Taiwan's Top Boxers Return Home From Paris Olympics
The last batch of Taiwanese Olympians returned home on Tuesday morning. Among them was the country's first Olympic gold medalist in boxing, Lin Yu-ting.
This story has been updated to correct a typo.
This story has been updated to correct a typo.
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00:00F-16s welcomed a flight carrying Taiwan's Olympic heroes, firing flares and a salute
00:06ahead of their arrival.
00:08This was just the beginning of the surprises waiting for them at Taiwan's main international
00:13airport on Tuesday morning.
00:16At the terminal, music filled the air and banners, pictures and cards were prepared
00:20for the Olympians.
00:23This was the last batch of Taiwanese athletes to return from the Games.
00:27The flight carried the country's best in boxing, athletics and table tennis.
00:32But at the airport, all eyes were on boxer Ling Yuting, who became town's first-ever
00:38gold medalist in the sport after defeating Poland's Julia Sierrometa in the women's 57-kilogram
00:44category.
00:45拿到最高的榮譽,展現出我們台灣最強大的力量與精神,是我想要做到的一件事情,那讓大家可以認識我們,認識台灣。
00:59Ling also took center stage at the summer Games because of questions about her gender.
01:04Despite having competed in women's boxing for years, Ling was disqualified from a single
01:09event in 2023 after failing an undisclosed test given by the now-discredited International
01:16Boxing Association.
01:18Ling had since been cleared to compete by the International Olympic Committee, and with
01:22the support of her coach, pushed through the noise to Olympic glory.
01:26台上的事情台上解決嘛,那在台上可以交給我去解決,那台下我要特別感謝我的教練。
01:36很辛苦,很努力,然後幫我承擔了很多事情,那我在這邊要特別感謝他幫我扛下了所有。
01:45那也請各位幫我給教練一個最熱烈的掌聲,可以嗎?
01:54Ling was joined by boxers Wu Shiyi and Chen Nianqing, who each won bronze at the Olympics.
02:00謝謝大家在這次比賽當中那麼支持我們台灣的選手,不管是哪一個項目。
02:06就是會繼續加油努力,希望大家繼續支持拳擊,喜歡拳擊。
02:11Taiwan won seven medals at this year's Games, two gold and five bronze.
02:17While it's fewer than the whole from the Tokyo Olympics, many in the country still view it
02:22as a significant achievement.
02:25The whole also marks several historic firsts, the country's first gold in boxing,
02:30and the first time it has won three medals in the sport.
02:34And now that the athletes have returned to Taiwan, they need to recover from the pressure
02:38and excitement from the Paris Summer Games, and then regain focus, and then overcome trials
02:43that lead up to the Olympics in LA in 2028.
02:46Chris Ma and Sunny Chi in Taoyuan for Taiwan Plus.