See you in Rio: 2016 Olympic cycling spot secured for Hong Kong
Leung Chun-wing is heading for the Games, Sarah Lee’s qualification should not be a problem, and local officials are hoping for a record riding contingent for the Games
Hong Kong have secured one Olympic cycling berth, with several more in the pipeline as officials aim to send a record riding contingent to Rio.
When the road race qualification phase closed at the end of last year, Hong Kong were fifth in the nation rankings on the Asian Tour, just missing the top four spots that carry automatic qualification for the Rio Games.
This is good news for the squad. Hopefully we can build on this and push harder for more riders to get to Rio
However, Leung Chun-wing’s fourth-place finish at last year’s Asian Championships was good enough to give Hong Kong the Olympic berth as two of the riders who finished ahead of him are from Iran and Japan, who qualified through the Asian Tour nation rankings.
“This is good news for the squad,” said Cycling Association chairman Leung Hung-tak. “Hopefully we can build on this and push harder for more riders to get to Rio.”
Five Hong Kong riders qualified for the last Olympics: Wong Kam-po, Sarah Lee Wai-sze, Jamie Wong Wan-yiu, Choi Ki-ho and Chan Chun-hing.