Taiwanese athletes are in bold
MONDAY, DEC. 11 (late results)
Men's Athletics
Decathlon
Hsiao Szu-pin
Javelin Throw Decathlon: placed 6th
1,500m Decathlon: placed 11th
Aggregate placing: 9th of 13
4x100 Relay (heat 1)
Liu Chih-hung/Liu Yuan-kai/Yi Wei-chen/Tsai Meng-lin placed 3rd
qualified for final
Shot Put (final)
Chang Ming-huang placed 3rd, personal best
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Basketball (semi-final)
Taiwan 70, Japan 59
Men's Cue Sports
9-Ball Pool Singles (playoff for 3rd)
Yang Ching-shun def. Jeoung Young-hwa (South Korea)(11-7)
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Diving
Synchro 3m Springboard (final)
Lu En-tien/Lu Hsin placed 4th of 6
Rugby (semi-final)
Japan 22, Taiwan 7
(playoff for 3rd)
China 19, Taiwan 12
Women's Tennis
Doubles (quarter-final)
Zheng Jie/Yan Zi (China) def. Hsieh Su-wei/Chan Chin-wei (2-1)
Women's Wrestling
Freestyle 48kg (playoff for 3rd)
Li Xiaomei (China) def. Wu Li-chuan (3-1)
Freestyle 55kg (playoff for 3rd)
Otgonjargal Naidan (Mongolia) def. Su Ying-tzu (3-0)
Men's Wushu
52kg (preliminary)
Woo Seung-soo (South Korea) def. Yang Tsai-yu (2-0)
56kg (preliminary)
Rexel Martin Nganhayna (Philippines) def. Wang Shih-hung (2-0)
65kg (preliminary)
Chou Ting-yuan def. Bekzod Bahodirov (Uzbekistan)(2-0)
TUESDAY, DEC. 12 (early results)
Men's Archery
Individual (1/16 round)
Kuo Cheng-wei def. Chan Kam Shing (Hong Kong)(102-88)
Chen Szu-yuan def. Tashi Peljor (Bhutan)(102-91)
(1/8 round)
Kuo Cheng-wei def. Marvin Cordero (Philippines)(106-97)
Rahmat Sulistyawan (Indonesia) def. Chen Szu-yuan (102-102/shoot-off: 9-8)
(quarter-final)
Kuo Cheng-wei def. Cheng Chu Sian (Malaysia)(114-108)
(semi-final)
Im Dong-hyun (South Korea) def. Kuo Cheng-wei (106-100)
(playoff for 3rd)
Kuo Cheng-wei def. Rahmat Sulistyawan (Indonesia)(109-100)
BRONZE MEDAL
Women's Cycling Track
Sprint (quarter-final)
Hsiao Mei-yu def. Tsukuda Sakie (Japan)(2-1)
Men's Cycling Track
Sprint (quarter-final B)
Lin Kun-hung def. Mohammad Farkad (Iraq)(forfeit)
Hung Chia-wei def. Mohamed Husain (Bahrain)
Points Race (qualifying round)
Heat 1: Chen Keng-hsien placed 7th
Heat 2: Wu Po-hung placed 6th
both qualified for final
Equestrian
Jumping Individual
(round A)
Jasmine Chen Shao-man placed eq.11th of 24
Joy Chen Shao-chiao placed eq.13th
(round A+B)
Jasmine Chen Shao-man placed eq.2nd
Joy Chen Shao-chiao placed eq.4th
(jump-off for 2nd)
Jasmine Chen Shao-man def. Joo Jung-hyun (South Korea)
SILVER MEDAL
Women's Handball (playoff for 5th)
Taiwan 26, Uzbekistan 25
Men's Hockey (classification 5-8)
India 12, Taiwan 1
Women's Karate
Individual Kata (1/8 final)
Huang Yu-chi def. Abrar Abdulsayed (Kuwait)(5-0)
(quarter-final)
Huang Yu-chi def. Yanisa Torrattanawathana (Thailand)(3-2)
(semi-final)
Morooka Nao (Japan) def. Huang Yu-chi (5-0)
(final repechage)
Lim Lee Lee (Malaysia) def. Huang Yu-chi (5-0)
Kumite 48kg (1/8 final)
Chen Yen-hui def. Galina Vassilyeva (Kazakhstan)(4-2)
(quarter-final)
Chen Yen-hui def. Kim Jin (South Korea) (3-1)
(semi-final)
Vasantha Marial Anthony (Malaysia) def. Chen Yen-hui (7-4)
Men's Karate
Individual Kata (quarter-final)
Shen Chia-hao def. Vong Ka Seng (Macau)(4-1)
(semi-final)
Ku Jin Keat (Malaysia) def. Shen Chia-hao (3-2)
(final repechage)
Shen Chia-hao def. Ghulam Ali (Pakistan)(4-1)
BRONZE MEDAL
Kumite 55kg (1/8 final)
Hsieh Cheng-kang def. Vimukthi Chamara Gunarathna (Sri Lanka)(3-0)
(quarter-final)
Hsieh Cheng-kang def. Thamer Al Malki (Saudi Arabia)(5-1)
(semi-final)
Hsieh Cheng-kang def. Ihtiyor Sharapov (Uzbekistan)(5-1)
Women's Sailing
Optimist Race 12
Won Kai-han placed 5th
Softball (preliminary)
China 5, Taiwan 2
Women's Tennis
Doubles (semi-final)
Chan Yung-jan/Chuang Chia-jung def. Li Ting/Sun Tiantian (China)(2-0)
Tennis
Mixed Doubles (semi-final)
Iwabuchi Satoshi/Morigami Akiko (Japan) def. Lu Yen-hsun/Hsieh Su-wei (2-0)
BRONZE MEDAL
Men's Wushu
Taijiquan (Two Events Combined: Taijiquan)
Chang Ching-kuei placed 7th of 17
Changquan (Three Events Combined: Daoshu)
Hsiao Yung-sheng placed 10th of 20
Women's Wushu
Changquan (Three Events Combined: Changquan)
Chen Shao-chi placed 8th of 12
Nanquan (Three Events Combined: Nanquan)
Huang Hsiao-chien placed 3rd of 11
Source: DAGOC
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