http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/arch...9/15/2003453600


On the last day of competition for the Taiwanese team, Chang Yao-chien (張堯茜) won a fourth gold in women’s bowling, while Wen Chih-hsuan (溫智璇) took home the nation’s 11th gold medal at the Deaflympics.

The crowd at Taipei Arena went wild with joy as table tennis player Wen draped the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag across his back and ran across the arena to a heroic welcome from fans after his victory.

Wen defeated Chinese opponent Wang Cong (王聰) 4-0 yesterday after beating Ukrainian Gennadii Zakladnyi by the same score in the semifinals.

Wen and Zakladnyi had faced off in the Men’s table tennis doubles event before.

Wen’s coach Huang Mei-jen (黃美珍) told reporters after the match that she thought Wen had played well.

However, “I told him that he needs to add some variety [to his shots] to confuse his opponent,” Huang said.

“Overall, he is very patient and was in good physical condition today and returned each ball with care. He employed all the strategies I told him to,” she said.

Regarding Wen’s opponent in the finals, Huang said Wang’s coach had told her that Wang “could not possibly beat Wen.”

Wen said after game he had felt intimidated facing a left-handed opponent, but was relieved when the game was over.

“I just wanted to go home,” Wen said.

Wen’s teammate Yang Jung-Tsung (楊榮宗) was eliminated in the quarterfinals.