Korfball is a fast-paced and highly tactical sport, which features gender equality and strong teamwork. The movements mostly consist of constant passing, fast moving, and shooting. With 360 angles, players have to use their skilled movements to create a space in order to score without violating the defense rule. Comprehensive skills, teamwork and gender equality have always been the most amazing features which other sports don’t have.

Chinese Taipei National Korfball Team has been among the top three in the world for a long time. 11 of the current players have also won silver and bronze medals at 2017 and 2022 World Games. Competing with other 23 best teams in the world, Chinese Taipei Team strives to take the advantage of playing at Taipei City Hometown and keep the championship in Taiwan.

" Korfball, as a sport with a rich history and cultural significance, has always been a symbol of teamwork, friendship, and sportsmanship." said Lin, Zhe-Hong (林哲宏),Deputy Secretary General of the Taipei City Government, " Taipei is honored to host the World Korfball Championships, thanks to  all of our partners, volunteers and staff who have supported the World Korfball Championship, and whose hard work and dedication have made this event possible. "

Huang Wei-Qiang (黃緯強), chairman of the Chinese Taipei Korfball Association, said, "This time we finally have the opportunity to play at home, and we hope that the Taiwanese will be able to get to know the sport of Korfball better through this tournament; We would like to thank all of our media friends for their interest and participation. Finally, we invite you to join us at the World Korfball Championships to cheer for the players and share with their joys and accomplishments."

Tickets for this 10-day event are free of charge at all times and can get it from this website: https://www.accupass.com/event/2309250419371013617139. Welcome to get the tickets and come to the Taipei Gymnasium to cheer for all the players!

Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/Taipei2023WKC

The IKF WKC2023 is co-sponsored by the Taipei City Government and the Chinese Taipei Korfball Association. The IKF World Championships is the highest level of Korfball and is held every four years, and the number of teams participating in this competition is the largest ever, with a total of 24 teams, including those from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and other countries, competing in the same arena in Taiwan. One team from each group will advance to the final eight, and the winner will enter the final four to participate in the final championship and compete for the highest honor. 

Korfball was originated in Netherlands in 1902. It is the only mixed-gender sport in the world, where only players of the same sex can play defense, and collisions between male and female players can be avoided; the venue, equipment, and rules of Korfball are similar to basketball, but the pace of the game is much faster. The rules of the game reflect the spirit of teamwork and gender equality, ensuring that both men and women have the opportunity to play together, also keeping the game exciting and intense.

Korfball has been a non-mainstream sport in Taiwan for forty years, but Team Chinese Taipei won a medal at the World Championships as early as 1987, and has continued to excel in the international arena ever since, ranking among the top three in the world in the last decade. In the U17 Korfball World Cup in early July this year, we even beat the Netherlands, the birthplace of Korfball, to win the championship. This time, Team Chinese Taipei has finally come home to play, so let's unite as one and go into the arena to win the game with the Chinese athletes. Let's hope that they can win the World Championships and keep the trophy in Taiwan!

Team Chinese Taipei's first group match will be held on 10/20 (Fri) at 7:15pm against Ireland, and the second group match against New Zealand is scheduled to be held on 10/22 (Sun) at 3:45pm. Tickets for the 10-day tournament are free of charge and can be obtained at https://www.accupass.com/event/2309250419371013617139. Welcome to get tickets and go to the Taipei Gymnasium to cheer for Team Chinese Taipei!

The CTC World Cup Ballroom Dance Championships is an international dance competition featuring re-nowned international judges and world-class dancers. The competition started at 7:30 in the morning, with the opening performed by young dancers in the Modern Dance category under 12 years old. The partici-pants showcased their practiced techniques on stage, and the competition continued throughout the day until the evening. The evening event featured performances by the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, re-nowned vocalists, and the MUSIC LINE Jazz Band. The close proximity of world-class dancers during the fi-nals, combined with the live music performed by the orchestra, provided the dancers with even more mo-tivation and created a visual and auditory feast for the audience. The meticulously planned lighting effects added to the visual and auditory stimulation, creating a perfect and exquisite dance event. The evening event also included a raffle, with prizes such as a free Asian region flight ticket provided by China Airlines and 10 pairs of dance shoes provided by ADS Dance Shoes, which were won by lucky audience members. 

