Students from National Nantou Senior High School are world champions in the 560-kilogram men’s category of the World Indoor Tug of War Championship. While competing in Ireland over the weekend the boys beat a team from England to take gold.
hese images are from 2012. The Taiwan team was disqualified from competition for having applied cleaning solution to the soles of their shoes. A couple days ago, the team returned with a vengeance.
Standing between Taiwan and gold in the men’s 560-kilogram category in the World Indoor Tug of War Championship was England. The Taiwanese team stuck in to prevent the advance of its strong opponent. When England seemed on the verge of surrender a burst of energy from the Taiwan side led to victory.
When the news reached National Nantou Senior High School, the athletes’ classmates were delighted.
Chiu Ming-huang
Nantou Senior High School
To become accustomed to cold weather, they trained together on Hehuan Mountain. The calluses each team member developed on his hands also helped beat the cold.
The hard work this team put in has been rewarded with world championship gold.
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