Taipei, Nov. 13 (CNA) Cyclist Hsiao Mei-yu won Taiwan's first medal in the 2010 Asian Games Saturday morning in Guangzhou, China, finishing with a bronze in women's 500m time trial.
Hsiao earned Taiwan's first point on the medal tally with a record of 35.440 seconds. Hong Kong's Lee Wai Sze won gold with 33.945 seconds while Guo Shuang of China won silver.
Hsiao was a silver medalist in the same category in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.
Taiwan won 9 gold, 10 silver and 27 bronze medals in Doha. Tsai Szu-chueh, deputy leader of the Taiwan delegation, said the goal in Guangzhou is to do better than four years ago, implying that Taiwan is hoping to win at least 10 gold medals. (By Chris Wang) enditem/jc