Special report: 2008 Olympic
Games
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Taipei eyes at least two gold medals at
the Beijing Games, and the total medal count should not be less than that have
achieved in Athens, said Cai Cijue, chef of the mission on Sunday as the
delegation just arrived in the Olympic Village.
"We share the same language and living habits with the Chinese mainland,
which will give us advantage to present better performance. We are very
confident of doing a better job here," he said.
"We expect to clinch gold medal in taekwondo again," Cai said with
confidence.
He told Xinhua that the Olympic venues impressed him a lot. "China has
honored its commitment promised in 2001, which leaves rich legacy to the
Games."
At the Athens Games, Chinese Taipei scored two gold medals in taekwondo,
two silver and one bronze medals.