On January 17, at a press conference entitled "From Taipei to the Ends of the Earth," Taipei City major Ma Ying-jeou, who is no mean runner himself, handed Kevin Lin the flag he would take with him on his marathon run across Antarctica.
1 月 17 日，在一場名為「從台北出發，探世界盡頭」的記者會中，酷愛長跑的台北市長馬英九親自為林義傑的「南極超級馬拉松」授旗。