REEL-Taiwanese Lawmaker Competes at Open Masters Games

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Earlier this week, Taiwanese legislator Lin Chien-chi represented Taiwan in the sailboat event at the Open Masters Games in Abu Dhabi.    Lin says her Indigenous Amis heritage is part of why she has been sailing for five years and loves the sport. As a traditionally seafaring people, the Amis are known for their ocean sports culture, like spearfishing, bamboo rafting and fishing.    “I hope that by participating in this sport, I can connect with the ocean and promote the Amis community’s ocean sports culture,” Lin said.

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00:00Dozens of boats went out to sea that way for the sailing competition at the Open Masters

00:05Games here in Abu Dhabi.

00:07One of the sailors was Taiwanese lawmaker Ling Qianxi.

00:11She is here in Abu Dhabi specifically for the sailboat event.

00:15She has been sailing for around five years now.

00:18Ling came to Abu Dhabi one day before her scheduled competition and had to rent a boat

00:22to compete, operating it in waters she had never sailed before.

00:26Even so, Ling says that using someone else's boat in a different country isn't that much

00:31of an obstacle.

00:44Ling is indigenous Amis and she says that her heritage plays into her love for the sport

00:51of sailing.

01:01In line with the Open Masters Games theme of inclusivity and building connections, Ling's

01:07presence here proves that you don't have to play sports professionally to participate,

01:12you just have to love them.

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