The Cabinet's National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is planning a parade and celebration party on Sept. 1 for all Taiwan's returning Olympic athletes.
"The parade will begin from Taipei 101 at 1:30pm and come to an end at the Taipei Armed Forces Hero House (國軍英雄館) on the other side of the city around 6pm. All our athletes will be riding convertibles to accept congratulations from the crowd," said council vice chairman Chen Jong-sheng (陳榮盛).
"We encourage everybody whoever is available at the time to join the crowd and lift the roof."
As of press time yesterday, Taiwan's Olympic athletes had won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal. Through the Kuokuang Physical Education Award (國光體育獎章) and the Chungcheng Physical Education Award (中正體育獎章), Olympic gold medal winners will be awarded NT$12 million, silver medal winners will be receive NT$6 million, bronze medal winners will get NT$4 million; fourth-place winners NT$2 million and the fifth and sixth place winners will be awarded NT$1 million each.
For the 2004 Olympics, in addition to the 24 baseball players who won fifth place, a total of nine athletes have won Olympic medals and all of them are qualified for the awards. As a result, a total of NT$84 million will be awarded, and all of these awards will be tax-free.
Liu Ching-wen (劉慶文), the head coach of Taiwan's taekwondo team, said on Friday that the team's performance was better than he expected and was an honor to all the team members.
Taiwan's four-member taekwondo team claimed three medals at the games, with Chen Shih-hsin (陳詩欣) and Chu Mu-yen (朱木炎) winning gold in the women's 49kg division and the men's 58kg division, and Huang Chih-hsiung (黃志雄) taking silver in the men's 68kg division.
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While Taiwan's Olympic athletes will return to Taiwan on Sept. 1, First Lady Wu Shu-chen (吳淑珍) will lead Taiwan's handicapped athletes to participate in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, which will begin on Sept. 17.
Regarding Wu's schedule and plans, the Presidential Office planned to announce more details this morning.
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