Lin Yu-ting Wins Bronze at Asian Boxing Championships, Jokes About Reaching Goal of Getting Sports Minister's Congratulatory Message

It has been 19 months since Lin Yu-ting won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics before she stepped back onto the international boxing ring. In this Asian Championships, she overcame multiple opponents until she lost 1 to 4 against North Korea's Won Un-gyong in the semi-finals.

Although she didn't win gold, Lin Yu-ting still secured this hard-earned bronze medal and received a congratulatory message from Sports Minister Lee Yang.

Lin Yu-ting laughed and said, 'The purpose of participating this time was, of course, to win the championship, but another goal was to get a congratulatory message from the Sports Minister. After all, since he took office, I haven't had the chance to compete abroad.'

Before becoming the Sports Minister, Lee Yang partnered with Lin Yu-ting to attend multiple events, calling themselves the 'Yang-Yu Chips' duo, showing their good friendship.

Unfortunately, after Lee Yang took office as Sports Minister on September 9 last year, Lin Yu-ting was still restricted from competing due to regulations by World Boxing (WB), so she never had the chance to receive a congratulatory message from Lee Yang.

Yesterday, after Lin Yu-ting was eliminated in the semi-finals and confirmed to win the bronze medal at the Asian Championships, Wang Kai-yu, the representative to Mongolia, immediately presented the congratulatory message from Sports Minister Lee Yang to Lin Yu-ting, making her smile and say, 'At least I achieved one of my goals.' (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150407