Chinese Taipei at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = TPE
| NOCname = Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 2010
| flagcaption = Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.tpenoc.net}} {{in lang|zh|en}}
| location = Vancouver
| competitors = 1
| sports = 1
| flagbearer = Ma Chih-hung
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Chinese Taipei|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1984|end_year=}}
| seealso = {{flagIOC|ROC}} (1972–1976)
}}
Chinese Taipei ({{zh|t=中華臺北|p=Zhōnghuá Táiběi}}) sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. Although the nation is known as Taiwan or the Republic of China, the International Olympic Committee mandates that the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee flag and name is used, and not the flag of Taiwan, as per the Nagoya Resolution, which Chinese Taipei accepted in 1981. This was Chinese Taipei's eighth time participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung. He finished 34th in the men's singles event.
File:2010 Opening Ceremony - Chinese Taipei entering cropped.jpg
Background
Following the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China retained control of only the island of Taiwan and a few other minor islands.{{cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/08/25/why-china-and-taiwan-are-divided|title=Why China and Taiwan are divided – The Economist explains|date=26 August 2014|work=The Economist|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724221004/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/08/25/why-china-and-taiwan-are-divided|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} After international recognition shifted to the People's Republic of China in the 1970s and under the People's Republic's One China policy, the only way the Republic of China could participate in international organizations was under a name acceptable to the People's Republic.{{cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/04/09/what-is-chinese-taipei|title=What is "Chinese Taipei"? – The Economist explains|date=9 April 2018|work=The Economist|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724221004/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/04/09/what-is-chinese-taipei|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} The Republic of China boycotted the Olympics, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and both Games in 1980 after not being allowed to compete under the name "Republic of China". Chinese Taipei accepted the Nagoya Resolution in 1981 and first officially participated in the Olympics at the 1984 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/sport/taiwan-olympics-chinese-taipei/index.html|title=Olympics: Anger grows in Taiwan at having to compete as 'Chinese Taipei'|last=Griffiths|first=James|date=6 August 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102517/https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/sport/taiwan-olympics-chinese-taipei/index.html|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} Chinese Taipei has sent delegations to every Winter Olympic Games since, making Vancouver their eighth appearance at a Winter Olympics under that name.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/|title=Chinese Taipei|access-date=25 July 2018|publisher=Sports Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613015700/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/|archive-date=13 June 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} For the second consecutive Winter Olympics, the Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/winter/2006/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093029/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/winter/2006/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Torino Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=31 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/winter/2010/|title=Chinese Taipei at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729040404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/winter/2010/|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Ma was chosen as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Complete+list+2010+Vancouver+Winter+Olympic+flag+bearers/2558064/story.html|title=Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers|date=12 February 2010|work=The Vancouver Sun|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216123527/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Complete%2Blist%2B2010%2BVancouver%2BWinter%2BOlympic%2Bflag%2Bbearers/2558064/story.html|archive-date=16 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Vancouver_2010/ClosingCeremonyFlagbearers-eng.pdf|title=The Flagbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Closing Ceremony|date=28 February 2010|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401032223/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Vancouver_2010/ClosingCeremonyFlagbearers-eng.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2010|url-status=dead}}
Luge
{{Main|Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
Ma Chih-hung was 24 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics, and had represented Chinese Taipei four years prior at the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ma-chih-hung-1.html|title=Ma Chih-Hung Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903142224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ma-chih-hung-1.html|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The men's singles was held over 13–14 February, with two of the four runs being contested on each day.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816195110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles.html|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} On the first day, he posted run times of 50.318 seconds{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-1.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 1|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719182412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-1.html|archive-date=19 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and 50.460 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-2.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 2|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719220727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-2.html|archive-date=19 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} After the first day, he sat in 33rd place out of 38 competitors.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-runs-1-2.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles Runs 1–2|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615071130/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-runs-1-2.html|archive-date=15 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} On the second day, he put up times of 51.090 seconds{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-3.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 3|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720015850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-3.html|archive-date=20 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and 50.494 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-4.html|title=Luge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 4|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719153339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/LUG/mens-singles-run-4.html|archive-date=19 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} His total time was therefore 3 minutes and 22.362 seconds, which dropped Ma into 34th overall.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="6"|Final |
|---|
| Run 1
!Run 2 !Run 3 !Run 4 !Total !Rank |
| align="left"|Ma Chih-hung
|align="left"|Men's singles |50.318 |50.460 |51.090 |50.494 |3:22.362 |34 |
See also
References
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{{Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
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