Taiwan won another silver medal yesterday at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, when they lost to the host country in women’s team archery.
Their rally in the fourth round was not enough to overcome a 5-point deficit and Taiwan’s three-woman team lost the gold medal to their South Korean opponents 226-229.
Wen Ning-meng, Chen Li-ju and Huang I-jou fell 2 points behind South Korea’s Choi Bo-min, Kim Yun-hee and Seok Ji-hyun after the first round (56-58) and the gap widened to 5 points after the third (168-173).
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The Taiwan archers outshot their opponents in the fourth with a total of 58 points — four perfect 10s and two 9s — but it was not enough to change the outcome of the gold medal match.
They won Taiwan’s 16th medal after other Taiwanese athletes won five gold, three silver and seven bronze medals at the Games, which opened on Sept. 19.
Out of 45 participating nations, Taiwan currently holds seventh place on the medal table, behind China, South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea and Iran.
Badminton
Staff writer, with CNA
Tai Tzu-ying took bronze yesterday in the women’s singles badminton at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, winning Taiwan’s first-ever medal in that category in the regional event.
Tai had to settle for third after being thwarted by world No. 1 Li Xuerui of China in a hard match in the semi-finals.
Yesterday’s match started with Tai working hard to catch up with Li, but she ended up losing the first game 21-16.
Tai gained the lead early in the second game, keeping ahead of a ferocious Li to win 26-24.
However, Li continued her momentum into the third game, routing Tai 21-8 and smashing the Taiwan player’s hopes of advancing to the finals.
This was not the first time Tai lost to the Chinese player. She has previously encountered Li eight times in her career and lost each one.
Even so, Tai became the first Taiwanese badminton player to move into the semi-finals in the women’s singles event after beating South Korea’s world No. 4 Sung Ji-hyun 21-14, 9-21, 21-17 on Friday.
Tai previously defeated opponents from Japan and Thailand to enter the quarter-finals.
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