"The results of past investment in competitive athletics have greatly disappointed the people," says Wu Lung-shan, the head of the Ministry of Education's Department of Physical Education and Sports. With Olympic failure, there has been a policy shift toward developing general physical fitness in the population.
「過去投資在競技體育上獲得的效益，和國人的期望有很大的落差」，教育部體育司科長吳龍山不諱言，奧運場上失利的結果，使我國的體育政策改弦更張，要致力在全民體能上求發展。