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| Teams from Taiwan won 20 medals in 2004 International Children's Games in Cleveland 08.03.2004 2004 International Children's Games was held in Cleveland from July 30 through August 2, 2004. Taiwan was represented by two cities: Taipei and Kaohsiung. All together, over 40 children from Taipei and Kaohsiung participated in the events of swimming, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, and Track & Field. At the end, team from Taipei collected 11 medals and team form Kaohsiung had 9. Nine of these twenty are gold medals. Children from Taipei are leaving Cleveland today for New York City before going home. Children from Kaohsiung are going home via Washington, D.C. and New York City. |
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| John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer Ya-ling Chung (L) and Yi-ju Chen from the Kaohsiung City, Taiwan volleyball team celebrate a second match victory over opponent Baja, California July 31, 2004 during the first day of International Children's Games competition at Case Western Reserve Academy. |
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| Tracy Boulian / The Plain Dealer Members of the Taipei, Taiwan, team wave their flags during the closing ceremonies of the International Children�s GamesMonday. |
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| Hundreds of University Heights residents gathered on the JCU campus on Jul 25 to help the university and the city celebrate the Cleveland 2004 International Children's games taking place this week (Jul 31-Aug 2) on campus and at other venus. (Right) Forced inside because of a steady rain, the Formosan Chorus sang without benefit of audio amplification, but the members still filled the tent with their traditional songs. (John Carroll University web site) |
| Partial listing of Medalists from Taiwan: Boys Tennis: Hsien Yin Peng of Taipei (Gold), Chung-Han Yu of Kaohsiung (Silver); Girls Volleyball: Kaohsiung (Bronze); Boys Table Tennis Singles: I-jie Chen of Kaohsiung, Po-huang Chen of Kaohsiung (Gold and Silver); Girls Table Tennis Singles: Chia Chih Lin of Taipei and I-ching Cheng of Kaohsiung; |