Over 25,000 athletes from 100 countries are in Taiwan for the 2025 World Masters Games， which officially kicked off on Friday. Aside from being the first World Masters Games in Asia, the games also mark many other firsts for Taiwan.
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00:00sports beyond age life without limits the 2025 world masters games have arrived in taiwan the
00:14global sporting event has attracted over 25 000 athletes from 100 countries to taipei and new
00:21taipei city and on friday evening athletes gathered at the taipei dome for the games opening ceremony
00:28i'm from tahiti and competing golf u.s chicago area uh we compete judo i am mary i'm 66 years old
00:40and i come from south africa johannesburg and i play field hockey so does all my teammates and they all
00:48the average age 60 years and older as this year's events slogan suggests age is nothing but a number
00:58at the world masters games anyone over 30 can sign up to compete in the event's 35 sports some
01:05athletes here are testing the limits of time like the world's oldest badminton player lin yu mau who
01:12is 104 years old the night opened in grand fashion with performances by the likes of taonis indigenous
01:24singer a pao and indigenous performance group nanguak then both the taipei and new taipei mayors marked
01:32the occasion celebrating the taipei world masters games as a historic achievement
01:37the fight
01:46Five guests of honor officially kicked off the Games, including Taiwan's Olympic gold
02:09medal boxer Lin Yuting and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who is Taiwanese-American.
02:16Unlike the Olympics, athletes don't represent countries at the World Masters Games.
02:26There are no borders and no limits.
02:29It's an event that's more about having fun and connecting with others as sports should
02:35be.
02:36Luffy Lee, Yishin Chen, Sandy Chi, and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.