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Hong Kong's all-conquering wheelchair fencing team will dominate the sport for years to come, according to their mainland coach Zheng Zhaokang.

Alison Yu Chui-yee clinched her fourth gold medal at the Athens Paralympic Games when she led the women to victory in the foil team event on Tuesday. Alison, Fan Pui-shan, Chan Yui-chong and Wong Kit-mui beat Hungary 45-22 in the final.

The SAR fencers have dominated their sport in Greece, winning  12 medals, including seven golds.

Their spectacular performance means Hong Kong proudly sit eighth in the overall medal rankings, ahead of Canada, the United States and Japan.

Winning four gold medals  is a remarkable achievement, but Alison won't let it go to her head.

'I am so happy about this,' said Alison, a Form Seven student at Our Lady of the Rosary College. 'But it's not the time to celebrate right now. We want to support our men's sabre fencers in the next two days before having a big party.

'They (Hungary) gave us a tough time, even if the result looks different. They put us under severe pressure. If a team reach the final, they must be good and the Hungarians are very good. Maybe the fact that they lost against us in the individual events did not give them enough confidence [for the team event].

'We trained in the past three months almost every day. This might be one of the reasons why we are so strong, because we really had a very intensive training programme.

'The competition was not easy, although I have won every event. The Paralympic Games is not like any other tournament. The atmosphere here is just great. I enjoy fighting in Athens very much.'

Chan Yui-chong, a Category B fencer, almost matched Alison's success as she claimed three gold medals and one silver.

'One of the key factors leading to our success is the edge we have in our fencing technique,' said Zhang. 'We should be No 1 in the world for the next few years.'

Meanwhile, at the Olympic Stadium, sprinter So Wa-wai had to settle for a silver medal in the Class T36 100 metres final. The defending Paralympic champion and world record-holder timed 12.51 seconds, two-hundredths of a second behind the Ukrainian winner.

'He was a bit nervous and didn't complete the warm-up exercise as usual,' said coach Poon Kin-lui. 'Although he did catch up from behind, he relaxed a bit too early in the last 20 metres to give the Ukrainian a chance.'



SAR fencers have edge over rest of the world, says coach