Taiwan is officially on the medal table at the Paris Olympics. The country won two bronze medals in the shooting and boxing categories. TaiwanPlus was on the ground as it happened.
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00:00Taiwan has secured two medals at the Paris Olympics, one bronze each in skeet shooting
00:07and boxing.
00:08These are the first medals Taiwan has won at these games.
00:13In men's skeet shooting, Li Mengyuan finished third behind American shooters Vincent Hancock
00:18and Conor Lynn Prince.
00:20Li's medal is the first Taiwan has ever won in Olympic shooting.
00:24In women's boxing, Wu Siyi fell to China's Yang Wenlu in the 60kg semifinal, losing out
00:45on a chance to advance to the gold medal round.
00:47But the Olympics awards two bronze medals in boxing categories, so Wu Siyi was guaranteed
00:53a bronze medal going into her matchup against Yang.
00:57This is Wu Siyi's second Olympic Games, and she says that her bronze is a great achievement
01:03for herself and her team.
01:21Several Taiwanese fans were present for Wu Siyi's semifinal bout, and they say they were
01:25proud of her performance.
01:33And the fans say it wasn't only Taiwanese people cheering Wu Siyi on.
01:47Even though Wu Siyi's run at the Paris Olympics is over, she says she's going to continue
01:52boxing and competing as long as she can.
02:04With these two bronze medals, Team Taiwan is officially on the medal table at the Paris
02:09Olympics.
02:10And with Taiwanese men's badminton duo Li Yang and Wang Qilin facing off against China
02:16In the gold medal match on Sunday, at least one more medal is coming Taiwan's way.
02:20Howard Zhang, Leon Lian and Leslie Liao in Paris, France for Taiwan Plus.