UNIVERSIADE/Taiwan wins silver in taekwondo, bronze in table tennis at World University Games

Taipei, July 24 (CNA) Taiwan's taekwondo team won a silver medal and its table tennis team took home bronze at the World University Games in Germany on Wednesday.

Competing in the men's team kyorugi event, Taiwanese taekwondo athletes Hung Jiun-yi (洪俊義), Jung Jiun-jie (鍾俊傑) and Huang Cho-cheng (黃卓乘) advanced to the semifinals after defeating Malaysia and Thailand in the earlier rounds.

They went on to defeat Uzbekistan in straight rounds, winning 28-11 and 10-8, to advance to the gold medal match.

However, facing a strong South Korean team in the final, the Taiwanese were unable to withstand their opponents' aggressive offense and fell behind early after repeated mid-section strikes.

Despite efforts to close the gap, Hung, Jung and Huang ultimately fell short, losing 18-26 and 17-30 to take home the silver medal.

In the women's team kyorugi event, Taiwan's Chin I-chun (金怡君), Chang Jui-en (張芮恩) and Lin Wei-chun (林唯均) missed out on a medal after falling to Thailand in the quarterfinals.

In table tennis, Taiwanese paddlers Chien Tung-chuan (簡彤娟) and Tsai Yun-en (蔡昀恩) earned a bronze medal after losing 2-4 to their Chinese opponents in the women's doubles semifinals.

The pair lost 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 6-11, 8-11 to Han Feier (韓菲兒) and Wang Xiaotong (王曉彤) in a best-of-seven format.

Despite the loss, Chien and Tsai secured a bronze for Taiwan, marking the country's first women's doubles table tennis medal at the World University Games in a decade.

Taiwan last medaled in the event in 2015, when veteran players Cheng I-ching (鄭怡靜) and Lee Yi-chen (李依真) won silver at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.