Taiwanese athletes are in bold
SATURDAY, DEC. 9 (late results)
Men's Archery
Individual (qualification round 1)
Kuo Cheng-wei placed 5th of 59
Chen Szu-yuan placed 11th
Wang Cheng-pang placed 15th
Hsu Tzu-yi placed 20th
Men's Athletics
Long Jump (final)
Chao Chih-chien placed 9th
800m (heat 1)
Chen Fu-pin placed 7th
eliminated
Women's Athletics
Shot Put
Lin Chia-ying placed 3rd, personal best
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Bowling
Masters (first block)
Tsai Hsin-yi placed 11th of 16
Women's Cue Sports
8-Ball Pool Singles (final)
Lin Yuan-chun def. Kim Ga-young (South Korea)(7-6)
GOLD MEDAL
9-Ball Pool Singles (round of 16)
Tan Hsiang-lin def. Vuthipan Kongkaket (Thailand)(7-4)
Liu Shin-mei def. Vidya Pillai (India)(7-6)
Men's Cue Sports
9-Ball Pool Singles (round of 64)
Yang Ching-shun def. Toh Lian Han (Singapore)(11-9) (playoff for 3rd)
Huang Kun-chang def. Leonardo Andam (Philippines)(9-5)
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics
Individual Qualification
Lai Ying-tzu placed 12th of 34
Yu Pei-lung placed 22nd
both qualified for final
Wu Pei-yi placed 23rd
eliminated
Men's Taekwondo
62kg (quarter-final)
Su Tai-yuan def. Hani Al Shammari (Kuwait)(1-0) (semi-final)
Tshomlee Go (Philippines) def. Su Tai-yuan (2-1)
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Taekwondo
72kg (quarter-final)
Luo Wei (China) def. Yang Wen-chen (1-minus 1)
Tennis
Mixed Doubles (round of 16)
Wang Yeu-tzuoo/Chuang Chia-jung def. Matsui Toshihide/Yonemura Tomoko (Japan)(2-0)
Lu Yen-hsun/Hsieh Su-wei def. Kim So-jung/An Jae-sung (South Korea)(2-1)
Men's Volleyball (preliminary)
Bahrain 3, Taiwan 2
SUNDAY DEC. 10 (early results)
Women's Archery
Individual (qualification round 2)
Yuan Shu-chi placed 10th of 60
Wu Hui-ju placed 17th
both qualified
Lin Hua-shan placed 22nd
Lai Yi-hsin placed 24th
both eliminated
Men's Athletics
Marathon
Chang Chia-che placed 10th of 22
Decathlon
Hsiao Szu-pin
100m Decathlon (heat 2): placed 5th
Long Jump Decathlon: placed 6th
Shot Put Decathlon: placed 5th
Men's Cue Sports
9-Ball Pool Singles (round of 32)
Wu Chia-ching def. Lee Chen Man (Hong Kong)(11-4)
Men's Cycling Track
Team Sprint (qualifying round)
Hung Chia-wei/Li Chung-ling/Liao Kuo-lung placed 6th
eliminated
Women's Cycling Track
Individual Pursuit (qualifying round)
I Fang-ju placed 8th
Huang Ho-hsun placed 6th
both eliminated
Equestrian
Jumping Individual (1st qualifier)
Jasmine Chen Shao-man placed eq.6th of 64
Joy Chen Shao-chiao placed eq.20th
Wang Yi-hsiu placed eq.30th
Chen Yi-tsung eliminated
Jumping Team (round 1)
Jasmine Chen Shao-man/Chen Yi-tsung/Joy Chen Shao-chiao/Wang Yi-hsiu placed eq. 7th
Men's Golf
Individual (3rd round)
Pan Cheng-tsung placed 1st of 69
Chiang Chen-chih placed eq.12th
Chan Shih-chang placed eq.20th
Pan Fu-chiang placed 44th
Team (3rd round)
Chan Shih-chang/Chiang Chen-chih/Pan Cheng-tsung/Pan Fu-chiang placed 2nd of 17
Women's Golf
Individual (3rd round)
Tseng Ya-ni placed 2nd of 24
Yu Pei-lin placed eq.4th
Lu Kwan-chih placed 16th
Team (3rd round)
Lu Kwan-chih/Tseng Ya-ni/Yu Pei-lin placed 2nd of 8
Women's Sailing
Optimist Race 9
Won Kai-han placed 6th
Softball (preliminary)
Taiwan 7, South Korea 0
Men's Taekwondo
67kg (1/16 final)
Tseng Ching-hsiang def. Sawatvilay Phimmasone (Laos)(6-1)
Women's Taekwondo
59kg (1/8 final)
Tseng Pei-hua def. Lamis Khalil (Lebanon)(7-0)
Women's Tennis
Singles (round of 16)
Chan Yung-jan def. Ngo Viet Ha (Vietnam)(2-0)
Doubles (round of 16)
Hsieh Su-wei/Chan Chin-wei def. Kim So-jung/Kim Mi-ok (South Korea)(2-1)
Chan Yung-jan/Chuang Chia-jung def. Czarina Mae Arevalo/Denise Dy (Philippines)(2-0)
Men's Tennis
Singles (round of 16)
Lu Yen-hsun def. Frederick Taino (Philippines)(2-0)
Wang Yeu-tzuoo def. Karan Rastogi (India)(2-1)
SOURCE: DAGOC
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