Taiwan’s first gold medals in the olympics were won by Taekwondo Olympians which one of them is Chu Mu Yen, currently a university student in Taiwan. He has won several major games besides the Olympics such as the Asian Games and if I’m not wrong, the world championships as well. I remembered in his Asian Game, he was pitted against a Korean Player. Both were pretty fast players and they were exchanging double-turning kicks with each other. In view of a spectator, some might find the match a little boring since there is not much variations in the players’ techniques but some find it exciting because of the speed, power and accuracy of the players. The score between them were really close. At the end of the bout, Yen managed to win by a close margin.
n his Olympic game at Athens 2004, Yen shows more flare and confidence in his games. There was one bout in which he gave a long slam that shows great flexibility and power. His opponent was caught unaware o f it and could not evade on time which resulted bleeding from his nose. 
In the final, he continued to display his skills and was crowned Taiwan’s first olympic gold medalist.
In the Asian Game at Doha after the olympics, Yen was toppled by Nattapong Tewawetchapong of Thailand 2-1 in the semi-finals. He was greatly disappointed by the game and added that he might take part in the 2008 Olympic Games after the heartbroken defeat. He felt the new rules clearly are not in favor of him thus could not make the decision on whether to go Beijing.
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