Chinese Taipei at the 2022 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:TPE
Nocname:Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2022
Flagcaption:Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:4
Competitors Men:1
Competitors Women:3
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Huang Yu-ting
Ho Ping-jui
Flagbearer Close:Lee Wen-yi
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
See also: (1972–1976)

The Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1] [2] [3] Because of the political status of Taiwan and the One-China policy, the ROC national symbols will not be used as stipulated in the Nagoya Resolution in 1979 forcing the ROC athletes to compete under the Chinese Taipei moniker since 1984.

Huang Yu-ting and Ho Ping-jui were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4] [5] [6] Meanwhile alpine skier Lee Wen-yi was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[7] [8]

Background

Since the end of the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang-ruled Republic of China has retained control of only Taiwan, formerly a Qing prefecture that was previously under Japanese colonial rule from 1895 to 1945, and a few other minor islands.[9] When international recognition shifted to the Chinese Communist Party's People's Republic of China in the 1970s and under the PRC's One-China principle, the only way the ROC could participate in international organizations was under a name acceptable to the PRC.[10] Nevertheless, the ROC was allowed to compete under that name at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.[11] [12]

The ROC boycotted the Olympics in 1976 and 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.[13] Chinese Taipei has sent delegations to every Winter Olympic Games since, making Turin their seventh appearance at a Winter Olympics.[14] Their delegation to Turin consisted of a single competitor in luge, Ma Chih-hung.[15] He was accompanied to Turin by coaches and teammates to act as logistical support.[16] Ma was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony[17] while a volunteer carried the flag for the closing ceremony.[18]

The Chinese Taipei team announced in January 2022 that its athletes would not partake in the opening or closing ceremonies, citing COVID-19 pandemic measures and delayed flights.[19] [20] The decision was reached as a PRC official wrongly labelled the ROC as "Taipei, China".[21] After the International Olympic Committee issued a statement confirming that all teams must send personnel to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee declared that the ROC would attend both ceremonies.[22] In turn, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights and other organizations protested the CTOC's decision to attend the ceremony, opining that the ROC's attendance was an endorsement of PRC's poor human rights record.[23]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=130Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Alpine skiing1 1 2
Luge0 1 1
Speed skating0 1 1
Total 1 3 4

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[24]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ho Ping-juiDid not advance
Lee Wen-yi1:36.49581:09.55502:46.0450

Luge

See main article: article, Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Chinese Taipei qualified 1 sled in the women's singles.[25] [26]

Speed skating

See main article: article, Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei qualified one female speed skater.

Women
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
align=left rowspan=3Huang Yu-ting500 m39.2326
1000 m1:17.3524
1500 m2:00.7826

Notes and References

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  2. News: Taiwan, Hong Kong welcome at Beijing 2022 winter Games-IOC. Reuters. 1 August 2021. 20 November 2021.
  3. News: 4 February 2022. Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list. The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 16 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 4 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022.
  5. News: Yen . William . OLYMPICS/Team Taiwan marches into Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony . 5 February 2022 . Central News Agency . 4 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony. 4 February 2022. www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 8 February 2022. 9 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220209010434/https://www.ocasia.org/news/2719-asian-noc-flagbearers-for-beijing-2022-opening-ceremony.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 closing ceremony. 20 February 2022. www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 21 February 2022. 21 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220221204131/https://ocasia.org/news/2815-asian-noc-flagbearers-for-beijing-2022-closing-ceremony.html. dead.
  9. News: Why China and Taiwan are divided – The Economist explains. 26 August 2014. The Economist. 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724221004/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/08/25/why-china-and-taiwan-are-divided. 24 July 2018. live. dmy-all.
  10. News: What is "Chinese Taipei"? – The Economist explains. 9 April 2018. The Economist. 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724221004/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/04/09/what-is-chinese-taipei. 24 July 2018. live. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Olympic World Library - Endbericht : Rapport final / publ. par le Comité d'organisation des XIIèmes Jeux olympiques d'hiver 1976 à Innsbruck = Final report / publ. by the Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976 at Innsbruck ; Red. Bertl Neumann / hrsg. vom Organisationskomitee der XII. olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2018.
  12. Web site: Olympic World Library - The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972 : [official report] / [the Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972] = Les XI Jeux olympiques d'hiver Sapporo 1972 : [rapport officiel] / Le Comité d'organisation des XIèmes Jeux olympiques d'hiver Sapporo 1972]. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2018.
  13. Web site: Olympics: Anger grows in Taiwan at having to compete as 'Chinese Taipei'. Griffiths. James. 6 August 2016. CNN. 25 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102517/https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/sport/taiwan-olympics-chinese-taipei/index.html. 10 July 2018. live. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: Chinese Taipei. Sports Reference. 25 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180613015700/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/. 13 June 2018. dead. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Torino Winter Games. Sports Reference. 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170903160641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TPE/winter/2006/. 3 September 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Luge competitor prepares to race in Olympic Games. Scanlan. Sean. 28 January 2006. Taipei Times. 7. 25 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180711100451/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2006/01/28/2003291018. 11 July 2018. live. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: List of flag bearers – Torino 2006 – Olympics. 10 February 2006. Eurosport. 29 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429005607/https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/torino/2006/list-of-flag-bearers_sto830383/story.shtml. 29 April 2018.
  18. Web site: Flag Bearers for the Closing Ceremony – Olympic News. 26 February 2006. International Olympic Committee. 29 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161016180938/https://www.olympic.org/news/flag-bearers-for-the-closing-ceremony-2. 16 October 2016.
  19. News: Berkeley. Geoff. Taiwan officials set to shun Beijing 2022 Ceremonies over propaganda fears. 26 January 2022. Insidethegames. 26 January 2022.
  20. News: 28 January 2022. Olympic-Team Taiwan won't be at Winter Games opening ceremony. Reuters. London, United Kingdom. 28 January 2022.
  21. News: Gibson. Liam. 28 January 2022. Taiwan's Winter Olympic team will not attend ceremonies in Beijing. Taiwan News. Taipei, Taiwan. 28 January 2022.
  22. News: Yen . William . OLYMPICS/Taiwan turns around to participate in Winter Olympics opening, closing ceremonies . 3 February 2022 . Central News Agency . 1 February 2022.
  23. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . Majar . Kayleigh . BACKLASH: Human rights groups accused the CTOC and Sports Administration of going against the official consensus on participating in the Olympics ceremonies . 3 February 2022 . Taipei Times . 3 February 2022.
  24. Web site: ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 20 November 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 22 November 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182408/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022 . dead .
  25. Web site: Standing - quota places OWG Doubles. International Luge Federation. 10 January 2022.
  26. Web site: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge. International Luge Federation. www.fil-luge.org/. 19 January 2022. 21 January 2022. 22 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122020310/https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/fil-luge-qualification-list-3.pdf. dead.