The team of 17 athletes competed in six major events ─ table tennis, track and field, swimming, powerlifting, archery and shooting ─ in the 2008 Paralympic Games that were held at the National Stadium in northern Beijing Sept. 6-17.
Lin Tzu-hui clinched a gold medal in the women's 75 kg powerlifting category Sept.14, bagging the Taiwanese team's first medal in the 2008 Paralympics.
Lin, who won a gold medal in the same category in the 2004 Athens Paralympics, lifted 137.5 kilograms in her first try in the latest competition to successfully defend her title.
Also on Sunday, Taiwanese archer Tseng Lung-hui won a bronze medal in the men's individual recurve W2 category of the archery event.
In 2004, the Chinese Taipei athletics team took two golds, two silvers and two bronzes medals in the Athens Paralympics.
The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical, mental, and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, sight loss, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
