Taiwanese rowers claim silver medals

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It was the fifth time the men's team finished second at the championships, having achieved the feat in 2000, 2003, 2021 and last year.

Taiwan battled defending champion China in the men's team final of the Asian Table Tennis Championships on Thursday, but fell short 3-1 to win its third straight silver in the event.

Taiwan reached the men's team finals at the previous two Asian Championships in 2021 and last year, but lost to South Korea and China respectively.

Led by 23-year-old Lin Yun-ju, Taiwan's men hoped to come away with gold this year and reached the final after edging past Hong Kong and eliminating India despite the absence of veteran rower Chuang Chih-yuan.

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However, according to the International Table Tennis Federation's latest rankings, China has the five best men's singles players in the world, and beating them was always going to be a gamble.

In the best-of-five final in Astana, Kazakhstan, Taiwan opened with 19-year-old Kao Cheng-ju against China's top player Wang Chuqin.

Kao came close in the first game but could not handle the pressure from his backhand as the match progressed, losing to Wang 11-9, 11-5, 11-6.

It was then up to Lin to pull Taiwan back against 19-year-old Lin Shidong, who won the men's singles title at the China Grand Smash, improving his position to third in the world rankings.

The Taiwanese lost the first two matches, won the third and was involved in a tight battle in the fourth, but was unable to convert in key moments and ultimately lost 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10. .

On the brink of elimination in the final, Taiwan sent world number 70 Huang Yan-cheng to play the third match against world number 5 Liang Jingkun.

Huang showed great determination and took the favored Liang to five matches.

Despite failing to convert three match points, Huang held his nerve and won the match 7-11, 11-7, 1-11, 11-9, 13-11 to secure Taiwan's first point to set.

Lin Yun-ju once again got a chance to level the score for Taiwan against China's Wang and started off strong by winning the first two games, but once he lost the third game he seemed to rush his play, and Wang won in the end with 1- 11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4, which sealed Taiwan's fate.

It was the fifth time Taiwan won silver in the men's team event at the Asian Championships, having previously achieved the feat in 2000, 2003, 2021 and last year.

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