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Taiwan Team News from Paris Olympics AM
Posted on 2024-08-07 08:10:13
And finally in the latest news about Taiwan's Olympic team at the Summer
Games,

Boxer Chen Nien-qin has won bronze in the women's 66-kilogram event.

Chen lost 4-1 on points to China's Yang Liu in their semifinal bout.

Both the losing semi-finalists in boxing are awarded bronze medals.

It's the second bronze medal for Taiwan's boxers in Paris - after Wu Shi-yi
placed third in the women's 60-kilogram event after losing her semifinal
bout.

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The men's table tennis team has been eliminated by Japan in the quarterfinals
in Paris.

Veteran player Zhuang Zhi-yuan and Gao Cheng-rui lost the opening doubles
match 3-1.

Lin Yun-ru won his singles match 3-2 to draw level on overall points.

However, Gao then lost his singles match in three straight games and Zhuang
was beaten by his Japanese opponent by three straight games in his singles
match.

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Meanwhile,

Taiwan's women's table tennis team has reached the quarterfinals in Paris
after beating Australia in their opening match of the division.

Jien Tong-juan and four-time Olympian Chen Si-yu won their opening doubles
match in three straight games in 18 minutes.

Zheng Yi-qing won her singles match after beating her Australian opponent in
three straight games.

And Chen beat her Australian opponent 3-2 in her singles match to ensure
Taiwan's women's table tennis team advanced.

They next face the top-seeded Chinese team in today's quarterfinal.

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And,

Taiwan's participation in track and field athletics at the Paris Olympics has
came to an end after sprinter Yang Chun-han failed to advance from the
repe-sharge round in the men's 200-meters.

Yang failed to secure a semifinal berth after he finished third with a time
of 20.73-seconds in the round, where 32 runners compete in four heats.

Yang was entered in the repe-sharge round after failing to secure automatic
advancement after finishing sixth in the first qualifying round.


Taiwan had four other athletes competing in track and field athletics this
year - Lin Yu-tang in men's long jump, Peng Ming-yang in men's 400-meter
hurdles, and Zhang Po-ya in women's 100-meter hurdles.

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Taiwan is now sitting in 37th place in the Paris Olympics overall medals
table - with one gold and four bronze.



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