Taiwan's Baseball Champions Parade Down the Streets of Taipei

Team Taiwan celebrates its WBSC Premier12 baseball championship victory with a massive parade in the country's capital, Taipei.

Transcript

00:00Many of the fans were excited to see their favorite players and cheer them on.

00:16I'm here to support the Chinese team!

00:19Go Taiwan!

00:20Go Taiwan!

00:21I love Lao Ge!

00:22Yes, Ji Li Ji Lao!

00:23The Chinese team lost to the Japanese team in 2013.

00:26Now we have to turn things around.

00:28And it's been more than 10 years.

00:29I think this is the turning point for Taiwan's table tennis.

00:32This is the champion.

00:33This is the champion.

00:34This is the champion.

00:35This is the champion.

00:36This is the champion.

00:37This is the champion.

00:38This is the champion.

00:39This is the champion.

00:40This is the champion.

00:41This is the champion.

00:42This is the champion.

00:43This is the champion.

00:44This is the champion.

00:45This is the champion.

00:56The athletes also went to the Presidential Office after the parade.

01:03President Lai Ch'ing-dze congratulated the players, praising their victory.

01:15the world champion.

01:17Thank you for pushing Taiwan to the top of the world.

01:22You are the light of Taiwan.

01:25And because of you,

01:27the international community can see Taiwan.

01:30They know that Taiwan is not only a semiconductor,

01:32Taiwan also has baseball.

01:38With this victory, this is a new chapter for Team Taiwan

01:41to earn more top spot at international competitions.

01:44Those are Wolverine Thomas and Danny Chi in Taipei for Taiwan+.