Archery
Men’s Individual 1/32 Eliminations
Wang Cheng-pang def. Tashi Peljor (Bhutan) 110-100
Chen Szu-yuan def. Muhammad Marbawi (Malaysia) 107-106
Kuo Cheng-wei def. Mark Javier (Philippines) 106-102
Men’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations
Ryuichi Moriya (Japan) def.
Wang Cheng-pang 114-109
Baljinima Tsyrempilov (Russia) def.
Chen Szu-yuan 109-101
Park Kyung-mo (S Korea) def. Kuo Cheng-wei 111-110
Baseball
Men’s Preliminaries Game 1/7
Taiwan 5, Netherlands 0
Rowing
Men’s Single Sculls Semi-Final C/D 1
Wang Ming-hui placed 5th
Qualifies for today’s Final D
Shooting
Women’s 25m Pistol Qual. Precision
Huang Yi-ling placed 37th of 41
Women’s 25m Pistol Qual. Rapid
Huang Yi-ling placed 39th of 41
Eliminated
Softball
Women’s Preliminaries Game 2/7
Japan def. Taiwan 2-1
Swimming
Women’s 100m Freestyle Heat 2
Nieh Pin-chieh placed 5th
Eliminated
Table Tennis
Men’s Team Group C
Taiwan def. Brazil 3-1
(Hugo Hoyama def. Chuan Chih-yuan 3-1, Chiang Peng-lung def. Thiago Monteiro 3-0, Chang Yen-shu/Chiang Peng-lung def. Gustavo Tsuboi/Thiago Monteiro 3-1, Chuan Chih-yuan def. Gustavo Tsuboi 3-0)
Men’s Team Group C
Taiwan def. Sweden 3-2
(Chuan Chih-yuan def. Jens Lundqvist 3-0, Jorgen Persson def. Chiang Peng-lung 3-1, Chang Yen-shu/Chiang Peng-lung def. Par Gerell/Jens Lundqvist 3-1, Jorgen Persson def. Chang Yen-shu 3-0, Chuan Chih-yuan def. Par Gerell 3-2)
Final group game against S Korea today
Tennis
Men’s Singles Third Round
Jurgen Melzer (Austria) def. Lu Yen-hsun 6-2, 6-4
Women’s Doubles Second Round
Chan Yung-jan/Chuang Chia-jung v Flavia Pennetta/Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
(In progress at press time)
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