Taiwan’s Yang Kun-pi and Lin Yi-chun yesterday won a silver medal in the Asian Games trap shooting mixed team event in Indonesia with a score of 42, one point behind Lebanon’s Alain Moussa and Ray Bassil.
The Taiwanese pair scored 146 to finish first in the qualifying round, setting a world-record qualifying score.
However, in the final round they were bested by Moussa and Bassil, who placed third with 143 in qualifying, and had to settle for second place.
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Yang on Monday won gold in men’s trap shooting, hitting 48 of his 50 targets to equal a world record set by Alberto Fernandez of Spain last year.
In kabaddi, the national women’s team were assured of a podium finish after defeating Iran 22-18 to advance to a semi-final against defending champions India.
Team officials said Taiwan would garner at least bronze, as the event does not feature a third-place match.
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That means Taiwan are to win a medal in the event for the first time since women’s kabaddi was introduced at the 2010 Asian Games, topping a previous best of fifth place.
In basketball, the national women’s team celebrated a big win after making 14 three-pointers in a 115-51 rout of Indonesia in their final group-stage game.
The result left Taiwan top of Group A and advancing into the quarter-finals.
Huang Ling-chuan, Cheng Yi-hsiu and Chen Yen-yu were Taiwan’s top scorers with 26, 22 and 19 points respectively.
In women’s soccer, Pan Shin-yu and Cho Li-ping each scored a brace to lead Taiwan to a 7-0 shutout of the Maldives.
In women’s freestyle wrestling, Taiwan’s Chen Wen-ling finished fifth in the 68kg category after losing to Mongolia’s Tumentsetseg Sharkhuu 10-0 in the semi-finals.
In women’s sanda, Chen Wei-ting improved her chances of a medal by defeating Pakistan’s Zarina Rafiq 2-0 in the 52kg category to advance to the semi-finals.
In tennis, 18-year-old Liang En-shuo defeated India’s Kamran Kaur Thandi 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to advance to the women’s singles quarter-finals, but Chang Kai-chen was seen off by Hong Kong’s Eudice Wong Chong 6-0, 6-2.
In the men’s doubles, Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua also advanced to the quarter-finals after beating Uzbekistan’s Sanjar Fayziev and Jurabek Karimov 6-4, 6-3, while Taiwan’s Chen Ti and Peng Hsien-yin were defeated 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/2) by India’s Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan.
In the mixed doubles, Chang and Hsieh Cheng-peng lost to Japan’s Erina Hayashi and Kaito Uesugi 6-7 (7/2), 6-7 (5/7), 12-10.
In men’s team badminton, Taiwan’s top player, Chou Tien-chen, seized the opener in their semi-final against China with a 21-13, 21-19 victory over Shi Yu-chi.
However, China leveled the semi-final 1-1 when Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen overcame Taiwan’s Chen Hung-lin and Wang Chi-lin 19-21, 21-12, 21-9.
Taiwan would need Wang Tzu-wei, ranked No. 17 in the world, to win his game to advance to the final.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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