https://www.scmp.com/rss/509911/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong concluded its Tokyo 2020 Paralympics campaign on a high note yesterday on the final day of competition as the curtain fell on a largely successful summer of sport in a Covid-19-beleaguered Japan. China, which finished second on the medal table behind the United States at last month’s Olympics, went one better at the Paralympics and dominated the count. It was a timely boost for China whose focus now quickly shifts to its National Games later this month before the final preparations for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147648/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-claims-two-medals-final-day-competition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147648/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-claims-two-medals-final-day-competition?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Sep 2021 11:52:05 +0000 Hong Kong grabbed its second Tokyo Paralympics medal of the day when Chu Man-kai took the silver medal in the final of the SH6 badminton, narrowly beaten by India’s Krishna Nagar. Nagar, the Asian Para Games bronze medallist, hadn’t dropped a single game on his run to the final where he beat 30-year-old Chu 2-1 (21-17, 16-21, 21-17). Chu, the Asian Para Games gold medallist from Jakarta, will rue having led by five points in the opening game before the Indian launched a stirring fightback and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147624/tokyo-paralympics-chu-man-kai-takes-badminton-silver-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147624/tokyo-paralympics-chu-man-kai-takes-badminton-silver-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Sep 2021 04:39:29 +0000 Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen claimed Tokyo Paralympics badminton bronze on Sunday morning at Yoyogi National Stadium, the city’s fourth medal of these Games. Second-seeded Chan won a tense bronze medal match against South Korea’s Kim Kyung Hoon in a nervy encounter 2-0 (24-22, 21-10). Chan said he was forced to overcome a bout of nerves in the opening game. “I felt so, so, so, so nervous in the first game because there’s no way to step back on court again. If I lose then I get nothing from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147621/tokyo-paralympics-daniel-chan-ho-yuen-grabs-badminton-bronze-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147621/tokyo-paralympics-daniel-chan-ho-yuen-grabs-badminton-bronze-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Sep 2021 03:27:37 +0000 Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen kicked off his quest for gold with a statement win over France’s Thomas Jakobs. Chan, who is one of the favourites to win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics, beat Jakobs 21-10, 21-8 in a match that lasted less than half an hour. His next match is at 12pm tomorrow (Hong Kong time) against Japan’s Daiki Kajiwara at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. Chan is ranked second in the world in the WH2 category according to the Badminton World Federation, and is aiming to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3147261/tokyo-paralympics-daniel-chan-blitzes-first-opponent-open-gold-medal-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3147261/tokyo-paralympics-daniel-chan-blitzes-first-opponent-open-gold-medal-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Sep 2021 03:54:11 +0000 There was no way Hong Kong swimming star Siobhan Haughey was going to let her 4x100-metre medley relay team down despite already winning two Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games silver medals and injuring her hip in a preceding heat. After sealing her two medals and qualifying for the 50m freestyle semi-final, coach Rick Bishop recalled Haughey said, “I don’t think I can walk up the stairs” before the pair decided to pull out of the category. “She’s so tough and stoic. She’s not going to let you know she is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146897/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-reflects-physical-and-mental?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146897/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-reflects-physical-and-mental?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:00:13 +0000 Just two weeks after the Japanese capital bade sayonara to the 2020 Olympics, fireworks welcomed the beginning of the Paralympics as Tokyo became the first city to host the Games twice. The Olympic Stadium once again played host to the airport-themed Opening Ceremony with IOC president Thomas Bach among those in attendance as Japan’s Emperor Naruhito declared the Games open. This Paralympics is set to follow the Olympics in more ways than one, as its kick-off in front of an almost empty stadium... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146226/tokyo-paralympics-covid-19-positive-casts-shadow-over-spectacular?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146226/tokyo-paralympics-covid-19-positive-casts-shadow-over-spectacular?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:00:16 +0000 With just days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games begin, Hong Kong’s 24 representative athletes are itching to continue the local success of the Olympics and gain the city’s support in their own right. Alongside 40 coaches, medical and support staff (many of whom are volunteers or part-time workers), the delegation has arrived and been tested for the event set for August 24 to September 5 under the same blueprints and countermeasures seen at last month’s Olympic Games. General secretary... