Asian Games Conclude With Fine Showing by Taiwan
The 2023 Asian Games have wrapped up in Hangzhou, China. Taiwan finished sixth on the medal table in the country's best showing since 1998.
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00:00 After more than two weeks of competitions, this year's Asian Games are over.
00:08 Host city Hangzhou in eastern China has handed over the reins to Nagoya in Japan, the game's
00:13 next host.
00:14 As they head home, Taiwan's athletes can feel satisfied.
00:18 They've won 19 gold medals, the team's best performance at the Games since 1998.
00:23 They also bagged 20 silver and 28 bronze medals, putting Taiwan, competing under the name Chinese
00:28 Taipei, sixth on the medal table.
00:31 Taiwan's biggest winners were its roller skaters, who clinched seven golds.
00:40 And just hours before the closing ceremony, Gu Xiaoshuang beat Kazakhstan's Moldyr Zhangbirbai
00:45 to win a gold medal in the women's 15-kilogram kumite karate event.
00:50 With the Games over, some athletes already have their sights on the next challenge.
00:56 While others say that now, a new path awaits them.
01:07 But with the Olympics next year and the Nagoya Asian Games just two years after that, none
01:11 of them is resting on their laurels.
01:14 John Su and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.
01:16 Thank you.