２０００万円！

週明けのビックニュースは、週末のワールドゲームズで、金曜日の３００ｍＴＴに始まり、土曜日の１０００ｍ、そして最終日の５００ｍで金メダルを獲得し、台湾のメダル獲得争いで現在ロシアに次いで２位と大躍進に貢献したＨｕａｎｇ Ｙｕ－ｔｉｎｇ選手の話題。３つの金メダル獲得により、２１歳の若娘は、＄２１２，０００、約２０００万円を獲得することになった。すごい！Huang Yu-tingは、台湾のナショナルコーチＨｕａｎｇＪｉｎｐ－ｌｏｎｇ氏の娘。ちなみに、Ｈｕａｎｇ選手が使用していたのは新しいコードレッド。 以下の記事は、www.taipeitimes.comからの抜粋。

By RICHARD HAZELDINE

STAFF REPORTER, IN KAOHSIUNG

Twenty-one-year-old Huang Yu-ting is the toast of Taiwan following her golden exploits in the speed skating at the World Games.

Huang, a third-year business student at Kaohsiung’s National Sun Yat-sen University, was crowned queen of the Yangming Skating Rink yesterday after winning gold in the 500m to add to the 1,000m title she won on Saturday and the 300m title she won on Friday. The medals helped propel Taiwan to second in the medal table.

As well as the three medals, Kaohsiung native Huang’s bank balance will look much healthier following her golden treble in her home town. Huang will be NT$6.96 million (US$212,000) richer after receiving NT$2.32 million for each of her gold medals.

A report in the Chinese-language Apple Daily said for each gold medal, she would receive cash from four different prize money funds, NT$900,000 from the Guo Guang fund, NT$1 million from the National Skating Association, NT$400,000 from the Kaohsiung City Government and NT$20,000 from the Executive Yuan.

Huang’s boyfriend is male skater Lo Wei-lin, who won silver in the men’s 500m yesterday and also won gold on Friday in the 300m race. So in the space of just one week, their financial situation is a lot healthier.

Huang, who took a break from her studies to concentrate on the Games, says she will go back to school after next year’s Asian Games.

Asked about his daughter success, Huang’s father, national skating coach Huang Jin-long, said: “She deserves it.”