Taiwan’s Tang wins gold in SloveniaEYE ON PARIS: Tang Chia-hung beat his personal record at the World Challenge Cup, with his coach saying the event was essentially training for the OlympicsStaff writer, with CNATaiwanese gymnast Tang Chia-hung won a gold medal in the horizontal bar at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Koper, Slovenia, on Sunday, scoring a personal best 15.400 points. Tang’s triumph extended his run of dominant performances in the lead-up to this summer’s Paris Olympics, for which he has already earned a spot. Taiwan’s Tang Chia-hung, right, and his coach Weng Shih-hang gesture after Tang won gold at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Koper, Slovenia, on Sunday. Aside from achieving a perfect landing that won him the gold, Tang challenged himself by performing a highly difficulty routine without the use of a mat, which meant no points were deducted for his routine. Tang was trailed by Croatia’s Tin Srbic who earned a silver medal with a score of 14.950, and Italy’s Carlo Macchini who won bronze with a score of 14.700.
