Lai Zhuen was in the men’s 63.5kg boxing gold medal match at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He lost 0:5 to Mongolian player Battarsukh and accepted the silver medal. He is expected to become the gold medal winner. (File photo, taken by reporter Chen Zhiqu)
[Reporter Lin Yuefu/Comprehensive Report]Taiwanese boxer Lai Zhuen won the silver medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, but the gold medalist Mongolian Baatarsukhiin Chinzorig has been involved in a drug ban scandal recently. Lai Zhuen is expected to become the gold medalist in his place. There is also a chance for Taiwan to reach 20 gold medals in the Asian Games.
Taiwan won 19 gold medals, 20 silver medals, and 28 bronze medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. The number of gold medals tied with the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, tied for the best result in team history.
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Lai Zhuen, who once became a national player in the Rio Olympics, now won a silver medal again in the Hangzhou Asian Games. He became Taiwan’s first male player to win an Asian Games medal in 53 years since Chen Weiren, who was bronzed in the Bangkok Asian Games in 1970. And after he reached the final, We are determined to move forward to the Paris Olympics next year.
The 32-year-old Battarsukh is a silver medalist at the Asian Games in Jakarta and a silver medalist at this year’s World Championships. In the gold medal match, he defeated Lai Zhuen to win the gold medal. However, on the day he won the gold medal, he was required to undergo a drug test according to regulations, and was also found to contain drugs in his body. Banned drug ingredients.
It is understood that the drug may result in a ban of up to 4 years at the most, and at the same time, the Asian Games gold medal and tickets to the Paris Olympics next year will be revoked. Battarsukh is expected to appeal and has the right to open the B bottle for another test. However, according to past cases, it will be very difficult for Battarsukh to make a comeback.
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If Battarsukh is confirmed to be suspended, he will also be required to return the Asian Games gold medal. Silver medalist Lai Chuen will be substituted as the gold medal winner. This will become the first time that someone has won the gold medal in Taiwan after 65 years since Zhang Luopu in 1958. Asian Games men’s boxing gold medal.
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2023-10-23 07:05:20
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