24th October, Petaling Jaya: Top-seed, Chen Chien-Hao and Hsieh Sheng-Fu of Chinese Taipei, edged third-seed Korea and challenger, 206-189 in the Bakers' format final match to win the Men's Doubles gold medal on Day 3 of the 24th Deaflympics Bowling Competitions 2021.
Chen and Hsieh, who sailed past the second Korean pair of Seo Youngchun and Ham Jonghoon, 227-194 in the first semi-final match, advanced to the final. Singles bronze medallist, An Seongjo and Bak Jaeung defeated the first Saudi Arabian pair of Bassam Oraif and Basem Oraif, 184-168 in the secomd semi-final match to face the Taiwanese pair in the final.
Korea was again denied the gold when An and Bak just could not adapt to the Bakers' format of play in the final. The Korean pair settled for the silver while the other Korean pair and Saudi Arabia were awarded a bronze medal each.
In the earlier six games qualification round, Chen and Hsieh led from start to finish to claim top spot with 2388. Although the Saudi pair had a similar total as the Taiwanese, Chinese Taipei claimed pole with a best game of 428 to Saudi Arabia's 427.