President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Lai Ching-te attended the "OUR HEROES Taiwan Heroes and Brave & Invincible" party, expressing their respect for the Paralympic athletes in a grand and warm manner. Deep gratitude is presented to athletes’ hard work, as well as the efforts of the whole team members including coaches, logistics team, and referees. President Tsai emphasized that the government would do more to support and further promote sports for the disabled, creating a barrier-free sports environment.
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The presidential palace conceived the theme "Our Heroes! Taiwan Heroes and Brave & Invincible." for the party. It invited the Paralympic delegation including players, coaches, logistics team, and referees, etc., to the presidential palace to share their glory with Taiwan, and cheer for their achievement.
The outstanding performance is attributable to the coaches, doctors, athletic trainers, and logistics team. At the same time, there is also a group of behind-the-scenes heroes, the referees who enforce the rules and regulations on the Paralympic stage, and the "graders" who serve as the grading work. All grand games need professional contributions behind the scenes.
President Tsai and Vice President Lai attended the “OUR HEROES” party. (Courtesy of Presidential Office)
As the president, Tsai was really touched by the strong support from whole Taiwan and athletes who continue to challenge their limits in the competition. After the Tokyo Paralympic, the government will better promote sports for the disabled.
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In addition, she also thanked the Ministry of Education for its efforts in the past few years to continue to promote sports for the disabled, to build more barrier-free sports venues, and to launch preparation plans and provide customized training models for the athletes.
"Please join me in supporting sports for the disabled and create a barrier-free sports environment together.", President Tsai delivered this message to the public.
