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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 Taiwanese trio falls to Germans in archery upset
Taiwan’s Chang Chu-han competes in the women’s kayak during the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre in Tokyo yesterday. Photo: AFP
By Benjamin Bowser / Staff reporter, with CNA
Germany yesterday bested Taiwan in the opening round of women’s archery at the Tokyo Olympics, dashing the team’s hopes for a repeat of its bronze-medal-winning performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Taiwan lost 2-6 to Germany, winning only one of their four sets.
The Taiwan team of Lei Chien-ying, Lin Chia-en and Tan Ya-ting were considered strong medal contenders after winning the 2019 World Championships by defeating the powerful South Koreans.
The trio also represented Taiwan at the 2012 Olympics in London, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals after losing to Russia, who are this year competing under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee as part of sanctions for several doping scandals.
“We knew Chinese Taipei [Taiwan] was a strong opponent, but we were also strong. We have positive energy and we did it,” said German archer Lisa Unruh, a Rio silver medalist.
Germany went on to defeat Belarus for the bronze medal, while South Korea overcame the Russians 6-0 for their ninth straight gold in Olympic women’s archery.
Taiwan’s men’s archery team face Australia today, while Lei and Tan compete in the women’s singles tomorrow, along with Wei Chun-heng and Tang Chih-chun in the men’s singles.
In table tennis, Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-ching lost 4-1 to the Japanese duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito in the mixed doubles semi-finals.
The Taiwanese pairing had earlier yesterday overcome South Korea’s Lee Sang-su and Jeon Ji-hee 4-2 in the quarter-finals.
In the second round of the men’s singles in table tennis, Chuang Chih-yuan beat Argentina’s Horacio Cifuentes 4-3.
In badminton, world No. 4 Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan beat Sweden’s Felix Burestedt 21-12, 21-11 in his first win in the group stage of the men’s singles.
This is the second time the 31-year-old Chou has made it to the Olympics after reaching the quarter-finals in Rio in 2016.
In the women’s 10m air pistol qualification event at Asaka Shooting Range, Wu Chia-ying and Tien Chia-chen placed 14th and 42nd respectively, losing their ticket to the finals.
Wu scored 573 points in six rounds of shooting within 75 minutes, while Tien — a silver medalist in the event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea — earned 559 points.
In the 10m men’s air rifle qualifier, Lu Shao-chuan placed 24th.
At the sun-baked Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre, Chang Chu-han missed the qualifier for the semi-finals in women’s kayak, finishing 26th in the first heat and 25th in the second. First through 24th place qualify for tomorrow’s semi-final.
In women’s single sculls at the Sea Forest Waterway, Huang Yi-ting finished sixth in 8:34.51. She is set to compete in the semi-finals on Friday.
Kao Chan-hung failed to finish in the men’s 61kg class for weightlifting, where he was among the final nine competitors at the Tokyo International Forum.
Kao hauled 125kg in a clean opening snatch, but failed his two subsequent attempts. He also failed both of his initial 147kg clean and jerks.
Eighteen-year-old Ting Hua-tien failed to qualify for the apparatus final in women’s gymnastics, placing 49th on the uneven bars with a score of 12.233 and 41st on the balance beam with 12.566.
Only the top eight on each apparatus qualify for finals.
Ting, also known as the “gymnast genie,” has the distinction of having a floor element named after her by the International Gymnastics Federation. At the 2019 World Cup in Melbourne, she performed what is now known as “The Ting.”
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Olympic gymnastics coach Lin Yu-hsin said he would resign after the men’s team failed to reach the quarter-finals on Saturday.
“I feel very sorry for you, but what’s more important is that I hope everyone will continue training in a respectful, tolerant and friendly manner so gymnastics in Taiwan can move forward,” Lin Yu-hsin wrote on Facebook.
The men’s team finished 10th with a score of 246.263 and was eliminated from the competition.
However, Lee Chih-kai and Tang Chia-hung reached the individual all-around event final.
Lee, who has won numerous medals at major international sporting events — including the Universiade, Asian Games, Asian Gymnastics Championships and World Artistic Gymnastics Championships — qualified for the final of the men’s pommel horse.
Lin Yu-hsin said he hopes everyone would cheer for Lee during the pommel horse competition.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
Taiwan’s Ting Hua-tien performs on the balance beam during the women’s individual apparatus qualification at the Ariake Gymanstics Centre during the Tokyo Olympic Games yesterday. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan’s Lei Chien-ying prepares to loose an arrow during the women’s archery competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field yesterday. Photo: Reuters
Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-ching of Taiwan celebrate after defeating South Korea duo Lee Sang-su and Jeon Ji-hee during their mixed doubles table tennis quarter-finals match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo Olympics yesterday. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan’s Kao Chan-hung reacts as he competes in the men’s 61kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum yesterday. Photo: AFP
