The Aquatic Champion's Terrestrial Challenge

28-year-old Tang Sheng-jie, aka Xiao-jie, was once Taiwan's 400m freestyle record holder for swimming and regularly competed for his country. However, ten years ago, this rising star in sports was mistakenly given a 2-year ban for doping, shattering his dream of competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and turning his world upside down.

In this episode, we discover how Xiao-jie and his family faced being tarred with the doping brush; what Xiao-jie's doing to ensure such a sporting travesty never happens again; and how this aquatic champion is fairing in the challenges of terrestrial life.

Host

Tang Sheng-jie:Dealing with this pain is best done by bravely facing it. Otherwise, I think that for the rest of my life I'll be in pain whenever I think about it.

Tang Sheng-yi:"You have to persevere with what's right." Cause I feel this is right and should be supported. There's a sense that though it's a dirty job someone's got to do it. His motivation for doing this is to avoid seeing another Tang Sheng-jie appearing.

Chen Li Zhu:This thing is something that I've almost completely forgotten. Because it still hurts. I don't want to face that again.

Tang Wei-guo:But he mustn't forget his original motivation and needs to persevere to realize his original goals.

Guest

Huang I-chung:We're not trying to cause them trouble but stagnant water grows moss, right? Dead water. When water isn't flowing…It's dead water. We simply want that water to start flowing again. You need to keep it moving. But in this process our elders feel you're causing trouble.