Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/17
By: Lee Chin-wei and Lilian Wu
Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 16 (CNA) The Taiwanese table tennis duo won the silver medal in the men’s team 
table tennis event at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after being defeated by South Korea 1-2 Friday.
In the first round of the men’s team – class 4-5 gold medal match, the Taiwanese team lost in the doubles phase to South Korea 1-3.
Taiwan’s Cheng Ming-chih (程銘志) then won a singles match in the second round of team competition 3-1 (11:8, 11:7, 9:11, 11:5), while Lin Yen-hung (林晏弘) lost in the third round in the other singles match 0-3 (7:11, 7:11, 3:11).
Cheng said after the matches that this was his first time to take part in the Paralympic Games, and he was only hoping to win a medal and had not expected to enter the finals. [FULL STORY]
