Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/25
By: Joseph Yeh, CNA staff reporter
Monday in downtown Taipei, 10:14 p.m. The day is coming to an end for most people, but
Photo courtesy of Taiwan’s women’s national ice hockey team
a group of young female ice hockey players have just begun a routine practice at Taipei Arena, home to the only standard rink in Taiwan.
Video courtesy of Taiwan’s women’s national ice hockey team
They are members of Taiwan’s women’s national ice hockey team, which stunned the world last month by finishing second in Group B of Division II of the 2018 Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships.
Having just qualified for Group B last year, Taiwan’s team of mostly college students in their early 20s and a high school senior toppled Turkey, Romania, New Zealand and Iceland before losing 6-1 to host Spain to emerge as the tournament’s Cinderella story.
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