Taiwan will cut two years worth of funding for speed skater Huang Yu-ting after she was pictured wearing a China uniform prior to last month’s Beijing Olympics.
Taiwan’s Sports Administration released a statement on Thursday, saying the decision was made based on “Huang Yu-ting's repeated controversial words and deeds during the preparation and participation in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which hurt the honour and image of the delegation, violated her role as a member of the national team, and did not meet the purpose and benefit of the government's subsidy to train athletes."
In a video posted to Facebook in January, Yu-ting was captured training in a Team China uniform.