Regrettably, in this Olympics, facing the finest athletes from all over, Taiwan's participants had little room to show their stuff. Yet Taiwan culture played an important role in the event: Even before the Olympics had begun, a song of the Ami people of eastern Taiwan was already sweeping across the lands of the 190-plus members of the International Olympic Committee.
說來遺憾，在此次奧運，面對世界各地的頂尖好手，我國的運動健兒可能沒有什麼發揮的餘地，但是另一面，台灣的文化卻扮演著重要角色﹘﹘那是來自台東阿美族的歌聲，早在奧運舉行以前，它已唱遍全世界一百九十餘個奧會委員國。