62-STRONG DEAFLYMPICS TEAM HOPES FOR MORE GOLD MEDALS|聽奧七月登場 中華隊開訓盼超越3金

The 23rd Summer Deaf-Lympics will take place from July 18 to 30 in Samsun, Turkey this year. This year Taiwan will send a group of 62 athletes to compete in 12 disciplines. The goal is to surpass the last record of three gold medals. The countdown to the July opening of the Deaflympics has started and the national team is practicing for the opening ceremony and invited an international signing teacher to teach athletes international sign language. Women's individual gold medallist Huang Shu-min is competing again, hoping for Taiwan to bring home gold medals again. ==HUANG SHU-MIN Deaflympics athlete== All the competitors are very conscientious, and we will work even harder, and hope to bring home a gold medal. Chen Zhong-yu is 24 this year. At the last Deaflympics he won the silver medal in pole vault, after four years of practicing every day for four hours, this time he wants to go for gold. ==CHEN ZHONG-YU Deaflympics athlete== I hope I can get the gold medal, and can break a record, as well as break the Deaflympics record. The Deaflympics is held once every four years, and this year will be held in Turkey's Samsun. Last July, there was a military coup in Turkey and the authorities are unstable. In the middle of this month, Turkey voted on changing the constitution in a public referendum which opposition believes will widen the scope of presidential power. There were large protests on the streets of Istanbul. The Deaflympics team says that safety will be their first concern. ==CHAO-YU-PING Deaflympics team captain== Basically we have to pay attention to any changes in Turkey, if things change to become unsafe, then we will give up and not take part, but we still hope that everything will proceed smoothly and peaceably and we can go to take part in the competition The team said that it had 62 athletes competing in 12 disciplines. In the last games in Bulgaria, they took home three gold medals and this time they hope to come in the top ten countries medal table. for more. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 2017年土耳其達福林匹克運動會，也就是聽障奧運，將會在今年7月登場。我國代表團在今天舉行開訓典禮。今年台灣將會派出62名選手參加12項比賽項目，這次目標是希望能超越上一屆三面金牌的成績。 7月聽障奧運登場開始倒數，中華隊開訓典禮上請來國際手語老師，教導選手生活實用國際手語。上屆拿到保齡球女子個人金牌的選手黃淑敏，這一屆也將出賽，目標是為台灣繼續把金牌帶回來。 ==聽障奧運國手 黃淑敏== 各個國家的選手都很努力 我還是要更加努力 希望可以 拿到金牌 今年24歲的陳重宇，上一屆在男子撐竿跳項目拿到銀牌，4年後捲土重來，4年來，每天花4小時練習，目標是為國家也為自己拿下金牌。 ==聽障奧運國手 陳重宇== 希望可以拿到金牌 然後再可以突破(個人)紀錄 然後再突破的 聽障奧運的紀錄 四年一次的聽障奧運7月18到30號，即將在土耳其薩姆松市舉行，不過土耳其在去年7月發生軍事政變後，局勢就不穩定，這個月中、土耳其修憲公投過關，反對修憲的民眾擔心土耳其總統擴權，伊斯坦堡街頭也出現成千上萬抗議群眾，對此，代表團強調，選手安全一定擺第一。 ==土耳其聽障奧運代表團總領隊 趙玉平== 那基本上我們要注意的就是 土耳其最近的變化 如果他們真的是有 變得不安全 我們會放棄參加這個比賽 但是我們還是希望 可以順利平安地 很愉快地參加這個賽會 代表團表示，這一屆我國將派出62名選手參加12個比賽項目，而上一屆保加利亞聽奧台灣拿下3金，這次希望能超越上一屆成績，目標是爭取總獎牌數能擠進世界前10名。 許恆慈 莊志成 台北報導