The 2025 Asian Women's Competitive Gymnastics Championships debuted in Jecheon, South Korea on the 12th, and Chen Ruian, a mixed-race athlete who wore the jersey of the Chinese Taipei team for the first time, showed his competitiveness and won the fourth place in the all-around event with 52.499 points, writing the best result in team history in recent years, and also grabbed a total of 3 finals tickets for uneven bars, balance beam, and free exercise.

Mixed-race athlete Chen Ruian (left) showed his competitiveness at the Asian Championships, finishing fourth in the all-around event with a score of 52.499, writing the best result in team history in recent years

Chen Rui'an, whose father is Swedish and whose mother is Taiwanese, decided to switch to represent Chinese Taipei this year, even though she injured her neck two weeks ago and has not competed for a long time.

Chen Ruian still showed his strength today, scoring 13.400 points on the uneven bars, 13.500 points on the balance beam, 12.633 points in the floor exercise, and 12.966 points in the vault, winning the fourth place in the all-around, and it is also the best ranking of Chinese Taipei women's all-around in recent years, only 1.1 points behind the bronze medal Qin Xinyi.

Mixed-race athlete Chen Ruian (left) showed his competitiveness at the Asian Championships, finishing fourth in the all-around event with a score of 52.499, writing the best result in team history in recent years

With China, Japan and South Korea all playing as the first team, it is indeed difficult for the Chinese Taipei team to replicate the best performance in team history of winning the team bronze medal in 2023. However, this time Chen Ruian led the way, and Chinese Taipei scored 148.796 points in the team competition, finishing in 4th place, with the gold medal being China, the silver medal Japan, and the bronze medal South Korea.

In terms of individual qualification, Chen Ruian ranked 5th on the uneven bars to advance to the finals, the balance beam ranked 8th to advance, and although the floor exercise was only ranked 12th, Chen Ruian also received a ticket for the free exercise finals because a single country (region) won a maximum of 2 to advance to the finals.