CAXIAS do Sul, Brazil, May 14 – The penultimate day of the 24th Summer Deaflympics saw athletics power house Kenya bag eight medals to take the total Get the latest local and international sports updates, football, rugby, athletics, golf, cricket and more
Taiwanese tennis duo Lin Chia-wen (林家文) and Ho Chiu-mei (何秋美) on Thursday defended their women’s doubles title at the Summer Deaflympics in Brazil, earning Taiwan’s second gold medal at the Games.
Lin and Ho defeated Germans Heike Albrecht-Schroder and Verena Fleckenstein 6-4, 6-1 in a relatively comfortable victory.
“After waiting for five years, we are able to win a gold medal again,” Lin said after the match, while also thanking her partner for her performance.
The duo won the women’s doubles in 2017 at the Summer Deaflympics in Turkey, the most recent previous edition of the Games.
Lin also took home gold in the
Taiwanese Hsu Le on Tuesday won the women’s 100m hurdles at the Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, snagging Taiwan’s first gold medal at this year’s Games.
The 19-year-old hurdler finished in 13.91 seconds, breaking the Deaflympics record of 14.20 seconds.
Hsu already holds the world deaf record for the women’s 100m hurdles, which she secured at the biennial National Athletics Championships in New Taipei City in 2020 with a time of 13.19 seconds.
The Deaflympics is her first international competition. On Sunday, she won a bronze medal in the women’s 100m, finishing in 12.31 seconds. She is also to compete in
It was once again another medal haul for the country as Team Kenya captain Lucas Wandia led by example to successfully defend his men’s steeplechase title