The roller skating competition was the highlight of the day at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, with South Korea’s men’s relay team incredibly missing out on the 3,000m gold medal after Jeon Chung won too quickly.

South Korea beat Taiwan by one-hundredth of a second at the Asian Games

Jung, 27, relaxed and raised his arms as he neared the finish, but was overtaken by Huang Yu-Ling (Taiwan) at the last minute to miss out on the gold by a hundredth of a second.

“I made a big mistake. I didn’t come at full speed to the finish line. I went down too soon. I’m sorry” – Jung Cheol-won (South Korea)quoted by Reuters.

Juan, who was previously disqualified in the 1,000-meter individual sprint, is undecided about participating in the relay.

“Last night I kept telling myself I wasn’t in the mood to race today, but then I looked at some old social media posts to cheer myself up. After the race, I thought it was a shame that I was so close to winning, and then the results came up on the screen to show that I had won by a hundredth of a second, and it was a miracle” – Huang Yu-Lin (Taiwan).

Jeon Jeong-won and teammate Choi In-ho lost both the gold medal and the added bonus of being able to avoid mandatory military service (18 months to 2 years) for South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 28..