A: Wow, two Taiwanese swimmers have qualified for this year’s Olympics in Paris.
B: I know one is the Taiwanese-American swimmer Angie Coe.
A: And the other is Eddie Wang, Taiwan’s “King of Butterfly.”
Photo: CNA 照片：中央社
B: Didn’t Wang miss a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) test and face an 18-month ban?
A: But the Chinese Taipei Anti-Doping Agency (CTADA) argued that this was a case of miscommunication, so in the end WADA decided not to ban him from swimming.
A: 這次巴黎奧運，還有兩位台灣選手在游泳項目取得參賽資格！
B: 我知道，一位是台美混血女泳將韓安齊。
A: 另一位則是台灣蝶王：王冠閎。
B: 他不是因為錯過了「世界運動禁藥防制組織」（WADA）
的藥檢，原本要被禁賽18個月？
A:「中華運動禁藥防制基金會」（CTADA）主張這只是溝通不良，所以WADA最終並未禁賽。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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