Other notable finishers included 15-year-old Yang Ming Senior High School student Lin Chun-hsin (林群馨), who finished an impressive 14th overall.
Lin said this was his second Uni-President Cup and that he had improved his time by about 15 minutes.
The first female high school student was 14-year-old Lin Wei-ting (
A member of the Feng-Xi Junior High School swimming team in Kaohsiung County, Lin Wei-ting said she had found the race difficult but hoped to win the Uni-President Cup in the future.
The media darlings of the event proved to be couple Chen Hung-wen (
Participating in their third Uni-President Cup, Chen and Li Wei-hsuan are doctors and have been together for seven years.
Chen and Li Wei-hsuan said they had been surprised by all the attention and that everyone had treated them very well.
They said they would be back next year, despite Li Wei-hsuan having her head forced under water by another triathlete during the swim.
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