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【Activities】YMHD’s Special Olympics Chinese 2012 Medalists Recognized at Taipei’s City Affairs Meeting

Activity Date: November 13, 2012
Activity Time: 6:00 -9:00 p.m.
Venue: Liu Ming-Chuan Hall, Taipei City Government
Participants: A 20-member delegation made up of YMHD students, coaches, and counselors
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Residents of the Taipei Municipal Yang Ming Home for the Disabled (YMHD) reported excellent results in the Special Olympics Chinese Taipei 2012, clenching 1 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals in individual events, in addition to a bronze in women’s Bocce and a fourth place men’s Bocce. The YMHD medalists were honored by Taipei City Mayor Hao Lung-bin at the City Affairs Meeting on Monday, November 13.
In 2003, YMHD started to actively promote a group fitness routine combined with warm-up stretching for all residents. Exercise bikes and treadmills were added to that routine for enhanced cardiorespiratory function, physical endurance, and also slow down the residents’ physical aging process. In addition to fitness training, YMHD residents practice Bocce, a competitive sport of the Special Olympics Chinese Taipei, in their free time for improved hand-eye co-ordination and cognitive skills. Having spent years on a practice program that ensures them a good grasp of the objective, scoring skills, rules, techniques, and strategies for the games, YMHD delegates garnered medals at the Municipal Sports Game for People with Disabilities and have often achieved splendid results on behalf of Taipei City at the National Disabled Games.