Taekwondo athlete Yap wins historic Asian Games bronze — Channel NewsAsia

Singaporean taekwondo athlete Darren Yap won a bronze medal in the men's individual poomsae at the Asian Games in Toyohashi, Japan. He became the first Singapore representative to win an Asian Games medal in taekwondo, Channel NewsAsia reports.

Competition results

At Toyohashi Gymnasium, the 22-year-old Yap scored 9.0400 points and finished fourth. He was behind South Korea's Yoon Kyu Sung, who scored 9.3800 points, Thailand's Navin Pintasute with 9.2800, and the Philippines' Derrick Yap, who received 9.0900 points.

In this discipline, bronze medals are awarded to athletes who finish third and fourth. Yap posted the second-best result in his semifinal and the third-best overall result in qualification for the final.

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Previous performances

These Asian Games were Yap's fifth major competition of his career. At the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, he was eliminated in the round of 16. The athlete also won bronze medals twice at the Southeast Asian Games.

After his performance, Yap said that he initially had not planned to compete internationally, but his first tournament motivated him to continue training. The following day, he was due to compete in virtual taekwondo.