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Date: 2019/06/16
By: Central News Agency
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Women’s recurve archery team takes first World Championship gold
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By Central News Agency
2019/06/16 21:40
(From left to right) Taiwan’s women recurve team coach Ni Ta-chih, Tan Ya-ting, Lei Chien-ying and Peng Chia-mao. (Photo contributed by Ni Ta-chih)
(From left to right) Taiwan’s women recurve team coach Ni Ta-chih, Tan Ya-ting, Lei Chien-ying and Peng Chia-mao. (Photo contributed by Ni Ta-chih)
The previous best showing by a women's team in the recurve event was a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships. They also won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
"I had faith in them," said team coach Ni Ta-chih (倪大智), "I never doubted that we could win gold at the World Championship."
"We worked very hard for a long time for this match and it was hard. We had to concentrate and exchange information especially on the wind as it was tricky," one of three archers on Taiwan's team, Lei Chien-ying (雷千瑩), was quoted as saying on the World Archery website. [FULL STORY]
