'Shock' — What a mess! The Taiwanese representative team, exhausted from doing laundry for three hours before the game, is not alone; Wang Yencheng of BIGBANG's T.O.P also suffered greatly.

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A bizarre incident occurred where national team players competing in the Asian Games stayed up all night in front of hotel coin-operated laundry machines instead of resting after their matches. It was only recently revealed that the Taiwanese baseball representative team suffered from severe sleep deprivation due to an extreme laundry crisis.

Taiwanese media outlet China Times reported on the 23rd that the Taiwanese representative team faced a fatal blow to their condition management due to the organizing committee's inadequate support, as they played grueling schedules with night games early in the preliminaries followed by afternoon matches the next day.

According to the report, Taiwan's captain Chen Min-chu told on-site reporters that all members of the team expressed extreme fatigue after playing their first Asian Games match against South Korea on the 21st and having to face Thailand immediately at noon the following day, the 22nd. After returning to their hotel following the 0-5 loss to South Korea, players had to wait in line at the hotel's self-service laundry room to wash their uniforms. They only managed to sleep after 3 or 4 a.m., having waited for the laundry to finish. In the end, they barely got about three hours of nap before heading to the stadium for the next day's afternoon match. Fortunately, Taiwan defeated Thailand 15-0.

Although the organizing committee provided official laundry services, their operation method defied common sense. It took a minimum of 36 hours from drop-off to retrieval, and due to concerns about uniform damage, the committee accepted only 'pants' for washing, excluding shirts and major equipment. As a result, players who had to compete the next day were forced to use coin-operated laundry machines inside their hotels.

The problem was that all eight baseball representative teams participating in this tournament stayed at the same hotel. With only a limited number of laundry machines available, representatives from various countries ended up congesting the area, causing severe bottlenecks.

The Taiwan Baseball Association only realized the laundry delay issue after arriving on-site and strongly protested to the organizing committee. As the problem escalated, the committee eventually arranged for an alternative vendor, and the Taiwanese representative team decided to entrust all their equipment to a private company at their own expense. However, it was reported that other participating countries, including South Korea, Japan, and China, had already secured contracts with external laundry companies in advance.

Wang Yencheng (25, Hanwha Eagles), Taiwan's key left-handed pitcher who has not yet taken the mound in this tournament, also encountered an unexpected obstacle in managing his condition. Wang, who was held back during the preliminaries, is expected to be a crucial player for decisive matches such as the Super Round or finals that will determine Taiwan's medal prospects. However, due to the bizarre infrastructure on-site, he faced the hotel laundry scene even before making his appearance, sharing the hardship with others from the start.

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