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3145631/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-fans-should-treat-competing-athletes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3145631/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-fans-should-treat-competing-athletes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:19 +0000 An enthusiastic crowd of Hongkongers braved cloudy skies in Kowloon on Thursday to cheer on an open-top bus parade celebrating the record-breaking performance of the city’s athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Games, which concluded earlier this month, were Hong Kong’s most successful yet and by a substantial margin, giving it one gold medal, two silvers and three bronzes. No previous Olympics had produced more than one medal for the city. Outside the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, a... https://www.scmp.com/tokyo-2020-olympic-games/hong-kong/article/3145583/bus-parade-lets-hong-kongs-olympic-heroes-drink?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tokyo-2020-olympic-games/hong-kong/article/3145583/bus-parade-lets-hong-kongs-olympic-heroes-drink?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:50:27 +0000 Hong Kong table tennis star Doo Hoi-kem has enjoyed a surge in popularity in the mainland since winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The paddler found herself trending on Weibo after an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, which has been widely reported on domestic news sites. “I want to visit Tiananmen after the Tokyo Olympics”, she told them of her plans to take her medal to Beijing to watch the flag-raising ceremony, with that topic trending on China’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3145210/hong-kong-olympic-medallist-doo-hoi-kem-goes-viral-china-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3145210/hong-kong-olympic-medallist-doo-hoi-kem-goes-viral-china-after?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:48:40 +0000 The curtain has fallen on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the athletes leaving with 339 sets of medals among them – and for some, lucrative prize money awaits when they get home. While international governing body the IOC, and the respective National Olympic Committees, do not not reward medallists financially for their performances, many countries and companies incentivise Games excellence with cash, and other rewards. Can Hong Kong nurture even more Olympic medallists? Experts aren’t convinced In... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144301/how-will-hong-kongs-new-tokyo-olympics-millionaires-spend-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144301/how-will-hong-kongs-new-tokyo-olympics-millionaires-spend-their?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Aug 2021 06:00:19 +0000 With two Olympic silver medals tucked away in a suitcase in the corner of her room, Siobhan Haughey is enjoying a much-needed break in quarantine at a hotel in Wan Chai. She has been “chilling”, replying to the hundreds of messages she has received over the past two weeks, watching the Olympics and enjoying some treats – including croissants – sent by friends and family. “I’ve been catching up on my sleep,” said Haughey with a chuckle. “It’s great to have some alone time, and I’m trying to stay... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3144292/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-hopes-double-silver-helps-hongkongers-stay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3144292/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-hopes-double-silver-helps-hongkongers-stay?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:00:18 +0000 When Hong Kong No 1 badminton player Angus Ng Ka-long chose to wear his own black jersey at the Tokyo Olympics, he did not expect to be pulled into a political controversy during one of the most important competitions of his life. Nicholas Muk Ka-chun, a member of the Beijing-loyal Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) party, took him to task for wearing not only a T-shirt without the city’s Bauhinia emblem, but also one in black, the symbolic colour of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144303/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-politics-mostly-cast-aside-can-medals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144303/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-politics-mostly-cast-aside-can-medals?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Aug 2021 01:00:22 +0000 Unparalleled success, joy unmatched, Sarah Lee Wai-sze capped Hong Kong’s greatest Olympics ever with a bronze on Sunday to add to the five other medals her teammates had already won against a backdrop of Covid-19. Putting the exclamation mark on the best performance in the city’s history, that Lee’s win was tinged with disappointment at what might have been spoke volumes for what was achieved – and desired even more – compared with the sober, modest predictions beforehand. That the next Games... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144299/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-greatest-games-ever-brings-joy-unmatched?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144299/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-greatest-games-ever-brings-joy-unmatched?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:27:23 +0000 It is perhaps a measure of Hong Kong’s spectacular performance at the Tokyo Games, that Sarah Lee Wai-sze’s bronze medal win in the sprint on the last day could even remotely be considered a minor disappointment. After all, it is a tremendous feat that was celebrated ecstatically when she first achieved it at the London 2012 Games, where she won Hong Kong’s only medal and just the city’s third ever. In Japan, Hong Kong has now trebled its all-time medal haul, which perhaps explains why... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144281/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lees-bronze-tinged-mild-disappointment-which?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144281/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lees-bronze-tinged-mild-disappointment-which?