2013, and Yu Yaqian was the first Chinese Taipei female athlete to win a medal at the Asian Championships in Athletics in 12 years.