Lee Chih-Kai Won Gold in Asian Gymnastics Championships|"鞍馬王子"李智凱亞錦賽奪台灣全能首金

發布時間：2019/6/24 17:37 更新時間：2019/6/24 18:17

Jake Chen

Taiwan's top gymnastics athlete Lee Chih-kai won his first gold medal at the 8th Senior ART Asian Championships in the men's artistic individual all-around category, edging out two competitors from Mainland China. This is the first time an athlete from Taiwan wins a gold medal at an Asian championship. Team Chinese Taipei, Taiwan's national team, has also won its first ever team bronze medal.

Hailed as Taiwan's Pommel Horse Prince, Lee Chih-kai is currently competing at the 8th Senior ART Asian Championships in Mongolia. Lee scored 15.033 in the men's pommel horse competition. He also performed well in the still rings and floor exercise.

Lee's performances in the three categories earned a total of 42.367 points, which put him ahead of the field. The event does not lead to qualification to the Tokyo Olympics, but to Lee, it serves as a preparation for next year's Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. After competing in vault, parallel bars and high bar on June 20, Lee accumulated a total score of 83.666, allowing him to defeat two Chinese athletes, Hu Xuwei and Liu Rongbing and bag a gold medal. His coach Lin Yu-hsin said that Lee didn't show major mistake in his performances, but he did lose quite a few points in the parallel bars category which led to a total score of less than 84 points, a goal that was set before the competition. The coach said that Lee's performance shows that he has a good chance to perform well in the upcoming 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and earn qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Lee's gold medal is the first gold medal for Taiwanese gymnast at the Asian championships in 13 years. It is also Taiwan's first ever gold medal in the men's all-around category. Lee will continue to compete in the categories of pommel horse and floor.

Another athlete from the National Taiwan Normal University, Tang Chia-hung, scored 14.367 in the high bar category and proceeded to the final round. Thanks to the strong performances from these two athletes, as a team Taiwan was able to outperform South Korea and win the first-ever bronze medal.

在鞍馬上展現俐落身手，體操「鞍馬王子」李智凱，參加在蒙古烏蘭巴托舉行的2019年亞錦賽；李智凱先在最拿手的鞍馬拿到15.033分，地板和吊環也都有出色發揮。

首日前三項比完，李智凱以42.367分暫居領先；今年亞錦賽雖然和明年奧運參賽資格無關，但李智凱睽違多時後，在國際賽再度挑戰全能項目，為接下來的拿坡里世大運進行調整。20號比完跳馬、雙槓和單槓後，李智凱最終六項總分83.666分，力壓兩名中國選手胡旭威和劉榕冰、摘下金牌。教練林育信指出，李智凱整體來看沒有大失誤，可惜雙槓被扣分太多，總分才沒有達到賽前設定的84分；但依照現在的發展來看，要在10月份世錦賽拿到奧運資格問題不大。李智凱奪下台灣睽違13年的亞錦賽金牌，更是史上首面亞錦賽男子全能金牌，接下來還有鞍馬、地板的單項決賽，要繼續拚獎牌。

至於來自台師大的好手唐嘉鴻，在他最擅長的單槓項目，拿下所有選手最高的14.367分，晉級單槓決賽；憑藉著李智凱和唐嘉鴻的優異表現，中華隊力壓強敵南韓，進帳隊史首面團體賽銅牌。