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Aug 2021 08:56:18 +0000 Hundreds of Hongkongers gathered at Kwun Tong’s APM mall on Sunday morning to witness track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze add to her Olympic legacy. Armed with cheer sticks and banners, an anxious crowd watched as the cyclist became the first Hong Kong athlete to win medals in more than one Olympic Games. The 34-year-old Lee won bronze in the women’s sprint on Sunday at the Izu Velodrome to go with her bronze in the keirin from the 2012 London Olympics. It was a nerve-racking series of races for Lee... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3144273/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-pride-sarah-lees-bronze-and-best-ever-games-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3144273/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-pride-sarah-lees-bronze-and-best-ever-games-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:17:50 +0000 Just as the murmurs grew louder about Tokyo 2020 being a campaign too far for veteran Hong Kong rider Sarah Lee Wai-sze, the London 2012 Olympic medal hero delivered a soaring performance on Saturday to silence her doubters and book her spot in the sprint semi-finals at the Izu Velodrome. Lee now has the chance to compete for a second Olympic medal on what is likely to be the last day of Olympic competition in her sparkling career, and grab a sensational sixth medal for Hong Kong. These have... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144243/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-poised-write-perfect-closing-chapter-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144243/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-poised-write-perfect-closing-chapter-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:01:57 +0000 Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching has an important phone call to make to her parents after completing her Olympic Games campaign on Saturday – to tell them she had Covid-19 earlier in the year. “I haven’t FaceTimed them yet because there’s a lot going on in the Olympic Village. Actually, my sister already knew I had Covid-19. I hadn’t told my mum and dad because they would be really scared if they found out. I hope to call them and tell them not to worry,” said the 27-year-old Chan after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144229/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-tsz-ching-reveals-she-contracted-covid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144229/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-tsz-ching-reveals-she-contracted-covid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:13:23 +0000 Sarah Lee Wai-sze dashed into the quarter-final of the sprint event at Tokyo 2020 on Saturday after catching up-and-coming star Mathilde Gros in a late dash for the line. It was an assured, tactically on-point showing from the 34-year-old who has endured a tricky Tokyo 2020 campaign so far, catching the Frenchwoman with a last-ditch lunge for the line after a competitive last-16 heat. Hong Kong’s Lee, a bronze medallist in keirin at the London 2012 Games, has had to make her progress the hard... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144219/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-remains-medal-hunt-after-moving-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144219/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-remains-medal-hunt-after-moving-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Aug 2021 07:17:50 +0000 Hong Kong golden boy Edgar Cheung Ka-long has finally developed a champion’s mindset, said the man he beat in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men’s individual foil final. Daniele Garozzo, a three-time world champion and Rio 2016 gold medallist, was stunned by the 24-year-old at the Makuhari Messe on day three as Cheung became Hong Kong’s second-ever Olympic gold medallist and first of any colour in fencing. “Cheung was superb. He performed his best fencing in the most important moment of his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144214/tokyo-olympics-champion-cheung-ka-long-apologised-online-trolls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144214/tokyo-olympics-champion-cheung-ka-long-apologised-online-trolls?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Aug 2021 06:18:33 +0000 Sarah Lee Wai-sze’s remarkable rise to cycling’s elite tier goes beyond the awards and silverware. From struggling with anaemia as a child, to nearly giving up the sport after a nasty collision as a teen, to the sudden loss of her coach and personal starter, to learning her friend and rival was confined to a wheelchair after a training crash – Lee has been through it all, and would be the first to tell you she is still going. The 34-year-old has repeatedly swatted aside talk of age leading up to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144168/tokyo-olympics-who-sarah-lee-wai-sze-anaemic-housing-estate-youth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144168/tokyo-olympics-who-sarah-lee-wai-sze-anaemic-housing-estate-youth?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Aug 2021 02:00:16 +0000 Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee Wai-sze qualified for the third round of the sprint event at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday evening, but not before “scaring” her supporters. The 34-year-old was forced to dig deep again at the Izu Velodrome to keep her medal dreams alive. Just as she had to in the keirin event on Thursday, Lee was made to come through a last-16 repechage to secure her path to the next round. She comfortably beat USA’s Madalyn Godby to ensure her involvement into the weekend. Earlier in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144140/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-squeaks-through-last-eight-jessica-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144140/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-squeaks-through-last-eight-jessica-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:47:34 +0000 Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching completed her best round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games so far after shooting a two-under par 69 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe City on Friday. The 27-year-old sits in tied-51st place at seven-over, 22 shots off leader Nelly Korda as the American climbed to 15-under after round three. Chan, who finished 37th in the Rio 2016 Games as an amateur five years ago, credited the changing of her irons for her improved performance. “I changed my loft... