Lin Hsiao-hui leads the way, breaking the U20 national record in the women’s 100-meter hurdles

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/06/11
By: Te’Qin Windham, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)— Taiwan’s national youth team collected many medals, personal

bests and a new national record at the 18th Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Gifu, Japan.

Over the weekend (June 7-10), Taiwan’s team snatched a total of three gold medals and two silver medals for the men’s team and one gold medal, three silver medals and four bronze medals for the women’s team. In addition to the medal count, Taiwan’s team snagged a new national record in the U20 division (athletes under 20 years old).

Lin Hsiao-hui (林曉慧) ran a new national record and personal best with her third place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, with a time of 13.61 seconds. The previous record was set by Cheng Tang-hsiu (鄭唐秀) two years ago at the National Secondary School Games, a time of 13.70 seconds.    [FULL  STORY]

Tai Tzu-ying will proceed to Ph.D. studies

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/06/09
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Badminton’s World No.1 woman singles shuttler Tai Tzu-ying

(戴資穎) graduated from the University of Taipei’s Institute of Sports Training Saturday with special awards from the mayor and for her contributions.

Tai, who turns 24 later this month, said it was “quite cool” to be wearing the graduation toga and square cap for the first time, the Central News Agency reported. She has been admitted to continue at the college for Ph.D. courses, which she hope will make her even better.

Tai has ranked No.1 on the women’s singles list since December 2016, but it was her performance at last summer’s Universiade in Taipei which cemented her popularity with the public in her home country. She won gold medals at the event, for which she had stayed away from the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

At Saturday’s graduation, she received applause from her fellow students and praise from university officials for her self-discipline, potential and social skills, CNA reported.    [SOURCE]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/09
By: Huang Jui-hung, Chen Chieh-ling and Hsu Hsiao-ling

Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Taiwanese-American NBA player Jeremy Lin (林書豪) shared

seven tips on life with graduates of Taiwan’s National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei Saturday.

Lin, who was invited to give a talk at NCCU’s graduation ceremony, said that although he missed his own graduation ceremony at Harvard University in 2010, his life experiences might be of help to Taiwan’s fresh graduates.

His first tip is to stay away from comfort zones, as suffering and trauma in life are the best drivers for a person to move forward.

“To be a great person, you have to be a little crazy,” according to Lin. He said that being “normal” will not make a person extraordinary. He encouraged his audience not to fear failure and to embrace life’s challenges.    [FULL  STORY]

‘ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE’: Nadal is feeling the pressure to win his 11th Paris title, as retirement is not too far away, but Del Potro foresees no difficulty for the 32-year-old

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 10, 2018
By: AP and AFP, Paris

Tseng Chun-hsin of Taiwan has won the boys’ title at the French Open by defeating

top-seeded Sebastian Baez of Brazil 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.

The 16-year-old Tseng, who beat Australian Open champion Sebastian Korda of the US in the semi-finals, came back from a break down in the first set to claim his first Grand Slam title.

“Today I was playing really well on the baseline and solid,” the fourth-seeded Tseng said. “I think the first set I was a little bit tight in the beginning, and after I just enjoyed and relaxed.”

However, Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and her partner, Yang Zhaoxuan of China, did not fare so well, falling just short of the women’s doubles final on Friday after losing to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-2, 6-2.    [FULL  STORY]

REVENGE: Taiwanese-Chinese duo, Chan Hao-ching and Yang Zhaoxuan, defeated Romania’s Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu to advance to the women’s doubles semi-final

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 07, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, PARIS

Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching on Tuesday avenged her elder sister’s defeat in the women’s

doubles quarter-finals at the French Open, while Italy’s Marco Cecchinato believes his life will never be the same again after beating Novak Djokovic in their men’s singles quarter-final at Roland Garros.

Eighth seeds Chan and Yang Zhaoxuan survived a second-set wobble to oust unseeded Romanian duo Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in 1 hour, 44 minutes on the clay courts in Paris.

The Taiwanese-Chinese duo saved two of seven break points and converted five of 10, winning 76 of the 151 points contested.

The Romanians had knocked out Chan’s elder sister, Latisha, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the fourth seeds, last week, but the Taiwanese 24-year-old and her 23-year-old Chinese partner exacted a measure of revenge, despite nearly throwing away a 5-2 lead in the final set.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 06, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, PARIS

Taiwan’s Latisha Chan on Monday advanced to the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at

the French Open, while Russian youngster Daria Kasatkina’s stirring run to the women’s singles quarter-finals left her temporarily homeless in Paris.

Second seeds Chan and Ivan Dodig rallied from a set down against Nicole Melichar of the US and Alexander Peya of Austria to complete a 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory in 1 hour, 16 minutes at Roland Garros.

The Taiwanese-Croatian duo found themselves in trouble after surrendering five straight games in the first set, but converted the only break point of the second to set up a super tiebreak.

The second seeds then won four of the final five points to complete the victory and set up a semi-final against eighth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Robert Farah of Colombia, who defeated Abigail Spears of the US and Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 in 1 hour, 18 minutes.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/04
By: Wang Shu-fen and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Taiwanese weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching (許淑淨), who announced her retirement from competitive weightlifting on Sunday, said a day later that painful injuries forced her to make the decision.

At a press conference Monday, Hsu said she has been troubled by an old knee injury ever since the 2012 Olympics in London and was struggling with a new elbow injury that she sustained after the World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, California, last year.

The pain had become so excruciating that she could barely lift any weight for the past week, Hsu said, and doctors told her therapy for the injury would take at least a year.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 05, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, PARIS

Taiwan’s Chan sisters on Sunday were both victorious at the French Open, while Novak

Djokovic doused Fernando Verdasco’s fire then aimed a dig at the organizers for not watering the courts as he moved confidently into the men’s singles quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

Eighth seeds Chan Hao-ching and Yang Zhaoxuan advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain in 1 hour, 32 minutes.

The Taiwanese-Chinese duo converted five of 15 break points as their opponents sent to seven double faults, winning 82 of the 152 points contested to advance to a quarter-final against Romanians Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu, who defeated Americans Jennifer Brady and Vania King 6-4, 6-3.

In the second round of the mixed doubles, second seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig needed to win a tiebreak to oust King and Franko Skugor of Croatia 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 in 1 hour, 26 minutes.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/01
By: Wu Che-hao and William Yen

Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Taiwanese-American National Basketball Association (NBA) player

Jeremy Lin (林書豪) arrived in Changhua Friday to coach young basketball players from schools around the county.

Lin and the Formosa Dreamers, a local professional basketball team, attended the event, which was held at National Changhua Senior High School.

Young basketball players at the event included the high school’s basketball team, the county’s Shihu Junior High School team and children from the county’s Sanmin Elementary School.

At the event, Lin not only worked on their dribbling and shooting but also donated 100 basketballs to the three schools and shared his experiences of playing basketball when he was still studying.    [FULL  STORY]