Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

    BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Tsai Szu-chueh, Chef de Mission of the Chinese Taipei Olympic delegation, said on Sunday that he hoped his athletes could "realize new Olympic breakthroughs" at the Games.

    "Our minimum target is to achieve what we did in Athens, and I do hope our athletes could challenge themselves and score new breakthroughs," Tsai said upon his arrival at Beijing's Capital International Airport Sunday afternoon.

    Surrounded by reporters, passengers and businessmen from Taiwan who greeted the delegation at the airport, Tsai repeatedly said that he felt heavy responsibilities on his shoulder.

    However, he told reporters that he and his delegation would deal with the pressure with an easy attitude.

    Chinese Taipei collected two gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the Athens Olympics, ending their Olympic gold drought and standing at the 31st on the medal tally.

    According to an official from the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, the 133-strong delegation includes 80 athletes, and most of them will arrive in Beijing on Aug. 3. Their baseball team is scheduled to come on Aug. 10.

    In Beijing, Chinese Taipei has set their medal hope on taekwondo, archery, baseball and softball.