The torch relay for the 113th National Intercollegiate Athletic Games arrived at NCKU

The 113th National Intercollegiate Athletic Games will kick off on May 4th. The torch relay arrived at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)on April 17th, where it was welcomed by Director of the Secretariat, Wei-Cheng Lo, at the Banyan Garden on the Kuang-Fu Campus. He received the torch from Vice President Yi-Li Shen of National Taiwan Sport University. The torchbearers from our university included students Wan-Ling Fang from the Department of Physical Education, Athletic Training, and Health, Yi-Chieh Chen from the Track and Field Team in the Department of Civil Engineering, Chia-Hsien Tai  from the Department of Physical Education, Athletic Training, and Health, Ching-Heng Chou from the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Chih-Ming Tsai from the Department of Pharmacy, who toured the campus with the torch.

Wei-Cheng Lo, the Secretary, expressed that NCKU has always attached importance to the development of sports. Since hosting the 110th National Intercollegiate Athletic Games, besides continuously updating and optimizing the sports environment, it has also strengthened the teaching and research of precision sports science. NCKU provides students with a more technological sports environment and equipment and offers national athletes comprehensive qualitative analysis and quantitative data to adjust to their optimal conditions. NCKU will also send a strong team to participate in this event to compete for honor and wishes the 113th National Intercollegiate Athletic Games a successful and fulfilling event.

The Sports Department of NCKU stated that NCKU will participate in various events in the 113th National Intercollegiate Athletic Games, including athletics, swimming, table tennis, badminton, tennis, softball tennis, taekwondo, judo, fencing, archery, karate, cycling, and weightlifting. Among the notable athletes are Wan-Ling Fang, who will represent the country in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics in July, track and field athlete Chen-Yu Wang, badminton player Yu-Chen Han, swimmers Yu-Hsiang Wang and Chen-Ping Chu, and many others. A total of 248 athletes will participate, hoping that all athletes will enjoy the competition, surpass themselves, and achieve good performances.