The Taiwanese Sports Administration (SA) has announced the list of Taiwanese athletes who will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
According to SA, Team Taiwan is comprised of 60 athletes who will compete in a total of 16 events. The sports they will participate in are: athletics, archery, badminton, boxing, break, canoeing, fencing, golf, gymnastics, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis and weightlifting.

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High-profile athletes include Kuo Hsing-chun, who won gold and broke three records in the women’s 59 kilogram (kg) weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying is looking to improve on her silver medal performance from Tokyo, as is Yang Yung-wei, who took home Taiwan’s first silver medal in men’s 60kg judo in Tokyo.

Other notable Olympians include badminton team Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, who won men’s doubles gold in Tokyo; table tennis veteran Chuang Chih-yuan, 43, who finished fourth in men’s singles at the 2012 London Games and is competing in his sixth Games; and tennis player Hsieh Su-wei, who holds seven Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles and one title in mixed doubles. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The athletes will be accompanied by a 58-member support team consisting of physiotherapists, trainers, psychological consultants, nutritionists and other specialists, the SA said.

Taiwan’s team performed well at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games, winning two gold, four silver and six bronze medals in 18 events.

2024-07-07 13:05:08
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