A: Taiwan has won three golds at the BWF World Tour Finals in the past.
B: Cool, who were the gold medalists?
A: Badminton queen Tai Tzu-ying won gold in 2020 and 2023, and men’s double, Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, won the title in 2020 as well.
Photo: AFP 照片：法新社
B: It’s too bad that both Tai and Lee announced their retirement from badminton.
A: Hopefully, Wang and his new partner — the 21-year-old, 189cm-tall Chiu Hsiang-chieh — can also perform well in the future.
A: 台灣在「BWF年終總決賽」，曾3度奪金耶。
B: 真酷耶，是誰啊？
A: 戴資穎在2020、2023年度的女單，李洋、王齊麟在2020年的男雙都曾奪金！
B: 不過小戴、李洋已宣布，要從羽壇退休。
A: 希望王齊麟和新搭檔—21歲189公分的邱相榤—未來也能打出好成績。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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