Taiwan’s athletes performed brilliantly in this year’s Tokyo Olympics, winning a total of 12 medals (two gold, four silver, and six bronze) and thereby setting a new record for Taiwan in Olympic competition.
It has been only through arduous training by the athletes, determined guidance from coaches, support from logistics teams, and the backing of the government’s Gold Plan that this historic moment has been reached. In recognition of this, Taiwan Panorama here offers a “Tokyo Olympics Photo Album,” so that we can look back on the victories, joy, tears, and iconic moments of the Tokyo Olympics and raise Taiwan’s visibility in the world.
The men’s doubles badminton duo of Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang showed seamless teamwork in winning gold. (courtesy of TPG Images)
The world’s number-one-ranking female badminton player Tai Tzu-ying won silver, writing a new page in Taiwan’s badminton history and cementing her status as “the pride of Taiwan.”
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Yang Yung-wei (in white), known as the “Paiwan Warrior” won a silver medal in judo after dueling it out with Japanese gold medal winner Naohisa Takato. After the match they held up each other’s arms and embraced, exemplifying the friendship between Taiwan and Japan.
Pommel horse master Lee Chih-kai, who used his skill at the “Thomas flair” to get the highest score in the whole event during the qualifying round, won Taiwan’s first ever silver medal in Olympic gymnastics.
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Taiwan’s men’s archery team, consisting of Wei Chun-heng (left), Tang Chih-chun (right), and Deng Yu-cheng (center), captured a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Pan Cheng-tsung had to go to extra holes to win Taiwan’s first ever medal—a bronze—in Olympic golf. After the event he embraced his wife and caddie, Michelle Lin. (courtesy of TPG Images)
Chen Wen-huei switched from competing in track and field (discus, javelin, and shot put) to women’s 64-kilogram weightlifting, where she earned a bronze for Taiwan.
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Tokyo bronze medalist Huang Hsiao-wen won Taiwan’s first Olympic medal in boxing.
Lin Yun-ju (left), known in Taiwan as the “table-tennis boy wonder,” and Cheng I-ching (right), Taiwan’s top woman player, joined forces to win bronze in the table-tennis mixed doubles.
Wen Tzu-yun won bronze in the women’s 55-kg karate event in her first Olympic appearance.
Women’s taekwondo competitor Lo Chia-ling overcame countless obstacles to win a bronze medal. (courtesy of TPG Images)
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