ATHLETICS
Taiwan bags shot put gold
Taiwan’s Chiang Jing-yuan on Sunday topped the girls’ shot put at the Asian U18 Athletics Championships in Kuwait, collecting her second gold of the tournament. The 15-year-old won gold with 17.82m, defeating South Korea’s Park So-jin and Iran’s Elaheh Alizadeh, who threw 16.89m and 14.92m respectively, at al-Kuwait Kaifan Stadium. Chiang’s throw broke Taiwan’s U18 girls’ record of 17.02m, which she set on Sept. 23 at a national meet in Taoyuan. Chiang on Friday collected Taiwan’s first gold in Kuwait in the discus, throwing a career-best 45.42m. Taiwan won six gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the tournament.
BASKETBALL
Taiwan makes World Cup
Taiwan’s 3x3 women’s basketball team on Sunday secured a spot at next year’s FIBA U18 World Cup, after defeating Mongolia 21-17 in their the U17 Asia Cup bronze medal match in Kuala Lumpur. After defeating Malaysia and Iran on Friday to advance to the quarter-finals, Taiwan routed India 21-4 on Sunday, before losing an 18-19 nail-biter to an undefeated Japan in the final four. In the bronze match, the team of Mi Jing-en, Cheng Li-hsuan, Huang Tzu-yun and Chang Yu-lan bounced back to earn one of the competition’s three World Cup berths. Taiwan’s men’s 3x3 team also made it into the bronze medal match against Mongolia, but lost 18-21 along with their hopes of a guaranteed spot in the World Cup. Kuo Chun-yen, Tsao Chen-hui, Yang Hao-siang and Yeh Wei-chieh played for the men’s team. The Asia Cup is one of several qualifying events for the 32-team World Cup, which is to be played in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
BADMINTON
Taiwan sweep Bendigo
Taiwanese shuttlers on Sunday won all five titles at the YONEX Bendigo International in Australia. Chang Ko-chi and Lee Chih-chen won the mixed doubles after a hard-fought 16-21, 21-18, 21-17 victory over third seeds Sumiya Nihei and Minami Asakura of Japan. In the all-Taiwanese men’s singles final, Lin Chun-yi defeated compatriot Su Li-yang 21-19, 22-20. Sung Shuo-yun then scored an upset against Vietnamese top seed Thuy Linh Nguyen with a 21-19, 21-15 win in the women’s singles final. In another all-Taiwanese matchup, Lee Chia-hsin and Teng Chun-hsun edged out Chang Ching-hui and Yang Ching-tun 19-21, 22-20, 21-14 for the women’s doubles title. In the men’s doubles, Chang Ko-chi and Po Li-wei beat out Taiwanese twins Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen 21-15, 14-21, 22-20. Sunday’s feat came after Taiwanese shuttlers swept the Yonex Sydney International on Oct. 9, when Sung also won the women’s singles crown.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Taiwanese wins 2 medals
Taiwanese weightlifter Dong Bing-cheng on Sunday won two bronze medals in the men’s 109kg weight class at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain. Dong lifted 165kg in the snatch on his first attempt, but failed to lift 170kg on his second try and 171kg on his third. In the clean and jerk, Dong lifted 203kg on this first attempt, then pulled 206kg on his second try. On his final attempt, he hoisted 210kg, enough to guarantee him a bronze medal. The combined weight of 375kg in his best snatch and clean and jerk lifts also won him the other bronze medal.
Major League Baseball (MLB) star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is also requesting Ippei Mizuhara, who previously pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud for stealing nearly US$17 million from the unsuspecting athlete, return signed collectible baseball cards depicting Ohtani that were in Mizuhara’s “unauthorized and wrongful possession,” court documents filed on Tuesday said. The legal filing alleges Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s bank account beginning in about November 2021, changing his security protocols so that he
US skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she sustained an abrasion on her left hip and that something “stabbed” her when she crashed during her second run of an Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Shiffrin stayed down on the edge of the course for quite some time as the ski patrol attended to her. She was taken off the hill on a sled and waved to the cheering crowd before going to a clinic for evaluation. “Not really too much cause for concern at this point, I just
CLASH OF MANAGERS: Brighton’s Fabian Hurzeler and Russell Martin of Southampton accused each other of disrespect, while both were booked Southampton on Friday were denied a priceless victory by a controversial decision as they drew with hosts Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Premier League. Kaoru Mitoma spectacularly headed Brighton into a first-half lead and Flynn Downes hammered home an equalizer an hour in. Minutes later teammate Cameron Archer converted a cross from Saints substitute Ryan Fraser. A video assistant referee check of more than four minutes eventually decided that Archer was onside, but then penalized Adam Armstrong, who was offside, but did not touch the ball, for interfering with goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. “I find it hard to accept,” Southampton manager Russell Martin
Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary, Motorcycle Mary, has died, her family said. She was 87. “McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps,” her family said in a statement. The family said McGee died of complications from a stroke at her home in Gardnerville, Nevada, on Wednesday, the day before the release of the short documentary Motorcycle Mary, on ESPN’s YouTube channel. Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton was an executive producer on the film, which became available globally on Thursday. Its premiere
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