RECORD-SETTER: Chen Kuei-ru took silver in the men’s 110m hurdles with 13.39 seconds, beating the national record he set earlier this year of 13.49 seconds
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 29, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwan shone in badminton yesterday, as Tai Tzu-ying captured the gold in women’s singles
Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying returns to P.V. Sindhu of India during their Asian Games women’s badminton singles final in Jakarta yesterday. Photo: Reuters
and Chou Tien-chen came away with silver after losing in the men’s singles final in the Jakarta Asian Games.
Tai’s finish pushed Taiwan’s gold medal count to 13, while Chou and 110m hurdler Chen Kuei-ru boosted the silver count to 14.
It was a worthy gold-medal match between world No. 1 Tai and world No. 2 P.V. Sindhu of India.
Tai easily grabbed the first set 21-13, but Sindhu fought back in a see-saw battle for the second set, before Tai prevailed down the stretch 21-16. [FULL STORY]