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Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), competes as "Chinese Taipei" (TPE) at the Olympic Games since 1984. Athletes compete under the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag instead of the flag of the Republic of China; for any medal ceremony, the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China is played instead of the National Anthem of the Republic of China.
[2] [6] [9] [11] [12] The Taiwan Name Rectification Campaign sought to alter the formal name from "Chinese Taipei" to "Taiwan" for representation in Olympic Games and further potential international events. A nationwide referendum was held in 2018, in which a proposal for the name change was rejected. The main argument against such a move was ...
Used for Olympic Athletes from Russia competing as neutral athletes due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. [16] ROC: ROC from the abbreviation for Russian Olympic Committee: 2020–2022: Used for Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics following the sanctions due to the state-sponsored doping ...
Asked about the incidents Monday, IOC spokesperson Mark Adams referred to a 1981 agreement in which Olympic officials and the Taiwanese government agreed to use the name and flag of Chinese Taipei ...
The Olympic Games is no exception. Taiwan competes under the name Chinese Taipei with a specialized flag featuring the Olympic rings in place of the Taiwanese flag. Read more: ...
Chinese Taipei entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking position, through the release of the final top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.
Athletes from Taiwan compete at the Olympics under the name of a make-believe country: Chinese Taipei. They march behind an imaginary national flag and, if they win a gold medal, hear an ...
Taiwan competed under the designated name "Chinese Taipei" at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]