On the 24th of the National Indigenous National Games, the Taitung County team presents the flag and sets off today.

(Photo by reporter Chen Xianyi)

[Reporter Chen Xianyi/Taitung Report] The National Indigenous National Games will compete in Beishi from 24th to 27th. For four consecutive days, the Taitung County team will present the flag and set off today. 580 people compete in 16 competitive events, the most in history; Huang Yuyan, deputy director of the Education Department He said that it is an honor to go out to compete on behalf of the players. He hopes that the players will use their daily training strength to go all out, win the team championship as they wish, and pay attention to team discipline.

"Taitung County! Come on!" The flag presentation ceremony was held at 9:00 a.m. today. Deputy head coach Lu Huashi received the county flag from Chen Mingfeng, chairman of the Taitung County Sports Association, and immediately waved the flag and cheered.

Huang Yuyan said that Taitung is a county with the widest distribution of aboriginal groups and the largest population ratio in the country. This year, the Department of Education sent 580 aboriginal athletes to participate in the competition. A sports event to let more people know and understand the traditional sports of the aborigines.

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The Education Department stated that the National Indigenous Games will be held in Taipei City and various competition venues for four consecutive days. 580 team players will participate in track and field, judo, taekwondo, wrestling, basketball, baseball, slow softball, croquet, futsal, etc. There are 16 competitions including football, traditional archery, traditional music and dance, traditional road running, traditional weight-bearing, tug-of-war, sawing and hunting. Players are actively practicing and there is a strong call for medals.

The Department of Education stated that there are many outstanding athletes in Taitung who come from the aboriginal ethnic group. They have performed outstandingly in sports in recent years, including women’s weightlifting Olympic gold medalist Guo Yuchun, gymnastics You Chaowei, and track and field Luo Peilin are all excellent athletes; Competitive competitions, such as traditional weight-bearing, tug-of-war, music and dance, etc., are an excellent presentation of the integration of sports and hometown culture. I hope that the representative team will achieve good results, climb the peak of sports competition, and win glory for Taitung County.