Yang Ho-chen won 10 golds and one bronze
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/08/26
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was on hand Saturday to
President Tsai (center) congratulates Yang Ho-chen with her marathon gold. (By Central News Agency)
watch Taiwanese women win the gold and silver in the roller sports marathon at the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade.
Both the start and the finish of the 4.2-kilometer loop were located near the Presidential Office Building, which allowed Tsai to witness how Yang Ho-chen (楊合貞) finished first in just under an hour and a half, or 1:27:43.622, and Li Meng-chu (李孟竹) came second in 1:27:43.705, reports said. Maria Camila Guerra Guevara of Colombia won the bronze in 1:27:44.399.
Roller sports have become the unexpected success story for Team Taiwan, allowing the host nation to capture 10 golds, 11 silver medals and two bronzes. Yang has been responsible for half of those golds and for one bronze.
The team was expected to check out of the Athletes’ Village later Saturday to take part in another international competition in Nanjing, China, on Sunday. [FULL STORY]