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144081/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-claws-leaderboard-best-round-so-far-i?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3144081/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-claws-leaderboard-best-round-so-far-i?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:31:14 +0000 Hong Kong basked in the glow of more medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, cementing these Games as the city’s greatest ever. And a new heroine emerged in table tennis player Minnie Soo Wai-yam, who said “miracles do happen”. Two bronze medals were won in table tennis and the debut sport of karate to move Hong Kong on to an unprecedented five, following Edgar Cheung Ka-long’s fencing gold and swimmer Siobhan Haughey’s two silvers in the pool. There were high hopes for cyclist Sarah Lee... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143997/tokyo-olympics-miracle-happens-new-hong-kong-heroine-minnie-soo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143997/tokyo-olympics-miracle-happens-new-hong-kong-heroine-minnie-soo?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:52:18 +0000 Hong Kong kareteka Grace Lau Mo-sheung made history by winning one of the first medals on offer in her sport’s first and perhaps last appearance at the Olympics – and she cannot wait to bring the bronze back to the city. “Over the last two years, I gave my best to pursue my dream. I have seldom seen my family and spent most of my time overseas,” she said after beating Turkey’s Dilara Bozan. “I think of Hong Kong and my family very often. Now I’ve got a medal and want to celebrate with them as... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143985/tokyo-olympics-tired-grace-lau-brings-bronze-medal-home-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143985/tokyo-olympics-tired-grace-lau-brings-bronze-medal-home-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:36:56 +0000 It was another tough day for Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe City on Thursday as the city’s number one player struggled to a three-over-par 74 to move to nine-over for the tournament. The round that saw her remain tied for 58th in the 60-strong field included five bogeys and two birdies and all but ended any faint hopes she might have had of a medal push at Tokyo 2020. It was a three-shot improvement on her opening round, but the deficit to USA’s Nelly... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143972/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-struggles-improve-day-two-nelly-korda?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143972/tokyo-olympics-tiffany-chan-struggles-improve-day-two-nelly-korda?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:07:32 +0000 Hong Kong medal prospect Sarah Lee Wai-sze failed in her attempt to add to her London 2012 keirin bronze on Thursday when the city’s only track cycling Olympic medallist was eliminated at the semi-final stage at Izu Velodrome. Lee was ranked the No 2 rider in the world in the latest UCI rankings. None of her rivals in her semi-final heat on Thursday were ranked inside the top 10 and Lee could reasonably have been expected to advance from a heat in which she was easily the most decorated rider in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143940/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-fails-repeat-london-2012-heroics-keirin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143940/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-fails-repeat-london-2012-heroics-keirin?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:52:17 +0000 Minnie Soo Wai-yam played the match of her life as Hong Kong won a history-making bronze medal by beating Germany 3-1 in the women’s team table tennis at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Thursday morning, further solidifying these Games as the city’s greatest yet. It was a first Olympic medal for a women’s table tennis team and a second for Hong Kong table tennis after a silver in the men’s doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Hong Kong trio had to come from behind against the Tokyo... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143885/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-beats-germany-bronze-womens-team-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143885/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-beats-germany-bronze-womens-team-table?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 04:43:18 +0000 The kata is one of two disciplines of karate (the other kumite, or sparring) and will be introduced to the Olympics for the first (and likely only) time in Tokyo. Hong Kong is fielding Grace Lau Mo-sheung – the world women’s individual kata No 6 – in the hope she wins another medal for what is already the city’s most successful Games in history. Here’s what you need to know about this relatively unknown event, and how this ancient craft will translate into the top multi-sport competition on the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143865/tokyo-olympics-ancient-craft-kata-one-half-debuting-karate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143865/tokyo-olympics-ancient-craft-kata-one-half-debuting-karate?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 01:30:16 +0000 Hong Kong athletes are looking for a medal bonanza at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday, day 13 of the Games, with track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze and karate star Grace Lau Mo-sheung leading the way. Here is a rundown of all the Hong Kong athletes going for glory on Thursday. Marathon swimming: 5.30am William Yan Thorley will set out on the open sea for the men’s 10km marathon swim. The 18-year-old is the first local marathon swimmer to qualify for the Olympics since Natasha Tsang in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143851/tokyo-olympics-who-are-hong-kong-athletes-line-medals-today-what-time-and-how?