Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Ma Chih-Hung (opening)
Medals
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Silver
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Bronze
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Winter Olympics appearances (
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Nagoya Resolution. This was Chinese Taipei's seventh time participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung. He finished 28th in the men's singles
.

Background

Following the

Nagoya Resolution in 1981 and first officially participated in the Olympics at the 1984 Winter Olympics.[2][5] Chinese Taipei has sent delegations to every Winter Olympic Games since, making Turin their seventh appearance at a Winter Olympics.[6] Their delegation to Turin consisted of a single competitor in luge, Ma Chih-hung.[7] He was accompanied to Turin by coaches and teammates to act as logistical support.[8] Ma was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony[9] while a volunteer carried the flag for the closing ceremony.[10]

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ma Chih-hung was 20 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics, and was making his debut Olympic appearance.[11] The men's singles was held on 11–12 February, with two runs contested on each day.[12] On the first day, he posted times of 53.939 seconds[13] and 53.605 seconds.[14] At the close of the first day, he was in 31st place.[15] The next day he posted run times of 53.977 seconds[16] and 53.62 seconds.[17] Although he did not finish in the top 30 in any individual run, his consistency across the four runs saw him end up with a total time of 3 minutes and 35.141 seconds, which placed him 28th overall.[12][18] Ma would go on to represent Chinese Taipei again at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[11]

Athlete[18] Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Ma Chih-hung Men's singles 53.939 53.605 53.977 53.620 3:35.141 28

See also

References

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