Taipei, Nov. 24 (CNA) Taiwan added a silver and four bronzes Wednesday in the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad to bring its total medal counts to 57, the best showing in the Asian Games in 12 years, one day after setting a record of winning four golds in a single day.
Winning a silver and two bronzes in karate and a bronze each in men's archery and women's roller sports Wednesday, the Chinese Taipei delegation has secured 12 gold, 12 silver and 33 bronze medals as of press time to ensure its best overall performance since 1998, when it won 77 medals, including 19 gold, 17 silver and 41 bronze, in Bangkok, Thailand.
On Tuesday, Taiwan won four gold to bring its gold medal haul to 12, surpassing 10 it won in Busan, South Korea in 2002 and a disappointing nine golds in Doha, Qatar four years ago.
Taiwan currently ranks fifth place in gold medal tally, behind China, South Korea, Japan and Iran, and fourth in total medal counts.
With three days to go in the quadrennial event, Taiwan is hopeful to increase the medal counts by doing well in women's softball and men's 4x100 meter relay.
The women's softball team is scheduled to meet Japan in the semifinal Thursday. The men's 4x100 meter relay team, which won its round 1 heat with 39.34 seconds to finish only behind China's 39.03 seconds, will vie for a medal in the final on Friday. (By Chris Wang) enditem