Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Taiwanese shuttler Shen Yan-ru (沈彥汝) clinched a silver medal after losing to her South Korean opponent in the badminton singles at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo on Friday.
Shen, who had rallied to defeat Austria's Katrin Neudolt in the women's singles semifinals, entered the gold medal match with a leg injury.
In the final, Shen lost the first game 13-21 to Park Min Kyeong but held her ground to win the second 21-16, leveling the match. However, she was unable to overcome her opponent's defense in the deciding game, falling 12-21, but still secured a silver medal for Taiwan.
After the singles match, the Taiwanese shuttler teamed up with Fan Jung-yu (范榮玉) to compete in the women's doubles bronze medal match later the same day, but they lost to their South Korean opponents 18-21, 13-21.
Achieving her best-ever result at the Deaflympics, Shen told reporters after the match that she really loves badminton and thanked her coach, the badminton team, and supporters in Taiwan.
She added that the team event will take place Sunday and asked everyone to continue cheering for the Taiwanese delegation.
Also on Friday, Taiwanese shuttler Cheng Chen-ding (鄭成鼎) lost the men's singles bronze medal match to Hong Kong's Lau Chun-hei (劉俊希).
Although he did not reach the podium, Cheng reached his first-ever Deaflympics semifinals, setting a new milestone for Taiwanese men's badminton players with hearing impairments.
