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Danny Mok

Mainland Chinese athletes competing in the Paris Olympics are expected to visit Hong Kong later this month, with the public set to have a chance to meet medal-winning stars, the Post has learned.
A source familiar with the visit said the medallists would come to the city in late August under a tentative plan, in line with previous arrangements where Olympians met Hongkongers after the conclusion of the Games.
It is unclear how many or which mainland Olympic athletes will join.
Olympic delegations from the mainland have paid visits to the city since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
In the last Games in Tokyo in 2021, the national team won 38 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 18 bronze medals.
The gold medal-winners visited Hong Kong in December for three days, treating residents to performances in sports such as badminton, fencing, gymnastics, table tennis, diving and swimming.
Athletes who came to Hong Kong after the Tokyo Games included table tennis player Ma Long, epeeist Sun Yiwen and sprinter Su Bingtian.
The national team has bagged at least 18 gold medals, 15 silver and nine bronze in this year’s Games in Paris so far.
The gold medallists include Zheng Qinwen in women’s singles tennis, Chen Meng in women’s singles table tennis, duo Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao in the mixed team 10 metre air rifle event, and Fan Zhendong, who won the men’s singles table tennis title on Sunday.
The games will end on August 11 with a closing ceremony at 8pm Paris time.


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Source says medallists will visit in late August under tentative plan, but unclear which Olympians will join