Mr. Tsai Pei-lin, Deputy Director of Department of Sports, Taipei City Government delivered a speech at the event, expressing gratitude to the Taipei Council of Ballroom Dancing, Department of Sports, and Associa-tion Legal Person National Dance Sports of the Republic of China for their dedicated organization. He also thanked the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and the jazz band for their live accompaniment to the dancers, as well as the presence of numerous distinguished guests. He expressed the hope that this event would bring more international renowned competitions to Taiwan and continue to promote sports diplomacy, re-ceiving further support from everyone.

This competition has attracted outstanding participants from around the world, with a total of 319 foreign participants. It includes dancers from various regions in Taiwan, with 424 participants in the solo dance cat-egory and 509 pairs in the partner dance category, bringing together a total of 1,252 talented dancers. In the evening's finals, the Taiwan Professional Standard Dance Selection crowned Chen Chien-shen and Chen Yin-jun as champions. The champions in the Under 21 Open Standard Dance category were Taiwanese dancers Li Jin-ye and Xu Yuqian, while the champions in the Under 21 Open Latin Dance category were Ukrainian dancers Denys Fediuk and Yuliia Korolyk. The champions in the World Amateur Open Standard Dance category were Alex Gunnarsson and Ekaterina Bond from Iceland, and the champions in the World Amateur Open Latin Dance category were Tang Yiming and Huang Xinyi from mainland China. The champi-ons in the World Professional Open Standard Dance category were Russian dancers Dragovic Dusan and Dragovic Valeria, and the champions in the World Professional Open Latin Dance category were Dorin Fre-cautanu and Marina Sergeeva from the United Kingdom.

The Taiwanese audience demonstrated their enthusiasm by providing unforgettable encouragement and applause to both domestic and international participants, creating impressive scenes during the competi-tion. The audience also enjoyed the music and dance brought by the orchestra, experiencing a memorable international dance feast through this event.

This event has been held in Taipei City for 12 years and the Taipei City Government Sports expressed its gratitude to the International Dance Organization and the Taiwan Sports Dance Development Association for their efforts to bring Taiwan to the international stage and shine a spotlight on Taipei City. Mayor Chiang Wan-an has made sports events a priority and the Sports Bureau will continue to organize international competitions such as the World Open, promoting Taipei City's international sports platform, and wishing the best of luck to domestic athletes to achieve outstanding results.

Currently, the event has received registration from the top 6 professional players in the world, as well as invited the world modern dance runners-up Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova, world Latin dance runners-up Kirill Belorukov & Valeriya Aidaeva, and world Latin dance bronze medalists Massimo Arcolin & Laura Zmajkovicova to participate in this event. The day's program will also include a dance king superstar show, which is usually only available in Europe's Blackpool. However, in Taipei City, viewers will be able to watch such high-level world competitions and performances. The final match and dance king show program are expected to be even more exciting and unforgettable.

The Department of Sports, Taipei City Government is dedicated to promoting comprehensive development of sports in Taipei. It is gratifying to see high-level sports competitions presented to the citizens of Taipei. We hope to showcase Taiwan to the world, and this time we are collaborating with the Taiwan Dancesport Development Association. We aim to enhance the personal technical level of ballroom dancers and facilitate urban exchange and international exposure for Taipei, thus achieving the goal of city diplomacy. We welcome those who are interested in dance sports to come and watch the competition.

This year was Taipei Open's 12th Anniversary. Asian Dance Tour is the only Dance Tour. Taipei Open has become one of the fourth Open Competitions in the world today. It is officially World Ranking Competition. The prize is nearly 3 million NT (around 98800 USD), and gathered 910 competitors from 30 countries to compete. Top 24 dancers strived for World Championships. There are more than thousands of audience to join the event.

The competitions started off at 8:00 in the morning. The preliminary rounds of the international events were held in the afternoon, and the finals of the World Professional Open Ballroom and Latin were held in the evening. Six couples of superstars performed at the grand finale and that brought the Asian Dance tour to a climatic finale!

Taipei open was co-hosted by Department of Sports of Taipei City Government and Taiwan International Sport Dance Development Association. Department of Sports is dedicated to promote dance sport. Mayor Chiang Wan-an special thanks to the Association for its professionalism and dedication in organizing this international event. Many competitors were trained under the leadership of Chairman Sammy and Jane Liu .Taiwan International Sport Dance Development Association organizes international competitions in order for Taiwanese competitors to have more access to the world's top competitors and judges. This also helped Taipei City to become a friendly city for Ballroom dancing through cultural exchanges.

