Sung Ching-yang explained

Sung Ching-yang
Sport:Inline speed skating
Long track speed skating
Birth Date:18 October 1992
Birth Place:Taiwan
Height:1.68 m[1]
Weight:66 kg
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P:Sòng Qīngyáng

Sung Ching-yang (; ; born 18 October 1992) is a Taiwanese inline speed skater and long track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. In international competitions he competes under the flag of Chinese Taipei.

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Sung won two gold medals in roller sports, winning both the 300 metres time trial and the 500 metres sprint.

In ice skating Sung participated in the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres and 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres and has represented Chinese Taipei at the 2014 Winter Olympics in both events in Sochi. In December 2013 he won a bronze medal at the 1000 metres at the 2013 Winter Universiade speed skating.

Ching-Yang became the first speed skater to represent his country at the Winter Olympics (in 2014). In 2017 he was named to Chinese Taipei's team at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.[2]

Personal bests in speed skating

Sungs personal bests on the 500 and 1000 metres in long track speed skating are also national records for Taiwan.[3]

DistanceTimeVenueDateNote
500 m 34.64 (NR) 15 November 2013 World Cup
1000 m 1:08.83 (NR) 17 November 2013 World Cup
1500 m 1:57.83 15 December 2013 Winter Universiade
3000 m 4:21.00 Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink 22 February 2008 World Junior Championships

Notes and References

  1. http://winteruniversiade2013.sportresult.com/fisu/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/2827cff5-4da5-4d43-9fa3-cd7428423c76 Personal Information
  2. Web site: Chinese Taipei Delegation for the 8th Sapporo Winter Asian Games 2017 . Chinese, English . 13 February 2017 . www.tpenoc.net/ . . 13 February 2017 . 13 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213165605/http://www.tpenoc.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017%E6%9C%AD%E5%B9%8C%E4%BA%9E%E5%86%AC%E9%81%8B%E5%9C%98%E5%93%A1%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C-1.pdf?gid=6 . dead .
  3. http://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/?skater=39619 Skater business card of Ching-Yang Sung