Pickleball》Listen to Olympic tennis gold medal Lin Jiawen's cross-border challenge and team up with a famous orthopedic doctor to achieve great results

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Lin Jiawen, who has won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in tennis at two hearing-impaired Olympic Games, is actively preparing for next year's hearing-impaired tennis World Cup. She is also investing in pickleball training to meet new challenges. She will appear in the "2026-2027 First-level Baseball New Year's Pickleball Championship" at the end of the year. She will play doubles for the first time with her orthopedic surgeon Lin Kunyi. Through the competition, she hopes to promote exchanges and interactions between hearing-impaired and ordinary players, and promote the spirit of equality in sports.

The 29-year-old Lin Jiawen has made outstanding achievements in international competitions. He only won the women's team bronze medal at the Deaf Tennis World Cup in Lyon, France, in July this year. However, as international hearing-impaired tennis events have integrated with general tennis competitions, starting from 2025, the Australian Open hearing-impaired events will use points ranking to determine eligibility. Due to the lack of relevant events in Asia, it is not easy for players to accumulate points, which also prevents Lin Jiawen from participating in next year's Australian Open. Despite the limited opportunities for international competition, Lin Jiawen continues to prepare for tennis and is involved in the popular sport of pickleball in recent years. In the past two years, she and her mother, Chen Yanling, chairman of the Tainan Shenghui Association, have promoted hearing-impaired and wheelchair pickleball competitions, attracting nearly a hundred players to participate, and also contributed to the holding of the "2026-2027 Level 1 Baseball New Year's Pickleball Championship."

Choi Zai-kee, CEO of Pickleball Sports Co., Ltd., the organizer, said that in the past, hearing-impaired and ordinary players mostly held separate competitions. This time, he hopes that through joint competition, different ethnic groups can go to the same court to meet friends with a ball and implement sports equality. "The demand for pickleball courts and entry barriers are relatively low, and it is suitable for all ages. We hope that this competition will allow hearing-impaired and hearing people to integrate and communicate on the court. We will also consider including wheelchair players in the future so that more people can participate in the event."

「2026-2027 The "I-CHI-BAN First Class Baseball New Year's Pickleball Championship" will last for 3 days and will be held from December 31 to January 2, 2027 at the Taipei Jingmei Hujiang High School Indoor Pickleball Hall. The conference will provide the Tainan Shenghui Association champion team with a wild card and direct entry. The semi-finals; the team competition also has mixed doubles. Lin Jiawen teamed up with Lin Kunyi, director of the Sanzhong Sports Intelligent Recovery Center. She revealed that in order to achieve good results, the two practiced almost every week to develop a tacit understanding. "If you lose, you will not lose. We hope to win the championship in the New Year's Eve event."