Before Hong Kong Olympian Cheung Ka-long came So Wa-wai, the retired sprinter with six Paralympic gold medals who inspired the new biopic, Zero to Hero

• Nicknamed ‘the magic kid’, So took home his first Paralympic gold at age 15 – just two weeks after legendary windsurfer Lee Lai-shan’s win
• Pals with Canto-pop star Andy Lau and the subject of a film starring Sandra Ng, So’s legacy is sure to be felt during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games today