Chinese Taipei’s AIBA Women’s World Champion Lin Yu Ting – Getting the Olympic ticket was only the first step for me to achieve my goal
Chinese Taipei has got fantastic woman team, their strong developments lead the country to get four quota places for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Their most experienced female boxer Lin Yu Ting controlled all of her contests in the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event and she is one of their girls who qualified for Tokyo.
She claimed gold medal at the New Delhi 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and at the Bangkok 2019 ASBC Asian Women’s Boxing Championships. Lin Yu Ting was the top favourite at the featherweight (57kg) in Amman and she proved fantastic performance once again.
“For me, getting the Olympic ticket in the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event, was the first step to achieve my goal. I expect that I can stand on the podium at the Tokyo Olympic Games and earn a glory for myself and for my country.
The strategy of the preparation for the Olympic Games is very important and I will do my best in the upcoming months to show good performance in Tokyo. I had top opponents in the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Amman but I knew the right tactic against them.
Regarding my opponents in the Olympic Games, they will be prepared also strongly therefore I expect tough fights in Japan. Everyone’s standards are very high but we also have a good coaching team who have the skills and the enthusiasm to achieve my goals in the Olympic Games.The Covid-19 Coronavirus is spreading around the world and I hope the International Olympic Committee can provide us great protection and health and safety for athletes who qualified for the Olympic Games,” summarized Lin Yu Ting after the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event.
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