A team representing Taiwan has won all six gold medals up for grabs in the women’s competition at the 2016 International Tug-of-War Championship. The event concluded on Sunday in Malmo, Sweden.
The Tug-of-War Championship takes place once every two years. This year, the Taiwanese women’s team was composed of students from National Taiwan University and Taipei Jingmei Girls High School. They competed against teams from nine other countries.
The Taiwan team won the 540kg category for the first time on Sunday, beating South Africa in the semi-finals and Sweden in the finals. The win concluded the team’s sweep of all six gold medals in the women’s category.
President Tsai Ing-wen sent a congratulatory message to the team on Sunday.