Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/16
By: Lee Ching-wei and Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton player Lu Chia-hung (呂家弘) beat India’s Siril

Verma in three sets Monday to become the country’s first to win gold in men’s singles at the World Junior Championships.

Competing in the YONEX Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Badminton Championships in Lima, Peru Nov. 4-15, the 18-year-old rebounded from a game down to snatch the honors 17-21, 21-10, 21-7.

Having vowed to be the World Junior Champion in his final year at that level, the sixth-seeded Lu said he started slow in the finals with fatigued muscles and nervousness following many intense games at the tournament.

But the young Taiwanese said he recovered soon and committed almost no errors in the second and third sets, taking advantage of his Indian opponent’s failing strength and impatience to win the match.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/15
By: Hsiao Po-yang and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) Some 13,865 runners participated in the 4th Tianzhong Marathon in

Changhua County on Nov. 8, but 468 of them did not finish their run and 17 people got heatstroke and were sent to the hospital for treatment.

Taiwanese runner Su Chih-pin (蘇志濱) won the men’s full marathon in a time of 2 hours 53 minutes and 44 seconds, and Su Feng-ting (蘇鳳婷) won the women’s half marathon in 1 hour 27 minutes and 9 seconds.

Runners attending the event competed in three categories — the full 42.2-kilometer marathon, the half marathon and an 8.3km run, the organizers said, but faced difficult conditions.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/15
By: Hsiao Po-yang and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) More than 3,000 people from Taiwan and other countries attended the 2015 Taiwan Cycling Festival at Sun Moon Lake Sunday to take part in cycling challenges and enjoy a carnival filled with music, dance and circus performances.

The “Come! Bikeday” festival opened at the Xiangshan Visitor Center (向山遊客中心) along with the launch of various cycling routes, including the 50-kilometer Tanan(潭南) Tribal Village Challenge, the 30-km Round the Lake Challenge, and the 6-km Classic Ride.

Other activities, including a children’s push bike competition, a performance by the Ten Drum Art Percussion Group, a unicycle clown show and aerobic dance, were held on the vast lawn of the visitor center, attracting crowds of local and foreign visitors.

The foreign visitors were from 13 countries, including the United States, Japan, South Africa and Belgium, according to the organizers.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/13
By: Lee Chin-wei and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Nov. 13 (CNA) Teresa Lu (盧曉晴) of Taiwan was tied for second with a 6-under 66

after the first round of the Ito-En Ladies Golf Tournament in Japan Friday.

Lu finished her round with eight birdies and two bogeys.

Phoebe Yao (姚宣榆), also from Taiwan, was tied for ninth with a 4-under 68 after carding six birdies and two bogeys.

Another Taiwanese golfer, Wei Yun-Jye (魏筠潔), was tied for 70th with a 2-over-par 74.

Bo-Mee Lee (李寶美) of South Korea led Friday’s round with a 7-under 65. Lee and Lu are the leading money winners on the 2015 Japan LPGA money list and are currently ranked 19th and 20th in the world, respectively.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/12
By: Lin Hung-han & Bear Lee

Taipei, Nov. 12 (CNA) Chinese Taipei was edged by Canada in an opening round match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC’s) Premier 12 in Taichung, central Taiwan, Thursday, bringing it record to one win against two losses.

The Taiwanese nine scored two runs in the second inning, allowing them to take a temporary lead until the fourth inning, when the Canadian baseball added three more runs to their first one got in the third inning and led all the way on to the end of the game.

The Canadians had total of 13 hits, including two homers, compared to 12 hits, including three homers by the Taiwanese.

The Chinese Taipei missed its best chance to turn around the result in the bottom of the sixth inning. After getting one more run to trail at 7-5. the Taiwanese failed to score any more in the inning with all bases loaded and no outs.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/09
By: Lee Cheng-yu and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) Chen Tai-cheng (陳太正) was reelected as a member of the executive committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) during the second day of the 34th FISU General Assembly in Lausanne on Nov. 8, the Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF) said Monday.

This was the fifth time Chen has been elected as a FISU executive member since 1999, according to the CTUSF.

This year, Chen was among 39 candidates vying for 15 board seats. He retained his seat after receiving 99 votes from representatives of 128 FISU member countries during the first round of the election, according to the CTUSF.

Russia’s Oleg Matytsin, 1st vice-president of the FISU, was elected as the new president for the period 2015-2019 with 102 votes after beating French incumbent Claude-Louis Gallien who received 23 votes.