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• Taiwanese teen Lin wins Asiad silver in taekwondo

  NEXT ‘LINSANITY’: In spite of losing to South Korea’s Kim So-hui, the 18-year-old rising star did well to reach the final with only one year of international experience

  • Staff writer, with CNA
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  When Taiwan’s budding taekwondo star Lin Wan-ting made her international debut at the East Asian Games in October last year, her sights were already set on winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

  Yesterday, she fell just short of that ambition, claiming a silver medal in the women’s 46kg class after losing 10-4 in the final to world No. 1 Kim So-hui of South Korea.

  The 18-year-old, who shocked Kim in the round-of-16 at the Asian Championships in May, beating her 8-7, kept pace with her South Korean rival through two scoreless rounds and through much of the final round, when the two traded penalty points and kicks.

  

  Taiwan’s Lin Wan-ting, right, fights Thailand’s Panipak Wongpattanakit in the Asian Games taekwondo women’s 46kg semi-final in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday.

  Photo: AFP

  However, an aggressive attacking move by Kim with about 30 seconds left put Lin on the defensive and resulted in a three-point kick to the Taiwanese’s head to put the South Korean up 6-3.

  Kim then clinched the win in the final seconds with a four-point reverse kick to Lin’s face that was granted after a challenge by Kim’s coach.

  Lin, who finished third at the Asian Championships, did well to get to the final.

  

  Chinese silver-medalist He Chong yesterday competes in the men’s 1m springboard diving final at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center in Incheon, South Korea, at the 17th Asian Games.

  Photo: Reuters

  She beat Asian champion Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand in the semi-finals, 5-4, after building a 5-1 lead and then holding off the hard-charging Thai in the final 30 seconds, conceding just three points.

  Meanwhile, in softball, Taiwan’s women’s team lost their semi-final against Japan 6-1, setting up a bronze-medal match against the Philippines, who lost their semi-final 3-0 to China.

  In the basketball, Taiwan’s women also lost to China, going down 75-63 to set up a bronze-medal clash with Japan, who were edged 58-53 by South Korea.

  

  China’s Wu Shuijiao takes a hurdle yesterday on her way to winning the Asian Games final of the women’s 100m hurdles in Incheon, South Korea.

  Photo: AFP

  In the canoe kayak obstacle slalom quarter-finals, Taiwan’s Chang Yun-chuan defeated South Korea’s Oh Yea-chan in the canoe single men’s class to make the semi-finals, while fellow Taiwanese Chang Chu-han defeated Singapore’s Annabella Ng to progress to the semis of the kayak single women’s class.

  Taiwan’s rugby team finally got a victory yesterday when they defeated Lebanon 54-5 in their final group game, before crashing to a 57-0 defeat to Japan in the quarters.

  Additional reporting by Dave Carroll
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