Open Professional Latin Open Champions are Troels Bager and Ina Jeliazkova from the USA . They are very popular with lots of Taiwanese fans. They have competed in Asian Dance Tour since the year of 2013.  In addition to expressing their affirmation of Taipei Open, they were impressed by the enthusiasm of the Taiwanese audience. They danced again to win World Professional Latin Championship.

Open Professional Ballroom Champions are Stanislav Zelianin and Irina Cherepanova from Singapore. They also participated in Asian Tour Taipei Open since the year of 2015. They won the title for the 1st time. Competitors representing Taiwan also had excellent results. Jim Chen and Anita Chen win the Asian Professional Open Ballroom Champion. 

Leo Wang and Joanna Liu successfully challenged to enter Open Amateur final and win the Asian Amateur Ballroom Champion. Oscar Tseng and Ina Wu also entered Open Asian Amateur Latin final.

We had two eye-catching couples.  One couple is New World Amateur Ballroom Champion Glenn-Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes. It was their second time to visit Taiwan.

Champions Glenn-Richard Boyce, 21 from UK and Caroly Janes,19 from Estonia competed in World Amateur Open. Their result were  2nd place in the Amateur ballroom . The other couples were Professional Ballroom dancers Dusan Dragovic & Valeria Dragovic. Their result were 2nd place in the Open Professional ballroom. Dusan Dragovic & Valeria Dragovic have spent three years away when international competitions were suspended due to the pandemic. As soon as they returned to international competitions, they have generated much talks in the international dance circle. They had won Professional Ballroom Dance Championships at Open World 2022 WDO Ballroom Championships last October. Their classical elegance was mesmerizing, and they were new Star with great potentials.

This exciting competition and events completed this wonderful and blessed experience. Everyone is looking forward to meeting again next year with enthusiasm. The next stop of the tournament will be on March 4 in Seoul, South Korea. Let’s continue the light and passion of Ballroom dance.

Mr. Arunas Buzikas who is president of the World Dance Organization (WDO), was invited to participate in the grand event with local dancers at the press conference, which includes junior competitors Chen Baicheng and Huang Ziying, 2022 Taiwan Amateur Ballroom Dance Ranking Champion Leo Wang and Joanna Liu, 2022 Taiwan Amateur Latin Ranking Champion Louis Chen and Amy Gao, Taiwan Amateur Rising Star Li Jinye and Xu Yuqian.  Four couples would dance first, looking to win this year!

We have more than 300 of the world's top international dancers from nearly 30 countries, which include Taiwan, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, UK, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, USA, Macau and Hong Kong.  Also more than 600 local dancers would compete.

Organizer Website：www.tisdda.org 

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What is worth mentioning is that Taipei Marathon is the only city marathon in Taiwan certified with "Elite Label" by World Athletics (WA) and the world’s first ever race event with an ISO-14067 carbon footprint certification received from British Standards Institution (BSI). 

Elite runners gathered for the year end race competition

Lani Kiplagat Rutto from Kenya crowned champion for full marathon male group with a finish time of 2 hours 09 minutes and 42 seconds. Additionally, Ethiopian runner, Alemtsehay Asefa Kasegn, a defending champion from last year, broke the course record of 2 hours 27 minutes and 36 seconds and won 1st place in full marathon female group with a finish time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 55 seconds. Both Rutto and Lasegn shared their thoughts after the run. They said, “Thank you so much to the organizer for inviting. It was wonderful to see the cleanliness of the streets and how professional the staff and the organization of this event were. The sounds of cheering along the route really pushed us. We hope to be able to come back to this beautiful city of Taipei next year. We promise to come back.”

On the other hand, Taiwanese male runner, Chiang Chieh-Wen won the champion in the domestic group with a finish time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 53 seconds. Female runner, Lisa Ries, finished with 2 hours 40 minutes and 54 seconds, winning 1st place in today’s ranking for women’s full marathon in the domestic group.

Lu Yen-Hsun challenges his first half-marathon

With 20 years of solid training and skills as a professional sports player, Lu Yen-Hsun challenged his first half marathon and finally finished the race in 1 hour 31 minutes 55 seconds. Not even feeling shortness of breath, he said, “Fortunately, I have had enough physical training before. The running distance in a fierce five-set match in tennis could easily add up to nearly 10 kilometers.”

