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China Men's Cycling Team Beaten by Inexperience: Coach

China men's cycling team, which was beaten by Chinese Taipei to the fourth of the team sprint at the Busan Asiad on Saturday afternoon, lacked the experience as it was the first time for most of the athletes to compete in Asian Games,Tian Junrong, the team manager, told Xinhua after the match.


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China men's cycling team, which was beaten by Chinese Taipei to the fourth of the team sprint at the Busan Asiad on Saturday afternoon, lacked the experience as it was the first time for most of the athletes to compete in Asian Games,Tian Junrong, the team manager, told Xinhua after the match.

During the three-man, three-lap race for the bronze this afternoon, Chinese Taipei earned a narrow lead of 23.169 seconds against China's 23.298 after the first lap. But China made a brilliant comeback in the second lap, which finished at 42.381-42.638 in China's advantage.

Lin Chih Hsan, who clinched the first gold medal for the Chinese Taipei cycling team on Friday in the 1-km individual time trial, showed his strength again in the third and the final lap duel to beat China's Yan Liheng, dashing across the finish line at1:02.415 against Yan's 1:03.172.

"Yan left the starting line a bit slowly, which forced him to consume more stamina to catch up with his rival before the final sprint," Tian said.

"As the two teams are almost at the same level, a tiny mistake will result in the loss," Tian said.

Gao Zhiguo, China's cyclist who stormed back for his team in the second lap, said that "I think I did quite well today. Chinese Taipei is not that strong. We beat them in the Asian cycling championships. But today, there is something wrong in our teamwork."

"We are strong in the first half and they are better in the second. They did better than us today," Gao added.

Chinese Taipei's coach Yang Tung Tseng told Xinhua that both teams are at the same level. "The third athlete of China started slowly leading to their total failure today."


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