A: Taiwanese athletes won two gold and five bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including shooter Lee Meng-yuan, who has now become the World’s No. 1.
B: Badminton duo Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin and boxer Lin Yu-ting won golds this time.
A: But Taiwan lagged far behind neighboring Japan and South Korea, which won 20 and 13 golds, respectively.
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B: Plus, many top Taiwanese players are retiring after the games.
A: Isn’t Taiwan planning to upgrade the Ministry of Education’s Sports Administration to a ministry for sports development? That will hopefully boost our national strength in sports.
A: 包括登上世界第1的射擊名將李孟遠,台灣在2024巴黎奧運總共贏得2金5銅。
B: 羽球男雙李洋、王齊麟,及女子拳擊林郁婷都勇奪金牌!
A: 不過我們跟日本20金、南韓13金還有一大段差距。
B: 而且台灣有不少世界級好手在賽後宣布退休。
A: 教育部體育署不是準備升格為「體育部」?希望這能提升我國的體育實力。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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