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The Chinese Taipei Olympic flag is used by the

Due to this restriction, the National Anthem of the Republic of China also could not be played when the team wins medals, so, instead, the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China was played during the flag raising of the medal ceremony.

The flag shows the

After a series of forceful objections, Taiwan officially accepted the compromise in 1981, and the island competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia.^[6]

Other flags

For other Olympic-affiliated and international sporting events, Taiwan uses variations on the Olympic flag:

• The Paralympic flag replaces the Olympic rings with the logo of the International Paralympic Committee
• Starting at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics a new flag replaced the Olympic rings with the Deaflympics logo. A prior version instead featured a green Chinese dragon and the name "Chinese Taipei" on lower part from the symbol.
• Prior to 2006, the flag of the
  yellow
  background.
• The
  Universiade flag replaces the Olympic rings with the letter U (from the logo of the FISU) and has an electric blue
  background.
• The World School Sport Games flag replace the Olympic Rings with a pictogram 中 and a letter V in Latin script for the victory word.
• The flag of both the Chinese Taipei men's national volleyball team and Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team replaces the Olympic rings with a volleyball-playing figure and the abbreviation of the Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association.