OLYMPICS/Taiwan ice skater has funding suspended for 2 years over Beijing Olympics row
03/03/2022 07:37 PM
Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Sports Administration (SA) said Thursday it will stop paying competition and training subsidies to speed skater Huang Yu-ting (黃郁婷) for two years as punishment for remarks she made at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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