Taiwan wins 2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze at World University Games Saturday

Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Taiwan's athletes delivered a strong performance on the penultimate day of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games on Saturday (Germany time), winning two gold, two silver, and one bronze in badminton, as well as a silver in gymnastics.

In badminton, Ting Yen-chen (丁彥宸) won gold in the men's singles final after defeating France's Enogat Roy in straight games, 15-8, 15-5.

Wu Hsuan-yi (吳軒毅) and Yang Chu-yun (楊筑云) claimed gold in mixed doubles, beating fellow Taiwanese players Chen Cheng-kuan (陳政寬) and Hsu Yin-hui (許尹鏸), who took silver.

The two golds brought Taiwan's gold medal total at this year's Games to five.

Taiwan's second silver of the day in badminton came in women's doubles, where Sung Yu-hsuan (宋祐媗) and Jheng Yu-chieh (鄭宇倢) lost to China's Li Qian (李茜) and Wang Yiduo (王漪朵).

Meanwhile, Lin Yu-chieh (林煜傑) and Jheng Yu-chieh (鄭宇倢) earned bronze in mixed doubles after falling in the semifinals.

In women's gymnastics, Tonya Helene Paulsson, a dual national of Taiwan and Sweden who also goes by her Taiwanese name Chen Jui-an (陳瑞安), added to Taiwan's medal tally with a silver in the balance beam final.

Paulsson earned a total score of 13.266, with 5.000 in difficulty and 8.266 in execution, but lost to Japan's Ashikawa Urara, who took gold with a score of 14.166.

This marks the second consecutive day Paulsson reached the podium, after taking bronze in the women's individual all-around -- Taiwan's first-ever medal in women's artistic gymnastics at the event.

In the floor exercise final on Saturday, Paulsson was the first to compete and scored 13.000 points.

She held the top position after the first four athletes, but ultimately finished fourth after being surpassed by competitors from Belgium and Japan.