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143851/tokyo-olympics-who-are-hong-kong-athletes-line-medals-today-what-time-and-how?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 23:30:11 +0000 It wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t Sarah Lee Wai-sze at her imperious best, but Hong Kong’s first and only Olympic cycling medallist made it into the quarter-finals of the women’s keirin on Wednesday, at the second time of asking and avoided an inevitable bout of soul-searching. Lee Wai-sze, and her teammate Jessica Lee Hoi-yan, were relegated to the repechage after each finished outside the top two automatic qualifying positions in their opening round heats. Lee Wai-sze was more than... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143822/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lees-olympic-medal-chances-become-clearer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143822/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lees-olympic-medal-chances-become-clearer?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:00:06 +0000 Hong Kong will attempt to put “the icing on the cake” at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with an unprecedented number of medal hopes in one day. Heading the challenge will be track cycling star Sarah Lee Wai-sze, who will start in the keirin quarter-finals, while karate exponent Grace Lau Mo-sheung is also trying to grab one of the four medals on offer in the women’s kata which features 10 participants. The women’s table tennis team will need to defy the odds against Germany in the bronze medal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143817/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-grace-lau-and-table-tennis-trio-tasked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143817/tokyo-olympics-sarah-lee-grace-lau-and-table-tennis-trio-tasked?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:19:40 +0000 Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching got her Tokyo Olympics campaign off to a poor start on the opening day of play at Kasumigaseki Country Club on Wednesday as she signed for a six-over-par 77 to leave her 11 shots off the early pace. Chan’s round was good enough only for a share of 58th place in the field of 60. Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom topped the leader board after day one following a flawless round of five-under par 66 that put her a shot clear of USA’s Nelly Korda and India’s Aditi... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143748/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-toils-during-tough-opening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143748/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-toils-during-tough-opening?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 05:12:36 +0000 The latest Hong Kong medal contender to take home a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games medal, karate exponent Grace Lau Mo-sheung finally got her once-in-a-lifetime moment after circling among the world elite for as long as she can remember. Lau won bronze after a super performance in the Nippon Budokan in what could be the first and last time karate features at a Games. It was one of four non-permanent sports added to Tokyo, with Paris 2024 already confirming it will not make an appearance. The entire... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143615/tokyo-olympics-grace-lau-mo-sheung-trailblazing-karateka-set?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143615/tokyo-olympics-grace-lau-mo-sheung-trailblazing-karateka-set?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:00:24 +0000 The Hong Kong spotlight falls on track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze on Wednesday when the veteran rider takes to the velodrome in Izu hoping to add another medal to the city’s record haul at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 34-year-old will battle age and the challenge from a strong German contingent when she opens her campaign in the keirin, for which she won a bronze at the 2012 London Games, having crashed out in the semi-finals in Rio 2016. However, the 2019 world champions has consistently proven... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143681/tokyo-olympics-track-cyclist-sarah-lee-under-less-pressure-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143681/tokyo-olympics-track-cyclist-sarah-lee-under-less-pressure-her?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 01:00:22 +0000 Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching plans to use the winning insights that helped American Xander Schauffele to the men’s gold medal as she begins her own medal quest in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s golf competition starting on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Chan got her hands on the yardage book used by Austin Kaiser, Schauffele’s caddie, and hopes to put some of Schauffele’s nuanced notes, especially on the greens, to use at the Kasumigaseki Country Club. To boost her medal bid, Chan also... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143673/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-hopes-xander?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143673/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-hopes-xander?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:50:36 +0000 Thomas Heffernan Ho fulfilled his late father’s dream, successfully completing his first Olympics eventing competition as he looks ahead to the Paris Games in 2024. The 32-year-old Ho combined with Tayberry – the oldest horse in the field at 20 – to collect 119.50 penalty points over the dressage, cross-country and show jumping disciplines that make up eventing, finishing in 42nd place from the 63 riders and horses who started the Tokyo 2020 Olympics competition. “It was an incredible... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143602/tokyo-olympics-thomas-heffernan-ho-fulfils-late-fathers-dream-hoping-inspire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143602/tokyo-olympics-thomas-heffernan-ho-fulfils-late-fathers-dream-hoping-inspire?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:22:19 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day 10 of the Tokyo Olympics here Hong Kong were forced to come from behind against a spirited Romania in the women’s team table tennis, but their reward is a place in the Tokyo 2020 semi-finals. Japan await fourth seeds Hong Kong, who lost their opening match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium before storming back to reach the last four, earning the chance of another medal at these unprecedented Games. The second-seeded hosts strolled past Taiwan 3-0 in their... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143515/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-fight-back-against-romania-womens-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143515/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-fight-back-against-romania-womens-team?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:54:59 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day 10 of the Tokyo Olympics here Siobhan Haughey’s coach only discovered that the double Olympic silver medallist was injured when she told him, “I don’t think I can walk up the stairs”. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Rick Bishop said the swimmer only revealed she was hurt after qualifying for the semi-finals of the 50m freestyle event last Friday. By that time Hong Kong’s new Olympic star had already set four Asian records and grabbed two medals in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143428/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-battled-injury-stopped-because-she?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143428/tokyo-olympics-siobhan-haughey-battled-injury-stopped-because-she?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:30:20 +0000 There were large crowds out in Hong Kong last week, disregarding social-distancing measures and filling the air with their loud chants. “We are Hong Kong!” “Hong Kong add oil!” The anti-government protests of 2019 had not returned. Instead, people of all political persuasions were gathered at shopping malls and sports centres to cheer Hong Kong athletes making history at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Fencing hero Edgar Cheung Ka-long, 24, defeated reigning world champion Daniele Garozzo of Italy to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3143377/tokyo-olympic-games-successes-rekindle-hong-kongs-pride?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3143377/tokyo-olympic-games-successes-rekindle-hong-kongs-pride?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:00:20 +0000 Hong Kong’s men’s table tennis team failed to follow the women into the quarter-finals after losing 3-0 to France in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Sunday. It was a frustrating day for Wong Chun-ting, Ho Kwan-kit and Lam Siu-hang in the round of 16 encounter. Lam and Ho lost 3-0 to French duo Emmanuel Lebesson and Alexandre Cassin in the first match, before top-ranked paddler Wong lost 3-1 to Simon Gauzy. Ho then lost his singles game 3-0 to Lebesson to round it off, with the Paris-based... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143387/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-give-everything-fall-france-table-tennis-mens-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143387/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-give-everything-fall-france-table-tennis-mens-team?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 08:40:47 +0000 Hong Kong Olympian Thomas Heffernan Ho swears dutifully by his loyal partner Tayberry – and so does Horse & Hound (H&H), the United Kingdom’s leading equestrian magazine. The 20-year-old Tayberry is the oldest horse in the Tokyo Olympics eventing competition and on Sunday completed a clean run in the cross-country leg in Ho’s Games debut, clearing all fences on the six-kilometre course. On Friday, H&H featured Tayberry as horse of the day after the opening dressage section of the eventing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143384/tokyo-olympics-tayberry-star-show-hong-kongs-thomas-heffernan-ho-after-horse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143384/tokyo-olympics-tayberry-star-show-hong-kongs-thomas-heffernan-ho-after-horse?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:50:41 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day nine of the Tokyo Olympics here Hong Kong’s men were beaten 45-39 by the Russian Olympic Committee in the team foil event at the Makuhari Messe hall in Chiba on Sunday morning to bring a sudden and premature end to their fencing campaign, which promised so much more. On the final day of fencing at Tokyo 2020, fifth seeded Hong Kong were beaten by fourth seeds ROC in an enthralling contest, with only Olympic gold hero Cheung Ka-long and inexperienced youngster... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143368/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-team-foil-medal-hopes-dashed-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143368/tokyo-olympics-hong-kongs-team-foil-medal-hopes-dashed-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:18:56 +0000 Hong Kong’s golden boy, Edgar Cheung Ka-long, is back in action in Tokyo on Sunday, when he will lead the foil team in his quest for a second fencing medal at the Olympics. Hong Kong will take on the Russian Olympic Committee in the quarter-finals at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, and if they go through, they are likely to meet top seeds USA for a place in the final. The Americans, who have four fencers in the world’s top 10, should have little difficulty overcoming the winner between Canada and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143332/tokyo-olympics-golden-boy-cheung-ka-long-back-action-lead-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143332/tokyo-olympics-golden-boy-cheung-ka-long-back-action-lead-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:03:18 +0000 Three days after Hong Kong won fencing gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Dylan Wong, a 28-year-old clerk, was still revelling in the victory – so much so he decided to give the sport a try himself. The Hongkonger was watching on Monday evening with colleagues in his office as Edgar Cheung Ka-long beat the defending Olympic champion, Italy’s Daniele Garozzo, to win the men’s foil individual gold. The workplace burst into cheers. Wong admits he does not know much about fencing, and has never picked up a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3143317/hilt-edgar-cheungs-olympic-gold-has-hongkongers-ready-take?