《TAIPEI TIMES》 Wushu athlete wins gold for Taiwan in Chengdu
Taiwan’s Sun Chia-hung competes in the ISU World University Games men’s taijiquan event in Chengdu, China, yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation via CNA
/ Staff writer, with CNA
Wushu athlete Sun Chia-hung yesterday won Taiwan’s first gold at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China.
Sun scored 9.693 points to finish first in the men’s taijiquan, ahead of Singapore’s Tay Yu-xuan in second and Hong Kong’s Hui Tak Yan Samuei in third.
Sun won silver in the taijijian on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese archers won a silver and two bronzes.
In the men’s team recurve, archers Kuo Yu-cheng, Yang Zong-han and Chang Yi-chung placed second after losing the final 0-6 to Seo Mingi, Kim Pil-joong and Choi Doohee of South Korea.
Despite losing out on gold, 18-year-old Chang said he felt satisfied with the outcome.
“[I’m] very happy to win the team event’s silver medal with the seniors. This result is not bad because this is our first time [at the tournament],” said Chang, who graduated from New Taipei Municipal San Min High School in June.
Taiwan also bagged bronze medals in the compound women’s team and compound mixed team events.
Taiwanese taekwondo athletes Hsu Yu-tse and Huang Pin-chieh grabbed won bronze in the mixed pairs poomsae with a total score of 6.910, finishing behind teams from China and South Korea.
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In the men’s team recurve, Taiwanese archers Yang Zong-han (楊宗翰), left, Kuo Yu-cheng (郭昱承),center, and Chang Yi-chung (張譯中), right, win a silver medal in the FISU World University Games Summer in Chengdu, China. Photo courtesy of Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation
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