Huang Yu-ting (; ) is a Taiwanese

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who has competed in

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, and

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. She was the flagbearer for the '

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' team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony. As an inline speed skater, Huang won three gold medals at the

2009 World Games The 2009 World Games () the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested i ...

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, Republic of China (Taiwan) representing the Chinese Taipei team: 300 m time trial, 500 m sprint, and 1000 m sprint. At the

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, she competed in the women's 300 metres time trial and 500 metres sprint events. She won two medals at the

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, Colombia: a gold in the 1000 m sprint and a bronze in the 500 m sprint. In short track speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games, Huang competed in the women's

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, and 3000 metres relay events. Huang competed as a

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at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

, in the women's

, and

events.

Controversy

In early 2022, Huang garnered much controversy after a video that she posted on 23 January, went viral of her wearing an outfit labeled "China" during practice, and she was later criticised heavily by Taiwanese netizens, especially those with

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political views, which had flooded her Facebook and Instagram account with hate comments. In response, Huang claimed on Instagram that the outfit was a gift from an athlete on the Chinese team, whom she befriended in Germany. She also posted a

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music video, "

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," which is famed for its lyrics, "Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate," and she wrote alongside the video, "My dear haters, this song is for you." Huang later removed the video post due to the social media backlash afterwards. According to a translation by the ''South China Morning Post'', Huang separately made a post on Facebook where she wrote, "Thank you to everyone who cheered me up...I have removed the video due to too many unnecessary private messages!..."Sport is sport and in the world of sports, we do not differentiate between nationalities. After the Games, we all are good friends."

Ho Chih-wei Ho Chih-wei (; born 14 May 1982), also known by the English name Mark Ho, is a Taiwanese politician. Early life Ho Chih-wei was born in the United States in 1982 to Hsueh Ling. Political career Ho was elected to the Taipei City Council for the ...

, a

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member of the ruling

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(DPP) criticised Huang Yu-ting, calling her "brainless" and demanding that she "shut up", as well as supporting a law that would punish athletes such as Huang with bans from sport events. Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang from the ruling DPP called for an investigation and punishment for Huang. On 3 March 2022, the

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announced that it would suspend Huang's subsidies for training and competition for a two-year period.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Yu-ting 1988 births Living people Taiwanese female speed skaters Taiwanese female short track speed skaters Inline speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Taiwan Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in roller sports Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Roller skaters at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Short track speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games World Games gold medalists World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games Victims of cyberbullying