Hong Kong's hockey team gained a consolatory victory in their final group match yesterday when they overcame hosts Thailand 4-0.
Tony Gillon's young team, who had been beaten heavily by Malaysia (9-0), Pakistan (5-0) and Japan (7-2) in their earlier Pool A matches, were too strong for the Thais and bagged a deserved win.
Although it comes too late to help the squad into medal contention, the win was extremely welcome, being the first by a Hong Kong side in the team sports.
Yesterday's opening day of the athletics competition at the Thammasat University Stadium saw an uncomfortable Chan Sau-ying limp out of contention in the 100-metres semi-final.
Chan, who is focusing on her specialist event, the 100 metres hurdles which comes later this week, pulled up after 50 metres of her semi-final race, clutching her left hamstring.
Afterwards, Chan dispelled fears that she would not be fit for the hurdles competition.
