The 23rd Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea will end Sunday, and four Taiwanese athletes are competing this time around, including luger Lien Te-an and speed skaters Huang Yu-ting, Sung Ching-yang and Tai Wei-lin.
For the sport of figure skating that has attracted the most attention, Japan’s “Ice Prince” Yuzuru Hanyu, having recovered from injury, became the first in 66 years to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the men’s single figure skating competition. Shoma Uno of Japan took silver, and Spain’s Javier Fernandez, a former world champion, took bronze. The ladies’ single competition is taking place today.
In the pairs competition, Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany became Olympic champions, and in the ice dancing competition, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada became Olympic champions. In the end, Team Canada won the gold medal in the figure skating team event.
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(CNA and Liberty Times, translated by Eddy Chang)
在南韓平昌舉行的第二十三屆冬季奧林匹克運動會將於週日閉幕，本屆台灣有四名運動員參賽——包括(無舵)雪橇好手連德安，競速滑冰名將黃郁婷、宋青陽、戴瑋麟。
在最受囑目的花式滑冰項目，日本「滑冰王子」羽生結弦傷癒復出，在男子競賽中勇奪金牌，成為六十六年來首位連續兩屆奪得奧運金牌的男子花式滑冰選手。日本名將宇野昌磨奪銀，西班牙前世界冠軍哈維爾費南德茲則銅牌入袋。女子競賽將於今日舉行。
在雙人競賽中，德國的薩芙琴柯／馬索特奪金。加拿大的薇楚／莫伊爾，則在冰舞競賽中勝出。加拿大最終勇奪團體賽金牌！
（中央社、自由時報）
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