Taiwan wushu athletes Liu Pei-hsun (???) and Lai Po-wei (???) took home silver and bronze medals at the 2022 World Games in the United States on Wednesday (Taiwan time), bringing Taiwan’s total medal count to five silvers and four bronzes.
Liu, who is taking part in her first international competition, scored 19.013 in the women’s taolu Taijiquan and Taijijian all-round event, losing to Brunei athlete Lachkar Basma who scored 19.040.
Liu, who contracted COVID-19 during her training, told CNA that she was satisfied with her performance but felt she could have done better.
Meanwhile, Lai secured bronze in the men’s taolu Nanquan and Nangun all-round after losing to Liu Zhongxin of China and Harris Horatius of Indonesia.
Lai, a Nangun gold medal winner at the 2019 World Wushu Championships, scored 19.016, while Liu and Horatius scored 19.134 and 19.030, respectively.
The World Games is an international multi-sport event that takes place every four years and is being held in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States from July 7-17, comprising sports that are not included in the Olympic Games.
The 11th edition of the multi-sport event had initially been scheduled for 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic was postponed until July this year.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel