The China Post
Date: September 10, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI — A Taiwanese women’s tug of war team grabbed two gold medals in the women’s under-23

500 kg category and the women’s 500 kg category of the 2016 Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) Open Club Championship in Sweden on Thursday.

The team, called “Tai Shi Da Jingmei,” is mainly composed of students from National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei Jingmei Girls High School.

The Open Club Championship, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, is part of the TWIF World Outdoor Championships, which also includes the Tug of War World Championship slated for Saturday and Sunday.

A total of 27 countries are represented at the four-day event.

Huang Yu-bo, an official from Jingmei Girls High School, said winning the two medals was a boost to the morale of the team, giving the athletes more confidence.

The Tai Shi Da Jingmei team is seeking to take its fourth title in the women’s 500-kg category of this year’s the Tug of War World Championship.     [FULL  STORY]

MURRAY MASTERED:While the Taiwanese player was flying home, Japan’s Kei Nishikori remained on track to become the first Asian man to win a Grand Slam title

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 09, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP and Reuters, NEW YORK

Chan Yung-jan narrowly missed out on a rare Taiwanese appearance in a Grand Slam final at the US

Open on Wednesday, while Kei Nishikori stunned Andy Murray to reach the semi-finals of the men’s singles.

Chan and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia lost a hard-fought mixed doubles semi-final 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 to Laura Siegemund of Germany and Mate Pavic of Croatia in 1 hour, 38 minutes on Court 17 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

“Even though we stopped at semis but still a great run, thanks to Nenad for playing together, I had a lot of fun!! Till next year,” Chan wrote on Facebook.

Siegemund and Pavic hit 35 winners and converted four of 10 break points, winning 76 of the 145 points contested to advance a final against seventh-seeded US duo Coco Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram, who ousted Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Robert Farah of Colombia 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in 1 hour, 28 minutes in their semi-final.     [FULL  STORY]

The Shorthorn
Date: September 7, 2016
By: Jeff Rose, The Shorthorn Staff

Marketing sophomore Eric Nguyen was recognized in a YouTube video by StudentUniverse and

invited by them to go to Taiwan to compete in a bike race.

Marketing sophomore Eric Nguyen received the opportunity to compete in a bicycling race in Taiwan in November. The race is called the Formosa 900 and is approximately 560 miles.

Eric Nguyen, marketing sophomore and member of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Early Leader Program, is traveling to Taiwan this November to bike 900 kilometers, or about 560 miles.

When Nguyen got the offer to tour Taiwan, he rushed out to buy a bike and taught himself how to ride through YouTube videos.

“This is essentially a bike tour around Taiwan,” Nguyen said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/07
By: Chiang Chun-liang and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) A five-star hotel announced Wednesday that it will hold a stair-climbing race on Nov. 19, offering winners a night in its presidential suite worth NT$60,000 (US$1,920).

Tseng Ching-tsan (曾慶欑), general manager of the Nice Prince Hotel in Chiayi, and Su Yao-hsing (蘇耀星), head of the Chiayi City Government’s Fire Bureau, held a news conference to announce the event.

Tseng said that to encourage the public to climb stairs instead of taking elevators, it first sponsored the stair-climbing race last year.

More than 800 people took part in the inaugural race in 2015, running up 397 steps to the 18th floor, making it moderate in difficulty in comparison with the more famous Taipei 101 Run Up race.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/06
By: Ku Chuan and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 6 (CNA) The 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade torch relay will pass over the main peak of

Yushan (Jade Mountain), Taiwan’s highest point, the Universiade executive committee said Tuesday.

The committee made the decision after 12 committee members, led by Su Li-chiung (蘇麗瓊), the chief executive of the 29th Summer Universiade, gave an assurance during a trip to Yushan earlier Tuesday that the Universiade flame could be lit on the peak through a trial run of an ignition system.

The committee members found after the test that the pilot flame could be lit on the ignition system after the system was proven to be able to overcome limitations of high altitude at several sites on the mountain, including Tatachia (2,610 meters above sea level), White Forest (3,096 meters), Paiyun Lodge (3,402 meters) and the main peak of Yushan (3,952 meters), according to the committee.

The Universiade torch relay is scheduled to start in May 2017 and pass through several countries before returning to Taiwan and passing through 22 counties and cities around the island between June and August, it said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/06
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Sept. 6 (CNA) Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry was greeted by zealous Taiwanese fans Tuesday during his first trip to Taiwan.

“Hello, Taiwan!” the two-time MVP said in mandarin at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei, adding that he is excited to come to Taiwan to feel their support in person.

Prior to Taiwan, Curry has visited Shenyang, Guangzhou and Hong Kong in a promotional campaign for sports brand Under Armour.

Besides meeting with the fans in New Taipei, Curry was also scheduled to coach local young talent the following day.      [SOURCE]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-06
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) has exploded across the world and Taiwan. Known as Taiwan’s first professional female MMA fighter, Jenny Huang has recently taken home another victory after defeating Indian mixed martial artist Jeet Toshi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and kept her undefeated streak intact at One Championship (ONE) in Asia.

In a match held on September 2, the Taiwanese atomweight entered Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, dressed as the legendary Chun-li from Capcom’s Street Fighter series of games, which whipped the crowd into a frenzy.

In this fight, Huang, 25, a Judo black belt and BJJ blue belt, won against Toshi handily by triangle choke at 3:21 of the first around.

Toshi, a seven-time kickboxing champion, maintained the offensive early with a few of her patented strikes. Huang eventually manoeuvred Toshi against the cage and dumped her to the mat. After a couple of beautiful transitions, Huang ended up in side control and sneakily worked the beginnings of an arm triangle.     [FULL  STORY]