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PHOTO ESSAY/Taiwan welcomes Olympians home with ticker-tape parade

08/16/2024 07:30 PM
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Boxing gold medalist Lin Yu-ting waves to the cheering crowd from a vehicle with her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Boxing gold medalist Lin Yu-ting waves to the cheering crowd from a vehicle with her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) A ticker-tape parade welcoming Taiwanese Olympians was held in Taipei on Friday, with athletes who represented the nation at the 2024 Paris Olympics taking part and enthusiastically waving to the cheering crowd.

Beginning at 3 p.m., participants drove in a convoy of vehicles from the Presidential Office to Zhongxiao West Road, proudly waving national flags and "Team Taiwan" banners as they were warmly greeted by onlookers.

"Boxing Queen" and gold medalist Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) and bronze medalist Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴) repeatedly made heart gestures with their hands, expressing their gratitude to supporters.

Behind them were badminton men's doubles gold medalist Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟), men's horizontal bar bronze medalist Tang Chia-hung (唐嘉鴻), and judoka Lien Chen-ling (連珍羚) and Yang Yung-wei (楊勇緯). 

Boxer and bronze medalist Chen Nien-chin (left) makes a heart gesture from a vehicle during the parade, with her coach Ko Wen-ming next to her on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Boxer and bronze medalist Chen Nien-chin (left) makes a heart gesture from a vehicle during the parade, with her coach Ko Wen-ming next to her on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Crowds gather along the parade route in Taipei on Friday to cheer Taiwanese Olympians returning from Paris. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Crowds gather along the parade route in Taipei on Friday to cheer Taiwanese Olympians returning from Paris. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Badminton men's doubles gold medalist Wang Chi-lin (left) waves to the crowd from a vehicle during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Badminton men's doubles gold medalist Wang Chi-lin (left) waves to the crowd from a vehicle during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Men's horizontal bar bronze medalist Tang Chia-hung (left) and his coach Wen Shih-hang wave flags and cheer during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Men's horizontal bar bronze medalist Tang Chia-hung (left) and his coach Wen Shih-hang wave flags and cheer during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Judoka Lien Chen-ling (left), Yang Yung-wei (center) and Yang's coach Liu Wen-teng greet the crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Judoka Lien Chen-ling (left), Yang Yung-wei (center) and Yang's coach Liu Wen-teng greet the crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Sharpshooter and bronze medalist Lee Meng-yuan (right) and his father Hsieh Chih-pei respond to the cheering crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Sharpshooter and bronze medalist Lee Meng-yuan (right) and his father Hsieh Chih-pei respond to the cheering crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Boxing bronze medalist Wu Shih-yi waves to the crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo, Aug. 16, 2024.
Boxing bronze medalist Wu Shih-yi waves to the crowd during the parade on Friday. CNA photo, Aug. 16, 2024.
Taiwan's Olympians take a photo with President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim in front of the Presidential Office before the ticker-tape parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.
Taiwan's Olympians take a photo with President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim in front of the Presidential Office before the ticker-tape parade on Friday. CNA photo Aug. 16, 2024.

(By Evelyn Yang)

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