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3143317/hilt-edgar-cheungs-olympic-gold-has-hongkongers-ready-take?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 08:13:36 +0000 Hong Kong’s Hayley Chan Hei-man finished eighth in the overall women’s RS: X fleet after an impressive seventh-place finish in the medal race final in the Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Saturday. The 30-year-old secured her best-ever Olympic performance after narrowly qualifying for the final two days earlier. The double points showdown allowed Chan, who finished 12th in her Games debut in London 2012 despite having being hospitalised weeks beforehand, to maintain her placing after the 12 regular... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143315/tokyo-olympics-windsurfer-hayley-chan-hei-man-finishes-eighth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3143315/tokyo-olympics-windsurfer-hayley-chan-hei-man-finishes-eighth?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 08:02:17 +0000 Dozens of Hong Kong athletes, coaches and media were stranded at Seoul Airport. The aircraft for the onward flight to Busan for the 1997 East Asian Games never turned up. Pleas to airline counter staff fell on deaf ears. Even they had no idea what to do. Up stepped Hong Kong rowing coach Chris Perry. “Right, we can’t hang around here, we have to get to Busan tonight, let’s organise some buses.” With Perry taking charge and directing operations, a convoy of buses soon appeared outside the airport... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143291/tokyo-2020-hong-kong-rowings-mr-fixit-chris-perry-completes-eighth-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143291/tokyo-2020-hong-kong-rowings-mr-fixit-chris-perry-completes-eighth-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 06:00:17 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day eight of the Tokyo Olympics here China’s Alex Hua Tian goes into Sunday’s cross-country discipline of the Tokyo Olympics eventing competition in third place overall, but wary that fortunes can change in minutes. The 31-year-old Hua Tian – China’s first-ever equestrian representative when he made his debut in Hong Kong at the 2008 Beijing Games – occupied second place in the dressage event with Don Geniro until he was pushed down to third by penultimate rider... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143301/tokyo-olympics-china-rider-alex-hua-tian-third-place-heading-eventings-cross?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143301/tokyo-olympics-china-rider-alex-hua-tian-third-place-heading-eventings-cross?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 05:28:27 +0000 As Hongkongers celebrated fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long’s gold medal performance in the men’s foil at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday evening, William Lo Wing-kwan, the co-founder of Strive Fitness in Hong Kong, was feeling overwhelming respect for his 24-year-old friend. The Olympian had trained at the gym on his journey to the podium. While Strive Fitness in Wong Chuk Hang is mostly known as for training basketball players, as a strength and conditioning coach Lo has helped many fencers hone their... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3143287/hong-kong-fencer-edgar-cheungs-strength-trainer-exercises?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3143287/hong-kong-fencer-edgar-cheungs-strength-trainer-exercises?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 04:45:13 +0000 China’s Alex Hua Tian is not expecting to stay in second place once all 63 riders and horses complete the dressage part of the Tokyo Olympics eventing competition. But with two-thirds of the field done on Friday, the mainland pioneer’s position was unchanged with the remaining 21 riders set to perform on Saturday. Thomas Heffernan Ho, meanwhile, said it was a dream come true to trot out at the Olympics wearing Hong Kong colours after compiling 46.70 penalty points during his run-out with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143227/tokyo-olympics-alex-hua-tian-and-his-spooky-horse-stunning-eventing-dressage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143227/tokyo-olympics-alex-hua-tian-and-his-spooky-horse-stunning-eventing-dressage?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:38:06 +0000 As the clock ticked to 9.59am on Friday morning, thousands of Hongkongers hit the pause button on their busy lives and glued their eyes to television screens or giant displays at shopping malls to watch Siobhan Haughey swim her way to another moment of glory for Hong Kong. They cheered at the top of their lungs when the swimming darling pushed off from the starting block for her 100m freestyle event in Tokyo and clapped and beat their cheer sticks until she won Hong Kong’s second silver medal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143162/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-crowds-celebrate-siobhan-haugheys-second-silver-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143162/tokyo-olympics-hong-kong-crowds-celebrate-siobhan-haugheys-second-silver-not?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:26:57 +0000