President 
Lai Ching-te presented the flag to Taiwan's delegation for the 2026 Asian Games on September 8. The ceremony, which PTS reported was held at the National Sports Training Center in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, came with less than two weeks to go before the Games.
Lai drew the most auspicious grade of "team fortune" lot for the squad and waved the national flag and the team flag alongside Minister of Sports Lee Yang, Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee president and delegation head Tsai Chia-fu, and chief team leader Liao Yu-hui. "This stage belongs to you, and you fought hard to earn it, so step onto your stage, go all out without worry, and believe in yourselves," Lai said.
He also presented NT$300,000 in bonus money and gave every athlete a "certain victory" good-luck charm, which breakdancer Yang Chia-li and badminton player Wang Chi-lin accepted on the athletes' behalf, PTS reported. Wang, Lee's longtime badminton partner, said, "Lee Yang is a minister now, but standing next to him I always feel we are still fighting side by side; it's just that I'm still on the front line, and he is behind us as everyone's strongest backing." Yang Chia-li said, "At the first rehearsal I had already drawn 'believe in yourself', and the second time, at the formal ceremony, I drew 'believe in yourself' again. What I really hope is that at this competition I can believe in myself and go all out."
For these Games, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee set up three relay stations in Japan, in Nagoya, the Toyohashi area and a Tokyo satellite site, with logistics staffing larger than in past years, PTS reported. The delegation will compete in 34 sports, with 482 athletes and nearly 750 people in all once coaches and the logistics and medical team are counted.
Figures referenced: Lai Ching-te. — JudgeMarket.
