Let athletes be worry-free winnersBy Li Cheng-ta 李政達When Taiwan’s Olympic athletes departed for the Tokyo Olympic Games on Monday last week, world No. She added a caption saying how she missed flying business class with EVA Airways. The seating arrangements formed a sharp contrast, and also went against Tsai’s promise that Taiwanese athletes and coaches would travel in business class to major international competitions. Meanwhile, journalists and Internet users are behaving like paparazzi in their search for the hotels where the officials, coaches, administrative staff and athletes are staying. Coaches, administrative staff, team physiotherapists and assistants handle all of these details so that the athletes can be worry-free and compete at their peak.

Source: Taipei Times July 26, 2021 15:56 UTC