The Taiwanese dancer who competed in the first Olympic breaking event at the Paris Games this year on Thursday was named as this year’s special Sports Elite Award recipient.
Breaker Sun Chen, also known as B-Boy Quake, is to receive the award at the Sports Elite Awards ceremony on Dec. 20 for earning one of the 16 spots in the Olympic B-Boy competition, said the Sports Administration, which runs the awards.
Although Sun failed to advance to the quarter-finals in Paris, he won the Outbreak Europe competition in Slovakia on Aug. 25, two weeks after making his Olympic debut.
Photo: CNA
Lee Wu-nan, 82, a former president of Taiwan’s national boxing association, would be presented with a lifetime achievement award for reforms he implemented during his tenure, and promoting the sport among students and women, the agency said.
Six other Sports Elite Awards are to be presented at the ceremony, with several medal winners at the Paris Olympics vying for honors.
Among them are the Taiwanese who won gold medals in Paris — Lin Yu-ting in women’s boxing, and Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang in men’s doubles badminton — and the nation’s five bronze medalists.
Photo courtesy of the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association
Lin was nominated in the Best Female Athlete category along with two Olympic bronze medalists in women’s boxing and two Paralympic table tennis silver medalists, while Wang and Lee were nominated in the Best Sports Team category.
“The [athletes’] performances were good this year and people in Taiwan have seen their hard work,” Sports Administration Deputy Director-General Hung Chih-chang told a news conference to announce the special award winners and regular award nominees.
Gymnast Tang Chia-hung, who took home his first Olympic medal, a bronze in the men’s horizontal bar, was nominated in the Best Male Athlete and Best Sportsmanship categories, while his coach Weng Shih-hang was nominated in the Best Coach category.
Kao Cheng-jui, 19, who won silver in the men’s table tennis team event in Paris, was nominated in two categories — Best Male Athlete and Best Rookie Athlete.
The Sports Administration said that 126 entries were submitted for this year’s awards.
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