TEAMWORK: While the women’s kabaddi team lost to India in the semi-finals, they will celebrate the nation’s first podium finish in the sport at the Asian Games

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 24, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter, with CNA

Taiwan yesterday snagged two gold medals in artistic gymnastics and

women’s weightlifting at the Asian Games in Indonesia.

In artistic gymnastics, Lee Chih-kai clinched a gold medal in the men’s pommel horse final with a score of 15.400, while Tang Chia-hung won silver in the men’s floor exercise with 14.425 points.

Chen Chih-yu later scored 14.600 in the men’s rings final to secure the bronze medal, while China’s Deng Shudi took gold with 14.750 and Japan’s Shogo Nonomura took silver with 14.625.

Taiwan’s second gold medal of the day was won by Kuo Hsing-chun in the women’s 58kg weightlifting event.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/22
By: Jay Chou and William Yen

Jakarta, Aug. 22 (CNA) Mai Ling-chin (麥令琴), chairwoman of Taiwan’s

aerosports federation, was sent home Wednesday from the Asian Games in Indonesia after she was found to have impersonated someone to participate in a seminar, according to the Taipei Economic and Trade Office (TETO) in Jakarta.

TETO said Mai was speaking at the seminar on paragliding, expressing concerns about the standards of scoring, when it came to the attention of others there that she had used someone else’s ID to join the seminar, a TETO official said.

Mai, who heads the Chinese Taipei Aerosports Federation, was to be detained but the organizing committee of the Asian Games asked her to leave the country and she departed Wednesday, following the committee’s discussions with TETO, the official said.

According to a United Daily News online report Wednesday, Mai did not have the credentials to attend the seminar since she was not a member of Taiwan’s paragliding team.     [FULL  STORY]

ALL SAFE: A fire broke out at the Taiwanese team’s accommodation in Jakarta, but was extinguished before it caused any serious damage, an official said

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 23, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter, with CNA

Taiwan yesterday won a silver medal in the women’s bowling trios and three

bronzes in taekwondo sparring, canoeing and wushu at the Asian Games in Jakarta.

Medal prospects are also strong in tennis, as Taiwan’s regulars on the international circuit won their matches to advance to the quarter-finals, including Jason Juan in the men’s singles, and sisters Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching in the women’s doubles.

The best showing yesterday was from Taiwan bowlers Chou Chia-chen, Pan Yu-fen and Tsai Hsin-yi, who secured the silver medal with 4,255 pinfalls.

Malaysia’s Esther Cheah, Siti Safiyah Amirah and Syaidatul Afifah took gold with 4,326 pinfalls.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese Taekwondo athlete captures gold in women’s 53 kg

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/08/21
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Team Taiwan’s Su Po-ya (蘇柏亞) upset the

favored South Korean athlete to snatch gold in the women’s Taekwondo bantamweight (53 kilograms) category yesterday (Aug. 20) at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In a grudge match, after having twice lost her South Korean opponent Ha Min-ah, who was ranked No. 1 in Asia and No. 10 in the world, Su used an aggressive strategy to steal gold from the top seed with a final score of 29-10. This marked Taiwan’s third gold medal in the Asian Games thus far.

From the outset, Su took out a sizable lead mid way through the first round. In the second round, Su scored four points with short-range punches, poured on five mid-range kicks and erupted with a total of 16 points in the third round.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/21
By: Lee Chin-wei and S.C. Chan

Taipei, Aug. 21 (CNA) Taiwan’s Yang Kun-pi (楊昆弼) and Lin Yi-chun (林怡

君) won a silver medal in the mixed trap shooting event with a score of 42, one point behind Lebanese Alain Moussa and Ray Bassil, at the Asian Games in Indonesia on Tuesday.

The Taiwanese pair scored 146 to finish first in the qualifying round, setting a qualifying world record score, according to the Asian Games website.    [FULL  STORY]

ASSURED MEDAL: The women’s team were assured a podium finish in kabaddi after defeating Iran 22-18, because the event does not have a third-place match

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 22, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter, with CNA

Taiwan’s Yang Kun-pi and Lin Yi-chun yesterday won a silver medal in the Asian Games trap shooting mixed team event in Indonesia with a score of 42, one point behind Lebanon’s Alain Moussa and Ray Bassil.

The Taiwanese pair scored 146 to finish first in the qualifying round, setting a world-record qualifying score.

However, in the final round they were bested by Moussa and Bassil, who placed third with 143 in qualifying, and had to settle for second place.

Yang on Monday won gold in men’s trap shooting, hitting 48 of his 50 targets to equal a world record set by Alberto Fernandez of Spain last year.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/20
By: Lee Chin-wei and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) Taiwanese shooter Yang Kung-pi (楊昆弼) won a

gold medal Monday in the men’s trap shooting event of the 2018 Asian Games after nearly being eliminated in the competition’s qualifying round.

Yang tied Spaniard Alberto Fernandez’s world record by hitting 48 of his 50 targets to grab gold, beating Indian Lakshay Lakshay who hit 43 of his 50 targets and South Korean Ahn Dae-myong, who was eliminated after connecting with 30 of 40 targets.

It was Taiwan’s second gold medal at the regional sports event, being held from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

The 20-year-old Taiwanese placed 25th in the men’s trap at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He was in sixth after Sunday’s qualifying rounds and secured the sixth and last spot in the final in the second qualifying round earlier Monday by a single shot with a score of 118.
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STUNNING UPSET: Su Po-ya overwhelmed world No. 10 and Asian No. 1 Ha Min-ah of South Korea with a flurry of punches and kicks to the body to win 29-10 in the final

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 21, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan’s Su Po-ya yesterday won a gold medal — Taiwan’s third — in the

Asian Games under-53kg women’s taekwondo in a stunning defeat of the top-ranked Asian in the category.

Su overwhelmed world No. 10 and Asian No. 1 Ha Min-ah of South Korea with a flurry of punches and kicks to the body to prevail 29-10 in the final at the Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall.

Taiwan’s shooter Yang Kung-pi yesterday won a gold medal — Taiwan’s second at the Games — in the men’s trap shooting event after nearly being eliminated in the competition’s qualifying round. Yang tied the world record by hitting 48 of his 50 targets to grab gold, beating Indian Lakshay.

Lakshay hit 43 of his 50 targets, while Yang also defeated South Korea’s Ahn Dae-myong, who connected with 30 of 40 targets.    [FULL  STORY]

Congratulations to Lin Ying-shin and Lu Shao-chuan

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/08/19
By: Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

JAKARTA (Taiwan News)- Taiwanese athletes Lin Ying-shin and Lu Shao-chuan bag Taiwan’s first gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

They scored a total of 494.1 points in the Air Rifle Mixed Team Finals, breaking the Asian Games record and winning Taiwan’s first gold medal at the Asian Games.

A total of 22 countries took part in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. The Taiwanese duo were placed in fifth position during the qualifying round and successfully defeated their arch-rival to win the gold medal. In the final, Lin Ying-shin and Lu Shao-chuan lead all the way, eliminating Mongolia, South Korea, India, and China.

The Sports Administration branch of the Ministry of Education said the training strategy for Taiwan’s participation in major international sports competitions is to integrate the training systems of major international extensive tournaments, such as the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, and the World University Games.    [FULL  STORY]