The largest delegation of the Asia Pacific Games will set off today, and the table tennis and badminton competitions will be the first to appear tomorrow

The Sports Department invites Chinese people to cheer for Taiwan’s heroes in the Asia Pacific Games. (Provided by the Athletic Department)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Report from Taipei] The 5th Ai Nagoya Asian Para Games will be unveiled on October 18. The largest group of our delegation will set off today. Huang Qihuang, Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Ministry of Sports, went to the airport to see off the athletes and cheer for the players. He hopes that everyone will take the accumulated training results to meet the challenge and perform to the best of their ability on the international stage.

For this tournament, my country has selected a total of 71 athletes to participate in 12 sports events. Starting from October 12, they will go to Japan in different stages according to the schedule. Today’s departure team includes 8 athletes from track and field, judo, bodybuilding, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair tennis. In the sports category, a total of 91 people, including 53 coaches and players and 38 team headquarters staff, took the 7:35 a.m. flight to Nagoya. The Sports Department and the National Sports Training Center also specially presented "Fight with confidence" Shengyuan holder keychains to cheer the delegation.

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The Ministry of Sports stated that every athlete can stand on the international stage because of the long-term companionship and dedication of coaches, team staff and medical protection teams. In addition to integrating the resources of the National Sports Training Center, National Sports Science Center and inter-ministerial committees, this Yapa Games will improve various services for the delegation and continue to improve the development environment of physical and mental obstacle sports. It is expected that this Yapa Games will allow more people to see the competitive strength and fighting spirit of Para athletes.

Our country’s badminton, table tennis, archery and bocce teams have already gone to Japan to compete. Among them, the table tennis and badminton competitions will be the first to debut tomorrow, and the bocce individual event will start on the 17th, all starting before the opening of the Asian Par Games. We hope that the players will fully display their daily training results on the field, have the courage to challenge themselves and strive for good results. We also invite the Chinese people to pay attention to the event and cheer for the Taiwanese players.

Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Sports Huang Qihuang saw off the delegation of the 5th Ai Nagoya Asian Para Games. (Provided by the Athletic Department)