Zhou Xian-Feng in the half-marathon male group finished with his personal best of 1 hour 06 minutes and 58 seconds. All-time 1st place winner Tsao Chun-Yu ran the half marathon and won with a finish time of 1 hour 14 minutes and 17 seconds. 

Embracing diversity and keeping event high standards 

Taipei City Government Sports Bureau is devoted in promoting friendly races and love for diversity. Wheelchair runners successfully passed the tests of the Zhongshan bridge and McArthur 1st bridge and finished the race within the time limit. These achievements are worthy of 10-week training before the race. 

The hosting organizer reviews and collects feedbacks from all parties each year after the event then optimizes the planning and execution in hopes of bettering the scale of the race year after year. What is most praised by the participants this year is that we adjusted the original route of passing Jiankang Road and Sanmin Road to McArthur 1st Bridge instead then straight to the finish line. With two less curves, the runners were able to have a smoother final sprint, making it easier for the runners to have a better time result.

Thank you to all sponsors and supporters

Our grateful appreciation extends to all the sponsors, including Fubon Financial Holdings, adidas, Herbalife, CITIZEN, PaMi Tseng Noodles, Taiwan Mobile, Fubon Insurance, Marathon Expo, JAGUAR TAIWAN, SHOKZ, AROMASE, Synmosa, EVA AIR, ACTife, All Sports, Bravelog, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., Maobao, Vitalon Foods Company, Nestle Taiwan, cama, Gigijing, nonstop running podcast and many other partners. Lastly, special thanks to Taipei Songshan Ciyou Temple for the support.

As the only city marathon in Taiwan that is certified with Elite Label by World Athletics (WA), Taipei Marathon invited 12 international elite runners to join the race. With various Covid restrictions lifted, runners travelling from the overseas only had to arrive 7 days in advance and conduct self-health management with negative test result from rapid antigen test. It is exciting that we are seeing more and more international participants as life slowly goes back to normal.

Taipei Marathon has always been a year-end test event for domestic elite runners and there’s no exception for this year as well. The men's marathon group led by Chiang, Chieh-Wen、Chou, Ting-Yin. Chiang achieved great efforts in the recent races which he won the double gold medals in 5000-meters and 10000-meters races in May and 10000-meters gold medal in October. Chou, who won the domestic runner champion will face a strong challenge from Chiang to defend his champion title.

Among the entry list of the women's full marathon group, Chang, Chih-Hsuan、Tsai, Yun-Hsuan、Lee, Chia-Mei、Chen, Yi-Ning、Chu, Zhu, Ying-Ying are all regular participants in the competition year after year. Lisa Ries, who broke 3hr in the first of the marathon this year. And also she is actively striving for the opportunity to advance to the Paris Olympics games after training in competitions. 

The women's half-marathon group will be led by Hsieh, Chien-Ho and Tsao, Chun-Yu this year. Tsao has just broke her half marathon person best last month in AGEO City Japan, and she’s ready to compete with domestic half marathon record holder Hsieh.

The men's half marathon has been fiercely competitive in recent years. Last year's top four – Lee, Li-Jyun、Huang, Xiang-Wei、Wu, Jui-En、Zhou, Xian-Feng not only created new personal achievements, but also achieve goals of the Chengdu Summer Universiade.

Taipei City Government Sports Bureau is devoted in promoting friendly sports events and love for diversity. For the first time in record, wheelchair racers are encouraged to join in Taipei Marathon for half-marathon race. Considering the safety for first-time wheelchaired participants have finished a 10-week physical fitness training, including long range riverside park route and indoor muscle strength classes so that the wheelchair racers can successfully complete the race.

Certified by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in 2021, Taipei Marathon became the first ever race event with an ISO-14067 carbon footprint verification.  Sustainability, therefore, is one of the key measures considered when it comes to what materials are being used for the supplies. For example, non-laminated paper cups, trophies made from recycled aggregates, online bulletin, and finisher’s certificate available to download are all approaches taken to be “green” and to raise awareness about environmental issues. Additionally, Fubon Financial Holdings, adidas, PaMi Tseng Noodles, and Herbalife are extremely involved and supportive in making this green marathon possible. 

