Yan Wins in Yanqing Blowout

From Yanqing, CHN

(January 11, 2026) – Wengang Yan cruised to victory in the first race of the second leg of Asian Cup skeleton winning by over a full second in Yanqing.

Yan opened up a .62 second lead over teammate Zhongxu Lin, who was another .39 ahead of Qinzhou Bai in third.

It was more of the same in the second heat, with Yan sliding to a combined 1.4 second victory over Lin, with Bai nearly three seconds back in third.

Eunwoo Kwack was the top non-Chinese slider in seventh.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Wengang Yan CHN 2 4.99 4.83 60.94 60.31 2:01.25
2 Zhongxu Lin CHN 5 4.94 4.88 61.56 61.09 2:02.65
3 Qinzhou Bai CHN 6 4.98 4.93 61.95 62.23 2:04.18
4 Rongcun Zhang CHN 9 4.90 4.91 62.79 62.48 2:05.27
5 Aoyu Zhang CHN 10 4.97 4.94 62.02 63.28 2:05.30
6 Shengcong Wu CHN 8 4.97 4.95 63.75 65.65 2:09.40
7 Eunwoo Kwack KOR 1 5.03 4.94 65.35 64.27 2:09.62
8 Hayato Kawano JPN 3 4.87 4.91 65.71 64.11 2:09.82
9 Janghwan Jung KOR 4 4.98 4.91 66.18 67.04 2:13.22
10 Seunghun Lee KOR 7 7.43 6.93 69.56 70.05 2:19.61