[The Epoch Times, September 24, 2023](Epoch Times reporter Gao Liyi reported) In the men’s 60kg judo final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Taiwan’s Yang Yongwei defeated the World Championship bronze medalist South Korea’s Li Xialin in the final, winning the title of Taiwan’s judo team history The first gold medal, Yang Yongwei was moved to tears after the game.
The Taiwan delegation has accumulated 99 gold medals, 144 silver medals and 276 bronze medals before this Asian Games. With Yang Yongwei’s gold medal, it has reached the 100th gold medal milestone in team history.
In the Taekwondo Poomsae event, Taiwanese men’s player Ma Yunzhong also made it all the way to the gold medal match on the 24th. He scored 7.880 points in recognized Poomsae and 7.080 points in free Poomsae. He lost to South Korea’s Jiang Wanzhen with an average of 7.480 points. silver medal.
In the earlier women’s Taekwondo Poomsae event, Taiwanese female player Chen Xinya made it all the way to the semi-finals on the 24th, facing South Korea’s strong rival Cha Ye-eun. Chen Xin-ya lost to Cha Ye-eun’s 7.430 points with a score of 7.170, but still won the championship. Bronze medal, winning Taiwan’s first medal in this Asian Games.
In the women’s shooting event, the Taiwan team has Lin Yingxin, Song Yuting, and Chen Qi participating in the women’s 10-meter air rifle team competition and individual competition. The three individual competition results are added together to form the Taiwan team team competition results.
The Taiwanese team was led by Chen Qi to complete the event, with a total of 629.1 points in 60 shots, followed by Song Yuting’s total score of 621.5 points, and finally Lin Yingxin’s total score of 626.2 points. Although the team competition ranked 5th with a total score of 1,876.8 and missed the medal, 18-year-old rookie Chen Qi became a dark horse and successfully advanced to the individual competition finals with 8th place.
Taiwan shooting team coach Guo Mengxi said in an interview with the media: “The young player Chen Qi set her own record in the Asian Games for the first time. She is also very happy. We encourage children to have fun and play hard. I just came down. I also asked her if it was fun, and she said it was fun, and her mood was clearly reflected on her face.”
Among the three players in Taiwan, Chen Qi was the fastest to complete 60 rounds. Guo Mengxi pointed out: “Her style is like this, a quick shooter type.”
In the top 16 of the women’s table tennis team, the Taiwanese women’s team relied on Zheng Yijing, Chen Siyu, and Li Yuchen to defeat Singapore 3:0 and successfully advanced to the top 8. ◇
Taiwanese judo player Yang Yongwei (middle) successfully defeated South Korean player Li Xialin in the men’s 60kg gold medal match at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on the 24th, winning the first gold medal in the history of the Asian Games judo team. (Central News Agency) In the Hangzhou Asian Games women’s 10-meter air rifle event, 18-year-old Chen Qi (pictured) of the Taiwan team advanced to the finals on the 24th. (Central News Agency) Taiwanese Taekwondo Poomsae female player Chen Xinya (pictured) lost to South Korean player Cha Ye-eun in the top four of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on the 24th, but still won a bronze medal for Taiwan. (Central News Agency)
Editor in charge: Yu Man
2023-09-24 18:06:35
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