The blue skies of Beijing were gone yesterday, and so were Hong Kong's chances of winning a bronze medal in the men's team event.
At Peking University Gymnasium, Hong Kong lost to South Korea 3-1 in the second round of the bronze-medal play-off.
The Koreans will now take on Austria for a medal following the latter's surprising 3-1 win over Japan. 'We had every chance of beating the Koreans when we were 2-0 up in matches,' said coach Chan Kong-wah.
'But we failed to keep the momentum and lost.
'It was a disappointing result as we have prepared for the competition for a long period and came here with the target of securing a medal.
'The players really wanted to win something here in Beijing, as both Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching are over 30 years old now and are unlikely to have another Olympic campaign,' added the coach.