Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Two Taiwanese athletes at a recent international freediving competition in Honduras managed to register as representing "Taiwan," after they protested the use of the term "Chinese Taipei, Taiwan."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday accused the world’s largest free-diving organization of self-censorship, after it tried to make Taiwanese divers compete under the name “Chinese Taipei.”
The International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA), which organizes free-diving competitions around the world, held this year’s AIDA Caribbean Cup on the Honduran island of Roatan from May 15 through Tuesday.
Huang Ming-chun (黃明峻) placed second in the constant weight without fins category with a national record-setting 63m dive, while Lien Lin-lan (連林嵐) set new national records in free immersion and constant weight apnea.
Huang on Wednesday wrote on Facebook that the two athletes
By Lu Yi-hsuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday accused the world’s largest free-diving organization of self-censorship, after it tried to make Taiwanese divers compete under the name “Chinese Taipei.”