Huang Yu-ting placed 24th in the 1000m final, 26th 500m and 26th 1500m at this year’s Olympics in Although it has not achieved spectacular success, it is now very loud in Taiwan.
The Taiwan representative trained in the Chinese uniform. “Extremely inappropriate”
All because of the training video before the Olympics. Yu-ting has published a video of her skating in the national team uniform. It met with great criticism. All because of – to put it mildly – not the best relations between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China.
it is a democratic country living under the pressure of the threat of invasion announced by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. During the games he played under the name Chinese Taipei. The conflict between states has been going on since 1949, when Chinese nationalists, who had formed the government of the continent for several decades, fled to Taiwan after the communists’ victory in the Chinese civil war. Now Jinping is putting more and more pressure on Taiwan to join China. Otherwise, it must be military ready.
Taiwan boycotted the 1976 and 1980 Olympics because the IOC did not allow them to march under the banner of the Republic of China after protests by the People’s Republic of China. It was not until 1979 that a compromise was reached. The Nagoya resolution meant that Taiwanese athletes could re-enter the Olympic stadium as a separate representation, but only under the name of Chinese Taipei.
Now Taiwanese Prime Minister Su Tseng-Chang has demanded an investigation into the recording of the high-speed skater. His statement office found wearing Chinese outfit “extremely inappropriate”. The office of the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, also issued a statement. “The members of the national team represent the country in the competitions and there should be no controversial words or deeds that harm the honor of the nation,” said president spokesman Xavier Chang.
Huang Yu-ting explained that she had received the outfit from a Chinese friend. “For me, it was just a friendship. She gave me this outfit, and I wore it when I trained. I had nothing else in mind. I posted the video because I wanted to tell everyone that I was going to. I’m happy with it” – the 33-year-old explained.
However, she later removed the video from social media. “Thank you to everyone who comforted me. I deleted the video because of too many unnecessary private messages! Let sport be a sport. There is no nationality in the world of sport, because privately we are all good friends” – wrote Huang on Facebook .
So far, the skater player has not been punished, but the local Olympic committee will look into this matter until April.
Source: Sport
Tristin is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his in-depth and engaging writing on sports. He currently works as a writer at 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the sports industry.
