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.
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The journey of Taiwan’s badminton mixed doubles duo Ye Hong-wei and Nicole Chan at the Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur came to an end in the semi-finals yesterday after they suffered a 2-0 loss to China’s Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping. Ye, 25, and Chan, 20, teamed up last year and are currently ranked No. 23 in the world. The Taiwanese shuttlers took on China’s second seeds in the mixed doubles event, but proved no match for Feng and Huang, losing the match 10-21, 7-21. In the first half of the first game, the pairings were neck and neck at 6-7 until Ye
SSC Napoli coach Antonio Conte has dragged the team back from disaster and restored them to the top of Italian Serie A, but his future at the Scudetto winners is in doubt even after a triumphant season. The fiery 55-year-old has exceeded preseason expectations and bolstered his reputation as a serial winner by guiding Napoli to their fourth Scudetto, and second in three seasons. However, he might well be on his way in the summer after just one season at the helm as his charged relationship with Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has simmered throughout the campaign. Conte has said
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