Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/22
By: Lung Po-an and Chi Jo-yao

Taipei, April 22 (CNA) A young Taiwanese swimmer won a silver and bronze medal at the 9th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship and aims to become the first person to represent Taiwan in both the Olympic pool and open-water events in 2020.

Cho Cheng-chi (卓承齊), 20, claimed third place in the men’s 5km open water swim on Friday and won silver in the 10km open water event Sunday at the tournament held in Kuwait.

Competing first as a pool swimmer and representing Taiwan at the 18th Asian Games last year, Cho said he started swimming in open water events four years ago.

“Swimming in open water is quite interesting,” Cho told CNA. “You compete with other swimmers but also need to fight against the waves.”    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 22, 2019
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Taichung Bank team advanced from group play at the Asian Men’s Club

Volleyball Championship after they defeated the Queensland Pirates, but lost to the Chennai Spartans at the Tianmu Sports Center in Taipei.

With two wins in two games, Taichung Bank topped Pool A after round-robin action, with the Australian-based club second with a 1-1 record and Singapore last with two losses.

With support from 3,500 supporters, Taichung Bank on Saturday hit winners consistently to take victory in three sets over Queensland, 25-17, 25-17, 25-17.

However, they slumped to defeat last night in their final-eight match against the Indian-based team, losing 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 15-11.    [FULL  STORY]

Strong winds, thunder, and showers posed big challenges to the participating athletes

Taiwan News 
Date: 2019/04/16
By:  Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Many of the more than 180 Taiwanese runners participating in this year’s Boston Marathon draped themselves in the national flag as they approached the finish line on Monday (April 15), local time, according to Central News Agency.

Temperatures during this year’s event were higher than at the start of last year’s event, which was at freezing 3 degrees Celsius, but strong winds, thunder and showers during this year’s event posed big challenges to the participating athletes, CNA said.

As is traditional, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO-Boston), Brookline Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, and families of the Taiwanese runners, jointly set up a cheering station before the finish line to root for the country’s runners and give them national flags, according to a press release issued by TECO-Boston.

Of the Taiwanese runners, the oldest was 73-year-old Hu Teng-tsun (胡登村), who has participated in the Boston Marathon four years in a row, CNA reported.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 15, 2019
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan is to host Group B of the Premier12 baseball competition in November, with the

home side facing a tough schedule as they seek one of two berths for Asia at the Tokyo Olympics next year.

Group B’s matches are to be played on three consecutive days, with Taiwan to play Puerto Rico on Nov. 5, Venezuela on Nov. 6 and Japan on Nov. 7.

Taiwan’s group games are at the Taichung Intercontinental Stadium.

Japan are to play their other two group games at the Taoyuan International Stadium, facing Venezuela on Nov. 5 and Puerto Rico the next day.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 15, 2019 
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan is to host Group B of the Premier12 baseball competition in November, with the

home side facing a tough schedule as they seek one of two berths for Asia at the Tokyo Olympics next year.

Group B’s matches are to be played on three consecutive days, with Taiwan to play Puerto Rico on Nov. 5, Venezuela on Nov. 6 and Japan on Nov. 7.

Taiwan’s group games are at the Taichung Intercontinental Stadium.

Japan are to play their other two group games at the Taoyuan International Stadium, facing Venezuela on Nov. 5 and Puerto Rico the next day.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News  
Date: 2019/04/13
By:  Central News Agency

Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) defeated world No. 4 Japanese player

Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles Saturday in 57 minutes to advance to the final of the 2019 Singapore Open.

After opening the first game with a 4-0 early lead, world No. 1 Tai made several mistakes when drifts affected her performance and cost her the first game 15-21.

However, she regained total control to beat Yamaguchi 24-22 and 21-19.

Tai and Yamaguchi had previously played each other 15 times, with Tai winning nine of those games.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/13
By: Huang Tzu-chiang and Ko Lin 

Singapore, April 13 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton ace Chou Tien-chen (周天成) was upset Saturday in the semifinals of the men’s singles at the 2019 Singapore Open.

Chou battled for 79 minutes against World No. 9 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia before falling 17-21, 21-18, 14-21.

Chou, who had won four out of eight of their previous encounters, said he did his best, but found himself to be no match against his opponent on this occasion.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/12
By: Huang Tzu-chiang and Emerson Lim

Singapore, April 12 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton elites Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) and Chou

Tien-chen (周天成) both managed to stave off their staunch opponents on Friday to secure a slot in the semifinals at the 2019 Singapore Open.

In the women’s singles event, world No. 1 Tai opened the game with a 10-0 start against Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea and proceeded with an easy win, 21-11.

However, Tai found herself in trouble in the second game when drifts affected her play and cost her the game, 17-21.

The 24-year old who won the women’s singles at the 2019 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur last week regained her composure with an 11-3 early lead and eventually secured the third game, 21-16.    [FULL  STORY]