Our grateful appreciation extends to all the sponsors, including Fubon Financial Holdings, adidas, Herbalife, CITIZEN, PaMi Tseng Noodles, Taiwan Mobile, Fubon Insurance, Marathon Expo, JAGUAR TAIWAN, SHOKZ, AROMASE, Synmosa, EVA AIR, ACTife, All Sports, Bravelog, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., Maobao, Vitalon Foods Company, Nestle Taiwan, cama, Gigijing, nonstop running podcast and many other partners. Lastly, special thanks to Taipei Songshan Ciyou Temple for the support.

Affected by Covid-19, the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA), 67 member countries around the world, has suspended physical international events for three consecutive years since the 2019 Asian Sport Stacking Championships, including the annual Asian Cup, the World Cup, all have been changed into online competition until this time Taiwan tries to restart it in 2022, which is bound to attract global attention. Larry Goers, chairman of the WSSA US General Assembly, also makes a special trip from USA to Taiwan to witness the new chapter of Sport Stacking with stackers from Asian countries.

The competitors, including Taiwan, come from 6 countries which are Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Hong Kong. Taiwan’s elite Stackers include CHENG-YOU, YAN (Taipei City), the world record holder for the men’s 13-14-year-old (3-3-3) event; CHIAN-YU, LU(New Taipei City), the world record holder for the women’s 15-16-year-old (3-6-3) event; and BO-YU, CHEN (New Taipei City), the world record holder of the women's 15-16-year-old (cycle) event. We’re looking forward to a better performance this year than last year’s online Asian Cup records: 38 gold, 30 silver, and 35 bronze medals and through this event to promote international exchanges in stacking sports and conduct city marketing. It’s expected that Taiwan's excellent ability of handling international competitions is obvious to all and can be seen by worldwide.

In his awards and closing ceremony speech, Commissioner Li Tzai-Li of the Taipei City Government Department of Sports said that although many sports events this year have been cancelled due to the pandemic, the Department of Sports had made careful assessments and hoped to bring stability and peace of mind through sports following the downturn in the first half of the year. At the same time, the Department cherishes the opportunity to gather with the athletes. Therefore, with the support of the mayor, the 2020 Taipei Dragon Boat Championships were held as scheduled. During this period, pandemic conditions were also closely monitored. Considering that many family and friends of the competitors were very eager to be present to cheer and support the teams, 500 spots were opened for them to attend. The Department is very grateful for the hard work of all those who worked on the event, and the enthusiastic participation and cooperation of all the competitors and their families and friends. Together, they helped make it possible for everyone to spend the Dragon Boat Festival together and see the event to its successful completion.

Coming up next on July 5th is the 2020 Taipei City 15th Spirit of the Whale Cup Traditional Dragon Boat Championships organized by the Taipei Dragon Boat Association. During the summer vacation from the end of July to mid-September, the Department of Sports will also be holding water activities and is planning another dragon boat event. In addition to water activities, there will be many land activities in sports stadiums. The Department hopes that in the second half of the year, life will gradually return to normal, and encourages the public to go outside and exercise as part of the new pandemic prevention lifestyle.

Results of the finals are as follows:

There is also a gala dinner for the athletes on the night of November 12 which is a tradition of Taipei OEC Open for a long time. The gala dinner will definitely catch everybody’s eyes.

2018 Taipei OEC Open is hosted by Department of Sports of Taipei City Government and Chinese Taipei Tennis Association. The competition will also be broadcasted through FTV since semifinals. The audiences can go to the competition for free as long as you bring one receipt with you. Please join us in Taipei Arena and enjoy the game!

  The events will last for two days and are completely free. Sincerely invite every one of you to join us to cheer for the athletes. Official website: http://taiwanopen.athletics.org.tw/

As usual, Chinese Taipei Athletics has made special invitation for international elite athletes to compete against Taiwanese elite athletes, such as Chun-Han Yang (gold medalist in men’s 100m in Taipei Univrsiade and 200m in Bhubaneswar Asian Championships), Chao-Tsun Cheng (gold medalist in men’s Javelin Throw in Taipei Universiade and Asian record holder) and Chieh Chen (Silver medalist in Taipei Uniersiade)…etc. This invitation has been sponsored by Sport Administration, Ministry of Education. Those international elites are –

Luvo Manyonga (RSA) – PB 8.65m@Long Jump

Silver, Long Jump, 2016 Rio Olympic Games
Gold, Long Jump, 2017 London World Championships

Cornel Edwin Fredericks (RSA) – PB 48.14s@400mH

Gold, 400mH, 2014 Marrakesh Continental Cup

Gold, 400mH, 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

LATIŠEVA-ČUDARE Gunta (LAT) – PB 23.15s@200m

Silver, 200m, 2017Taipei Universiade
Gold, 200m, 2017 Bydgoszcz European U23 Championships
Queen Harrison (USA) – PB 12.43@100mH

Gold, 100mH, 2015 Toronto Pan American Games

Henricho Bruintjie (RSA) – PB 9.97s@100m

Silver, 100m & 4x100mR, 2018Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

The event website(Chinese) is http://taiwanopen.athletics.org.tw, live results and live internet stream will be broadcasted with free access.

