At the 2025 Asian Championships in Athletics, Liang Xiaojing shattered Shanti's dream of defending the title of the female flyer, ending China's 12-year wait

Shanti's dream of defending the title of the female flyer was shattered by China's Liang Xiaojing! China's Liang Xiaojing took the lead in the women's 100m final at the 2025 Gumi Asian Athletics Championships on the 28th local time, running 11.37 seconds to win the gold medal. This is after Wei Yongli in 2013, the Chinese female athlete won the women's 100-meter flyer title in the Asian Championships again after a 12-year absence.

Liang Xiaojing ended China's 12-year wait for the women's 100m gold medal.

Singapore's Shanti defends her title. Singapore's Shanti came from behind but it was too late, and she could only defend her dominance with a silver medal of 11.41 seconds, while Vietnam's Tran Thi Ngan won bronze in 11.54 seconds.

Liang Xiaojing said after the race: "The weather was bad before the race, first it rained, then it rained, and then it rained, and the preparation activities were not very sufficient, but I kept mobilizing my condition! Liang Xiaojing revealed that due to the headwind in the game, he felt that his rhythm was a little chaotic during the game, "In the end, he kept accelerating, and the line was pressed early, and the whole person almost fell down with the center of gravity in front." ”

Liang Xiaojing took the lead in becoming a female flyer at the Gumi Asian Championships, ending China's 12-year wait for the women's 100m gold medal

Yanagida Daiki won the battle to become a male flyer through electric eyes. In the men's 100m final, Japan's Daiki Yanagida and Thailand's Brippal both ran 10.20 seconds to decide the winner, with Yanagida beating Brippel in a season-best time of 10.20 seconds (.194 seconds) to win gold, and Saudi Arabia's Abdullah won bronze in 10.30 seconds. In the men's 400m final, Qatar's Ammar won gold in 45.33 seconds, Japan's Kentaro Sato won the silver medal in 45.50 seconds, and Sri Lanka's Kalinga won the bronze medal in 45.55 seconds.

The Chinese team added 5 more gold medals in the next day's competition on the 28th, except for Liang Xiaojing who won the female flyer, the remaining 4 gold medals were from Wang Qi (men's hammer throw), Niu Chunge (women's pole vault), Niu Yaming (men's triple jump) and Li Chunhui (women's L500m). Among the other teams with gold medals, Japan is in second place with 3 golds, India has 2 golds, and Qatar has 1 gold.