Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has announced bigger rewards for athletes who bring home medals from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
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00:00Taiwanese Paralympians who medal at the 2024 Games in Paris will receive even bigger rewards
00:06this year.
00:07The prize money for the Paralympic gold medalists will be increased from 4 million yuan to 6
00:12million yuan.
00:13The monthly fee will be 3.1 million yuan.
00:19Other medalists and coaches will get increased prize money too.
00:22President Lai made the announcement at a ceremony seeing off Taiwan's athletes.
00:26Thirteen athletes will represent Taiwan in seven events, including table tennis, badminton
00:31and archery.
00:32Table tennis player Tian Xiaowen, who brought back Taiwan's only medal from the 2020 event
00:36in Tokyo, will compete again this year.
00:39The Paralympic Games begin on August 28th.