About Yang Chuan-kwang
Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang, was a Taiwanese Olympian decathlete. Yang attended college at UCLA, where he trained and competed with teammate and Olympian Rafer Johnson and was coached by Elvin C. Drake. Known as the "Iron Man of Asia," Yang won the decathlon event at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games, as well as silver medals in the 110 m hurdles and long jump and the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. Johnson ran his personal best at 4:49.7 and finished just 1.2 sec slower than Yang, winning the gold by 58 points with an Olympic record total of 8,392 points. Yang was the first Olympic medallist in his country's history. Yang had confessed to fellow Olympian Chen An-hu before his death that he had purposely slowed down so Johnson, who would eventually be too old to compete, could win the gold medal; Yang won the silver medal.
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