Taiwanese athletes are in bold
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 (late results)
Women's Badminton
Doubles (round of 32)
Suetsuna Satoko/Maeda Miyuki (Japan) def. Chou Chia-chi/Ku Pei-ting (2-0)
Mixed Doubles (round of 16)
Lee Jae-jin/Lee Hyo-jung (South Korea) def. Tsai Chia-hsin/Cheng Wen-hsing (2-0)
Men's Basketball (preliminary)
China 101, Taiwan 65
Men's Bowling
Trios
Cheng Chao-sheng/Hsieh Yu-ping/Wang Tien-fu placed 12th of 37
Chen Yung-chuan/Cheng Fang-yu/Kao Hai-yuan placed 16th
Men's Gymnastics Artistic
Vault
Huang Yi-hsueh placed 8th of 8
Women's Hockey (preliminary)
Taiwan 0, Hong Kong 0
Women's Swimming
100m Freestyle (Final)
Yang Chin-kuei placed 8th
Women's Tennis
Team (semi-final)
Taiwan 2, Japan 0
Hsieh Su-wei def. Morigami Akiko (2-1)
Chan Yung-jan def. Nakamura Aiko (2-0)
THURSDAY, DEC. 7 (early results)
Women's Badminton
Doubles (round of 16)
Ogura Kumiko/Shiota Reiko (Japan) def. Chien Yu-chin/Cheng Wen-hsing (2-0)
Baseball (final)
Taiwan 8, Japan 7
GOLD MEDAL
Women's Basketball (preliminary)
Taiwan 102, Thailand 73
Boxing
57kg (quarter-final)
Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar (Mongolia) def. Chung Chun-an (28-25)
Men's Cue Sports
Carom 3 Cushion Singles (round of 16)
Kim Kyung-roul (South Korea) def. Chang Chien-wen (40-27)
Yuan Yung-kuo def. Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (Thailand)(40-4)
8 Ball Pool Singles (round of 32)
Huang Kun-chang def. Yukio Akagariyama (Japan)(9-3)
Equestrian
Eventing (Individual Cross Country)
Chiang Han-ju retired
Women's Handball (preliminary)
Japan 31, Taiwan 20
Women's Rowing
Single Sculls (Final B)
Chiang Chieh-ju placed 1st
Women's Sailing
Optimist Race 3: Won Kai-han placed 6th
Optimist Race 4: Won Kai-han placed 5th
Men's Shooting
Skeet (qualification Day 1)
Chen Te-wei placed 33rd of 39
Women's Shooting
Skeet (qualification)
Huang Shih-ting placed 10th of 16
eliminated
Men's Swimming
50m Backstroke
Heat 2: Lin Yu-an placed 3rd
Heat 4: Yuan Ping placed 5th
both eliminated
200m Breaststroke
Heat 3: Chiang Hsin-hung placed 3rd
qualified for final substitute
Heat 4: Wang Wei-wen placed 2nd
qualified for final
1,500m Freestyle (non-medal final)
Tang Sheng-chieh placed 4th
4x100m Medley Relay (Heat 1)
Yuan Ping/Chiang Hsin-hung/Hsu Chi-chieh/Wang Shao-an placed 3rd
qualified for final
Women's Swimming
200m Individual Medley (Heat 3)
Lin Man-hsu placed 3rd
qualified for final
50m Butterfly
Heat 2: Yang Chin-kuei placed 4th
Heat 4: Tsai I-chuan placed 4th
both eliminated
Men's Taekwondo
72kg (round of 16)
Sung Yu-chi def. Cao Trong Chinh (Vietnam)(9-3)
Source: DAGOC
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