Rio 2016 Olympians won the Chinese Taipei National Selection Tournament

Chinese Taipei Boxing Association hosted its National Selection Tournament in Taipei to select the currently best boxers. Chinese Taipei’s key female boxers such as Lin Yu Ting, Huang Hsiao Wen and Rio 2016 Olympian Chen Nien Chin all won their weight classes. Their male athlete Rio 2016 Olympian Lai Chu En had a difficult final in the event but he was able to win the selections.
Chinese Taipei did great breakthrough in the recent year when two of their young boxers qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after 20 years of hiatus. Their boxers shined also in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and in the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in 2016.
The selection event was held for the places of 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships and also for the 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships. The country will be sending boxers also to the King’s Cup to Thailand before the important continental events.
AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Pin Meng Chieh returned to the world of boxing and claimed the title at the women’s light flyweight (48kg). Chinese Taipei’s 2013 AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Lin Yu Ting competed at the bantamweight (54kg) this time and bagged her next national title.
AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships silver medallist Huang Hsiao Wen celebrated her 19th birthday a few months ago but she is now enough strong at the featherweight (57kg). The gold medal of the women’s lightweight went to Wu Shih Yi who is also a young talent in Chinese Taipei.
Lin Lin Wei Hsien has won the lightweight (60kg) in the last edition of the Chinese Taipei National President’s Cup five months ago and now she was able to win the light welterweight (64kg) in the National Selection Tournament. She received the right to box in the upcoming ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships.
Chinese Taipei’s best woman boxer AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Chen Nien Chin did not relax too much after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and returned to the trainings with full speed to prove her strength in the international competitions. Chen is only 19 but she is among the world’s best middleweight (75kg) boxers who achieved her next national title.
Tu Po Wei was silver medallist in the FISU World University Boxing Championships in Chiang Mai one month ago but he was not able to win the light flyweight (49kg) in the National Selection Tournament. He was defeated by Lin Hung Ta who won also the last edition of the Chinese Taipei National President’s Cup in October.
Lin Yu Ting achieved silver medal in the Chinese Taipei National Olympic Trials in January 2016 but he was crowned at the men’s flyweight (52kg) in the President’s Cup last October. Lin was able to keep his top position in the national team winning the Chinese Taipei National Selection Tournament.
AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Jan Chun Hsien was the main favourite of the men’s bantamweight (56kg) but he was not able to achieve his goal in the National Selection Tournament where Kao Shih Yen won the title of the category. Kao defeated Hung Chia Ho in the final while Jan achieved only bronze medal in the event.
Rio 2016 Olympian Lai Chu En was the top favourite of the lightweight (60kg) but he had to do his very best to beat Hung Chia Ching in the final of the event. Pan Hung Ming was quarter-finalist in the AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event therefore his success over Hsieh Kai Yu was not a surprise in the final of the light welterweight (64kg).
Following his gold medal at the Chinese Taipei National President’s Cup Huang Chao Cheng was able to get the title also at the welterweight (69kg) in the National Selection Tournament. Kan Chia Wei competed in all of the main international events last year as a teenager but his strength is incredible in spite of his young age. Kan defeated Yu Hung Wei in the final of the middleweight (75kg) and will be there in the main ASBC event of the year.

Winners in the Chinese Taipei National Selection Tournament
Women’s 48kg: Pin Meng Chieh
Women’s 54kg: Lin Yu Ting
Women’s 57kg: Huang Hsiao Wen
Women’s 60kg: Wu Shih Yi
Women’s 64kg: Lin Li Wei Hsien
Women’s 75kg: Chen Nien Chin
Men’s 49kg: Lin Hung Ta
Men’s 52kg: Lin Yu Ting
Men’s 56kg: Kao Shih Yen
Men’s 60kg: Lai Chu En
Men’s 64kg: Pan Hung Ming
Men’s 69kg: Huang Chao Cheng
Men’s 75kg: Kan Chia Wei
Men’s 81kg: Ho Shao Hui