Trailblazing Decathlete C.K. Yang's Fight for Taiwan's Olympic Dreams

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By Kama Hsu/Wesley Lewis

C.K. Yang was Taiwan's first athlete to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the decathlon in Rome in 1960 despite pressure from China to block Taiwanese athletes. Throughout his career in sports and politics, he was a trailblazer for Taiwan's next generation of athletes.