CLOSE CALLS: Sprinter Yang Chun-han was edged out in a photo finish in the 200m, while Cheng Chu-ling fought to the end for silver in the soft tennis women’s singles
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 30, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwan yesterday won two silver and one bronze at the Asian Games in Indonesia, while the
Taiwan’s Yang Chun-han, left, and Japan’s Yuki Koike cross the finish line in the Asian Games men’s 200m in Jakarta yesterday. Photo: EPA-EFE
nation’s hopes in table tennis were dashed when two strong Taiwanese teams in mixed doubles lost their quarter-final matches.
Many Taiwanese fans had high expectations for sprinter Yang Chun-han, whose victory in the men’s 100m was a nationally celebrated highlight of last year’s Taipei Summer Universiade.
However, Yang yesterday ran the men’s 200m final in 20.23 seconds, but was edged out by 0.001 seconds by Japan’s Yuki Koike in a photo finish.
Yang reached across the finish line and fell down, then wept in disappointment after the result was announced. [FULL STORY]
