Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/26
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin
Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Taiwan’s Cheng Chao-tsun (鄭兆村)
Photo courtesy of Chinese Taipei Athletics Association
grabbed the gold medal in the men’s javelin at the Karlstad Grand Prix in Sweden Wednesday with a throw of 83.67 meters.
Jiannis Smalios of Sweden took home the silver with a throw of 79.78 meters, while Huang Shih-feng (黃士峰), also from Taiwan, snagged bronze with 76.77 meters.
Wednesday’s victory marked Cheng’s second gold medal win in Sweden, after the Gotas Ungdomsspel (youth games) held the previous week.
In late May, he also took gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open in Taipei with a throw of 83.67 meters, despite nursing a minor shoulder injury. [FULL STORY]
