Taiwanese gymnast Tang Chia-hung (唐嘉鴻) yesterday won gold in the men’s horizontal bar event at the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, finishing with a score of 15.200.
Tang earned a difficulty score of 6.500 and an execution score of 8.700. Colombia’s Angel Barajas finished second with 14.966 points.
Photo courtesy of Huang Bo-rui
The victory was Tang’s second gold medal in the FIG World Cup series this year, after he won the horizontal bar title in Baku, Azerbaijan, earlier this month.
In Antalya, he also competed in the floor exercise event, but later developed mild cold symptoms and decided to withdraw from the final to rest and focus on the horizontal bar.
His coach, Huang Bo-rui (黃柏瑞), said that after traveling from Baku and dealing with Turkey’s dry climate, Tang developed a cold, which affected his practice.
Huang said Tang had planned to achieve high scores in the first two apparatus World Cup series events this year, and that performing well also helps create a favorable impression on the judges in future competitions.
Tang said his current training is focused on becoming an all-around gymnast and he hopes to contribute to the team’s results at the Asian Championships next month and at the Gymnastics World Championships later this year.
"As I get older, I really have to cherish the chance to keep training and competing," Tang said. "Of course, I am very grateful to the Taiwan Sports Training Center and the entire team for their support, which allows us to extend our athletic careers".
Following his performances at the two World Cup events, the gymnast is to return home for a short rest.
He had planned to compete in Egypt, Croatia and Qatar starting April 3, but due to instability in the Middle East, he is now to participate only in the Croatia tournament on April 9.
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