《TAIPEI TIMES》Taiwan takes dozens of medals in sport stacking

Team Taiwan won 48 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze medals at this year’s Asian Sport Stacking Championships, held in Thailand over the weekend.

Lu You-chen, 12, won seven gold medals, becoming the first Taiwanese male competitor to claim the overall all-around title at the championship.

Lu recorded a combined time of 9.254 seconds in the 3-3-3, 3-6-3 and Cycle events.

He won gold in the individual Cycle event in his age category, recording a time of 5.542 seconds, breaking the Taiwanese record of 5.601 seconds for boys aged 11-12.

Lu’s mother was there when a representative of the Thai royal family presented him with the all-around male trophy. She said the achievement was an honor and recognition of her son’s efforts.

Lin Shih-chi, 9, won seven medals, including gold in all four individual events in her age group.

Lin took bronze in the all-around female category across all age groups.

She said she hoped her mother would reward her performance by buying her more stuffed toys.

Another standout was 8-year-old Fan Chen-yuan, who won gold in the girls’ 7-8 age group Cycle event, setting a world record of 5.840 seconds and breaking her old record of 6.055 seconds.