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The incredible story of Amis Taiwanese Olympic decathlete Maysang Kalimud, better known as CK Yang (楊傳廣), was one of the first stories featured in the first season of Formosa Files (December 2021).
At that time, John and Eryk bemoaned how little-known this amazing Indigenous Taiwanese athlete is and expressed hopes a movie about him might get made.
Well, we got the next best thing: a riveting documentary about the man who is arguably Taiwan's Olympic "greatest of all time" (GOAT) by CNN legend Mike Chinoy.
All images courtesy of Decathlon Film LLC.
Cover shows image from Mike Chinoy's new documentary, "Decathlon: The CK Yang & Rafer Johnson Story" depicting Taiwanese Olympic decathlete Maysang Kalimud, better known as CK Yang (楊傳廣), left, standing next to US Olympic champion Rafer Johnson in Rome 1960.
1. A still from animation in the documentary.
10. The cover image of Decathlon: the CK Yang & Rafer Johnson Story.
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