Former men's javelin Asian record holder Zheng Zhaocun missed out on the 2025 Asian Championships final by 2 centimeters

Chinese Taipei's "golden right arm" Zheng Zhaocun appeared in the men's javelin qualifying round of the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on the morning of the 30th local time, but unfortunately failed to show his strength, threw 70.80 meters, and missed tomorrow's final.

Chinese Taipei's "golden right arm" Zheng Zhaocun

The 31-year-old Zheng Zhaocun is the gold medalist at the 2019 Asian Championships, and his 86.72m is still the record of the Games, but he has become the oldest player in the Chinese Taipei team this year, and has been returning to the grassroots level as a coach since last year. Zheng Zhaocun threw 76.90 meters in this year's Youth Cup, even if he missed the Asian Championships, he was called up for the first time in his career, but after all, he still has to be a coach, and the amount of training is indeed not as good as in the past.

Chinese Taipei's "golden right arm" Zheng Zhaocun

This year's men's javelin qualifying tournament is divided into two groups, A and B, a total of 22 players participated, as long as they threw more than 76 meters to advance, and then for the best promotion, 12 will participate in the finals. Although Zheng Zhaocun won 70.80 meters in the third throw, it was a pity that he finished 15th in the overall ranking, and he could only end this Asian Championships with hatred.

It is worth mentioning that Pakistan is 1.97 meters strongArshad NadimLast year, he won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics with 92.97 meters, and also sent Zheng Zhaocun's Asian record of 91.36 meters into historyArshad NadimHe also came to participate in this year, and he also advanced directly with 86.34 meters in the first throw of the qualifying round, and it is possible that Zheng Zhaocun's conference record will be updated in tomorrow's final.