Taiwanese athletes are in bold
TUESDAY, DEC. 5 (late results)
Boxing
64kg (Preliminary)
Manoj Kumar (India) def. Tsai Yao-chun (25-10)
91kg (Preliminary)
Harpreet Singh (India) def. Tsai Li-teh (25-13)
Men's Gymnastics Artistic
Pommel Horse (Final) 5pm
Huang Che-kuei placed 4th
Lin Hsiang-wei placed 6th
Women's Sailing
Optimist (Race 1)
Won Kai-han placed 4th of 10
Men's Soft Tennis
Singles (group stage)
Wang Chun-yen def. Negmatullo Rajabaliev (Tajikistan)(4-1)
Men's Tennis
Team (quarterfinal)
Taiwan 2, Philippines 1
Wang Yeu-tzuoo def. Frederick Taino (2-0)
Lu Yen-hsun def. Cecil Mamiit (2-1)
Johnny Arcilla/Patrick John Tierro def. Chen Ti/Yi Chu-huan (2-0)
Men's Volleyball (preliminary)
Taiwan 3, Hong Kong 0
Men's Weightlifting (94kg)
Hsieh Wei-chun placed 3rd of 13
BRONZE MEDAL
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6
Women's Badminton
Singles (round of 32)
Hwang Hye-yeon (South Korea) def. Pai Min-jie (2-0)
Women's Bowling (Trios)
Chien Hsiu-lan/Tsai Hsin-yi/Chou Miao-lin placed 9th of 24
Chu Yu-chieh/Pan Yu-fen/Wang Yu-ling placed 13th
Men's Cue Sports
Snooker Singles (Round of 32)
Do Hoang Quan (Vietnam) def. Lee Po-hsien (4-2)
Atthasit Mahitthi (Thailand) def. Ku Chih-wei (4-2)
Equestrian (Eventing -- Individual Dressage)
Chiang Han-ju placed 9th of 32
Men's Rowing
Double Sculls (Final B)
Wang Ming-hui/Chang Chien-hsiung placed 2nd
Lightweight Double Sculls (Final B)
Wen Kuang-cheng/Lin Yen-chen placed 3rd
Women's Rowing
Lightweight Double Sculls (Final B)
Lu Ming-chen/Liu Yu-hsin placed 1st
Women's Four (Final B)
Tsai Chia-ying/Hsieh Li-chun/Lin Pei-yin/Yu Chen-chun placed 1st
Women's Sailing
Optimist (Race 2)
Won Kai-han placed 5th
Women's Soft Tennis
Singles (semi-final)
Chiang Wan-chi def. Kim Ji-eun (South Korea)(4-0)
Singles (final)
Chiang Wan-chi def. Jiang Ting (China)(4-1)
GOLD MEDAL
Singles (classification 5-8)
Zhao Lei (China) def. Fang Yen-ling (4-3)
Men's Soft Tennis
Singles (semi-final)
Wang Chun-yen def. Kim Jae-bok (South Korea)(4-1)
Singles (final)
Wang Chun-yen def. Shinohara Hidenori (Japan)(4-2)
GOLD MEDAL
Singles (classification 5-6)
Lin Shun-wu def. Hanada Naoya (Japan)(4-1)
Women's Swimming
100m Freestyle (Heat 2)
Yang Chin-kuei placed 2nd
qualified for final
Nieh Pin-chieh placed 3rd
qualified for final substitute
100m Backstroke
Heat 2: Lin Man-hsu placed 4th
qualified for final substitute
Heat 3: He Hsu-jung placed 4th
eliminated
Men's Swimming
100m Freestyle (Heat 6)
Wang Shao-an placed 4th, eliminated
200m Individual Medley
Heat 1: Hsu Chi-chieh placed 4th
Heat 2: Tsai Kuo-chuan placed 4th
both eliminated
Women's Table Tennis
Doubles (semi-final)
Guo Yue/Li Xiaoxia (China) def. Huang Yi-hua/Lu Yun-feng (4-2)
BRONZE MEDAL
Men's Table Tennis
Doubles (semi-final)
Chen Qi/Ma Lin (China) def. Chiang Peng-lung/Chuang Chih-yuan (4-1)
BRONZE MEDAL
Men's Tennis
Team (semi-final)
South Korea 2, Taiwan 1
Wang Yeu-tzuoo def. Jun Woong-sun (2-0)
Lee Hyung-taik def. Lu Yen-hsun (2-0)
Lee Hyung-taik/Jun Woong-sun def. Lu Yen-hsun/Wang Yeu-tzuoo (2-1)
Women's Volleyball (preliminary)
China 3, Taiwan 0
Source: DAGOC
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