Taiwan gets more gold

The reigning women's tug of war champion team of Taiwan swept through a strong field to successfully defend its title, by outlasting European powerhouse the Netherlands in the gold medal match to increase the nation's gold medals to five.

Huang took her third gold medal in three days after winning the women's 500-meter roller sports speed event with 47.382 seconds.

She already won a gold medal in the 300-meter event on Friday and the 1,000-meter roller sports speed contest Saturday.

In the men's division, Lo Wei-lin won a silver medal in the 500-meter roller sports speed competition.

Lo reached the finish line first but had to settle with a silver because of a ruling that his hands had touched Colombian rival Felipe Andres Munoz in the process.

He won a gold for Taiwan in the 300-meter event by edging Munoz on Friday.

Tug of War

Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) won its first gold medal in the women's tug of war event staged at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany in 2005.

The tenacious team had no intention of relinquishing its supremacy over the event for which it has become a proud master, as a country not known for its prowess at the highest level of international competition.

Taiwan swept through the preliminary round, defeating the five other countries in the competition — the Netherlands, South Africa, Great Britain, the Ukraine and Japan — to comfortably reach the semifinals.

Although Taiwan was more methodical than some of its main rivals, with most of its bouts lasting over one minute, it won all 10 tugs in its five preliminary matches.

In the tug of war competition, each match features two bouts. Teams that win both are credited with a 3-0 win, while splits are scored 1-1.

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