This pin is truly a mystery. The first time I saw the pin was during the 2006 Torino, Italy Winter Olympics. Produced for Chinese Taipei, the pin depicts the classic red and blue five-arched shape in the center surrounding three pictograms--a figure skater, a hockey player and, maybe, a skeleton sledding athlete. The Chinese men's hockey team has never competed in the Olympic Winter Games, while the Chinese women's hockey team has competed in 1998 (Nagano, finishing 4th), 2002 (Salt Lake City, finishing 7th) and 2010 (Vancouver, finishing 7th). Thus, China did not even have a hockey team representative in the 2006 Winter Games. Oh well, because the pin is so curious I keep it in my Olympic hockey collection anyway.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
2006 Chinese Taipei . . . Hockey?
This pin is truly a mystery. The first time I saw the pin was during the 2006 Torino, Italy Winter Olympics. Produced for Chinese Taipei, the pin depicts the classic red and blue five-arched shape in the center surrounding three pictograms--a figure skater, a hockey player and, maybe, a skeleton sledding athlete. The Chinese men's hockey team has never competed in the Olympic Winter Games, while the Chinese women's hockey team has competed in 1998 (Nagano, finishing 4th), 2002 (Salt Lake City, finishing 7th) and 2010 (Vancouver, finishing 7th). Thus, China did not even have a hockey team representative in the 2006 Winter Games. Oh well, because the pin is so curious I keep it in my Olympic hockey collection anyway.
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it is a ice sport hockey federation pin of Taipei. it's not connected with Olympic games. i'm ready to buy it or change on pins in which you are interested in
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