]]>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:00:00 GMThttps://english.sports.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B6795F02C3227E06&s=AFC6BB3ADAC1CD47【Subject：2010 Taipei Rowing Competition at Dajia Riverside Park on April 17th】

【Taipei Report】
Another exciting activity is coming to the city. The Taipei City Government will hold the Taipei Rowing Competition at Dajia Riverside Park this weekend (4/17-4/18). The public is invited to attend rowing games in Dajia River.

To take advantage of water areas, the Taipei City Government has been promoting rowing sports. The Quad competition has been the focus of this promotion since 2004. The competition has gradually expanded with boat house construction, improvement of the river course and water quality improvement. This is 7th consecutive year for the rowing competition. The event is divided into Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Junior Men and Junior Women and ergometer experienced teams.

By holding regular water related events, creating an international riverside attraction and developing the Tansui River, the Taipei City Government intends to create a suitable environment for the public to enjoy events at the waterfront. The coming Taipei Rowing Competition from 4/17-4/18 is just one of the activities planned to encourage use of the riverside.

A combination of competition and leisure is the future trend of international urban sports. It is hoped that this event will show more people the advantages of exercise and water sport appreciation, while creating interest in an underused area of the city. Boating activities are set to add to the uniqueness of Taipei and draw more visitors to the city.
  
  

【Taipei Report】
　　The Taipei Round of the 2010 International Bicycle Tour in Taiwan came to a successful end at 11am March 20th as ZAINAL Rizuan Zainal of the Malaysian National Team crossed the finish line.

To correspond with promotion of carbon reduction, the HSBC Carbon Reduction Joy Ride in Taipei and Kaohsiung was held at Renai Road prior to the final round in Taipei. The additional event was there to support cyclists attracting around 2000 passionate participants.

　　The event was presided over by vice secretary-general Yong-Ren Chen, who also gave an exclusive interview to ESPN. According to vice secretary-general Chen, the bicycle event is an activity of international interest. Taipei City is a modern city promoting green activities, including the Flora Expo in November. The riverside bicycle route offers a good public leisure environment. The event was formally begun with the firing of a gun.

　　The champion of this round was Rizuan Zainal of the Malaysian National Team. David McCann and Takashi Miyazawa won individual overall champion and Asian champion respectively. The king of speed racing and king of the the mountain were Takashi Miyazawa and Ki-Ho Tsai. The 2010 International Bicycle Tour in Taiwan was brought to a successful close with the award ceremony.
   
  

【Taipei Report】
　　The final round of the 2010 International Bicycle Tour in Taiwan begins in Taipei City Hall Square at 9:30 a.m., March 20th. There are total of 20 teams and 100 participants in the event. The game is divided into 7 rounds. The initial six rounds were completed in Kaohusing, Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Miaoli and Taipei County from March 14th. Taipei City was selected for the last round.

The event which began in 2006, follows the trend of energy saving and carbon reduction. People are encouraged to use the riverside bicycle route, or to attend the event that day to cheer on participants.

This Taiwan Tour is comprised of 2 long distance competitions, 1 speed competition, 3 hill and mountain endurance competitions and 1 city tour. The event in Taipei is a cross country race in the Taipei City Hall area totaling 60 kilometers. The first player is expected to arrive at the finish line at 10:53am.

It has been 22 years since the initial game in 1978. Since 2005, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has upgraded this competition to level 2.2 (accumulative score competition in the Asian Olympic Games) and the most important event in spring. Awards include the Individual Overall Champion, Asian Champion, King of Speed Racing, King of the Mountain and Overall Group Champion.

To improve public relations, the HSBC Carbon Reduction Joy Ride in Taipei and Kaohsiung will be held at Renai Road prior to the bicycle tour this year. It is hoped that enthusiasts will join this annual festival to experience the beauty of the city on bikes and support participating teams and international guests.

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