OLYMPICS/Taiwan men's badminton duo defeats China to win Olympic gold (update)
07/31/2021 10:30 PM
Taiwanese badminton duo Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) won their country's first Olympic gold medal in the sport Saturday, when they prevailed over a third-seeded Chinese pair in the finals of the men's doubles competition at the Tokyo Games.
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