Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/27
By: Lee Chin-wei and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) Track and field athlete Cheng Chao-tsun (鄭兆村) and weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun (郭婞淳) received the 2017 Taiwan Sports Elite Awards for best male and female athlete, respectively, at an award ceremony in Taipei Wednesday.

The two athletes both shone bright at the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade, winning gold medals for Taiwan in their respective sports of men’s javelin and women’s weightlifting 58 kilogram category.

With his winning throw of 91.36 meters, Cheng broke both the Asian and universiade records for men’s javelin.

During the universiade, Kuo also broke records with her performance, breaking a 10-year world record in women’s clean-and-jerk with a lift of 142kg.    [FULL  STORY]