《TAIPEI TIMES》Taiwan wins discus at East Asian Youth Games
Taiwan’s Chiang Ching-yuan prepares to throw a discus at the East Asian Youth Games in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Monday. Photo courtesy of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee via CNA
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan’s Chiang Ching-yuan bagged a gold medal in the women’s discus at the inaugural East Asian Youth Games in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Monday.
Chiang, 16, secured the win with a throw of 48.5m. It was Taiwan’s ninth gold medal at the tournament for athletes aged 14 to 18.
Chiang is also the national record holder for the under-18 shot put and comes from a sporting family.
Her father represented Taiwan twice at the Asian Games, while her mother, Chen Shu-chih, who was a basketball player and competed in shot put before becoming a weightlifter, was runner-up in the women’s 83kg class at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan.
In other events, Hsiung Chen-yu won a bronze medal in the men’s 400m.
In table tennis, Peng Yu-han and Chang Pei-shan won the women’s doubles, Yang Hao-jen and Yang Chia-an claimed silver in the men’s doubles, while Yeh Yi-tian and Yang Hao-jen won bronze in the women’s singles and men’s singles respectively.
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