Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in all five sports (seven disciplines).[3] The Chinese Taipei delegation consists of 41 athletes and 30 officials.[4][5] This marks the nation's largest ever Asian Winter Games team in terms of athletes and officials sent.[6]

Chinese Taipei at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors41 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Shen Yen-chin(Opening Ceremony) Amy Lin(Closing Ceremony)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

Competitors

The following table lists the Chinese Taipei delegation per sport and gender.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 213
Biathlon 100
Curling 505
Figure skating 213
Ice hockey 20020
Short track speed skating 448
Speed skating 101
Total35641

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's Alpine skiing team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

Men
  • Ho Ping-Jui
  • Wu Meng-Che
Woman
  • Huang Pei-Chen

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's biathlon team consists of one male athlete.[5]

Man
  • Wang Yao-Yi

Curling
Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team.[7][8] The team consists of five athletes.[5]

Men's tournament
Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament
  • Randolph Shen – skip
  • Nicholas Hsu – third
  • Brendon Liu – second
  • Ting-Li Lin – lead
  • Steve Koo – alternate
Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 China Liu Rui 50
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 41
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 32
 Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 23
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 14
 Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 05
Round-robin

Chinese Taipei has a bye in draw 2

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
 China (Rui) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 X X 8
Bronze medal match

Thursday, February 23, 1:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X X 5
 South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 X X 10
  • Chinese Taipei finishes in fourth place.

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's figure skating team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tsao Chih-I Men's 63.68 11
Lee Meng-ju 44.49 16
Amy Lin Ladies 47.15 10

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division one.[9][10] Chinese Taipei finished in second place (6th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.[11]

Men's tournament
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Chinese Taipei was represented by the following 20 athletes:[5]

  • Huang Sheng-chun (G)
  • Liao Yu-cheng (G)
  • Ting Pang-keng (G)
  • Chang Hsing-han (D)
  • Chang Wei-ting (D)
  • Chao Yu-tung (D)
  • Huang Jen-hung (D)
  • Shen Yen-lin (D)
  • Yang Chang-lin (D)
  • Yang Hsiao-hao (D)
  • Chang Kai-hsiang (F)
  • Chang Tse-wei (F)
  • Chen Jui-tang (F)
  • Chiu Yi-wei (F)
  • Lin Hung-ju (F)
  • Lin Tzu-chieh (F)
  • Shen Yen-chin (F)
  • Tang Yi-cheng (F)
  • Weng To (F)
  • Yang Chang-hsing (F)
Legend
  • G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward
Rank
Team
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
5  Thailand 541003612+2414
6  Chinese Taipei 531103413+2112
7  United Arab Emirates 530022924+59
8  Mongolia 520032523+26
9  Hong Kong 51013272704
10  Singapore 50005456–520
18 February 2017
15:30
Chinese Taipei 10–3
(4–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 United Arab EmiratesMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 290
20 February 2017
19:00
Hong Kong 4–5
(3–0, 0–3, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 180
21 February 2017
12:00
Singapore 1–11
(1–3, 0–5, 0–3)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 200
23 February 2017
12:00
Chinese Taipei 2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 ThailandMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500
25 February 2017
12:00
Mongolia 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500

Short track speed skating
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's short track speed skating team consists of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women).[5]

Men
  • Lin Chung-Chieh
  • Lin Xian-You
  • Su Jun-Peng
  • Tsai Chia-Wei
Women
  • Lin Yu-Tzu
  • Lu Chia-Tung
  • Wang Kuan-Ming
  • Yang Zih-Shian

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's speed skating team consists of one male athlete.[5]

Man
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Sung Ching-yang 500 m 35.74 9
1000 m 1:12.46 16

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