https://www.scmp.com/rss/510550/feed The 2020 Summer Paralympics are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The 16th Summer Paralympic Games are being held in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021. They were scheduled to take place between 25 August and 6 September 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee officially announced that the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics would be postponed to... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The handpicking of political and business elites for honorary titles by the Hong Kong government each year is arguably of little significance to the man in the street. But what sets this year’s honours list apart is the inclusion of dozens of athletes and coaches and hundreds of unsung heroes in fighting the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. Their recognition has made the award system more relevant. Among the record 899 recipients are more than 30 sports figures, a reflection of the city’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186968/athletes-virus-heroes-bring-shine-hong-kong-medals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186968/athletes-virus-heroes-bring-shine-hong-kong-medals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:27 +0000 Hong Kong’s sporting achievements have provided welcome relief from the city’s ongoing battle with Covid-19. A record medal haul at last year’s Tokyo Olympics sparked celebrations. There has, since then, been continued success, despite the pandemic’s impact. Fans were given more to cheer this week with exceptional performances from Hong Kong’s fencing and football stars. Fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long became a local hero with his historic gold medal win in the Olympics last year, the city’s first... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3182234/sport-stars-defy-pandemics-disruptions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3182234/sport-stars-defy-pandemics-disruptions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jun 2022 02:15:10 +0000 Para athletes in Hong Kong will soon have access to the city’s first specially designed archery range under a new partnership with the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled and the Victoria Recreation Club. Due to open later this year at VRC’s Sai Kung facility, it will be the first permanent para archery range developed to provide a long-term and stable training for the Hong Kong squad and people with physical impairments. The facilities of the range will be tailor-made to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3180686/hong-kongs-first-permanent-para-archery-range-open-victoria?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3180686/hong-kongs-first-permanent-para-archery-range-open-victoria?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:30:25 +0000 The Tokyo Olympics generated much excitement in Hong Kong, with the city gripped by the achievements of its athletes who won a record haul of six medals. Memories of those summer months may have faded. But some of the enthusiasm was rekindled on the weekend thanks to a high-profile visit from the mainland’s star Olympians. Although part of China, Hong Kong has a separate team in the Olympics and other international sporting events. This is an important element of the “one country, two systems”... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/3158671/power-sport-can-help-inspire-our-younger-generation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/3158671/power-sport-can-help-inspire-our-younger-generation?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:15:07 +0000 Hong Kong’s sports and cultural sector has hailed the proposed creation of a new bureau, voicing hope it will boost the city’s global reputation in such areas. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor unveiled a “reorganisation” of the cultural and creative industries in her policy address on Wednesday, with sports set to be a visible pillar in its own right, under a new Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau proposed for the next administration. The city’s historic performance at the Tokyo 2020... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3151410/carrie-lam-policy-address-local-sports-will-thrive-culture-sports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3151410/carrie-lam-policy-address-local-sports-will-thrive-culture-sports?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:36:22 +0000 Hong Kong’s Olympians have expressed hopes that more people will be able to watch live broadcasts of coming major sports events and that extra attention can also be placed on athletes locally. In response, the city’s sports commissioner on Saturday said the government could consider making arrangements similar to the purchase of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games broadcasting rights for local stations to air for free other events, such as next year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou. The athletes made... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3150132/give-hongkongers-sporting-chance-more-live-broadcasts-citys?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3150132/give-hongkongers-sporting-chance-more-live-broadcasts-citys?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Sep 2021 17:29:57 +0000 The recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics and Hong Kong’s stellar performance of two silvers and three bronzes has raised awareness of disability in our society. With a total of 131 medals dating back to 1972, Hong Kong has actually been much more successful in the Paralympics than the Olympics, though our Paralympic athletes have largely been overlooked and not accorded the same attention and glory. Luckily this year, local free-to-air television highlighted our Paralympians’ journeys and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3149712/if-hong-kong-truly-proud-its-paralympic-athletes-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3149712/if-hong-kong-truly-proud-its-paralympic-athletes-city?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:45:10 +0000 Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen said the resounding emotion he has felt since winning bronze in wheelchair badminton at the Tokyo Paralympics is relief. Chan downed South Korea’s Kyung Hoon-kim in straight sets on Sunday at Tokyo’s Yoyogi National Stadium, winning 24-22, 21-10 to give Hong Kong its fourth medal at the Paralympics. Chan said since arriving in Tokyo he was accompanied by a heavy weight on his shoulders. “When you arrive, you feel like you are carrying so many of Hong Kong people’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147894/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-bronze-winner-daniel-chan-relieved?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147894/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-bronze-winner-daniel-chan-relieved?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:22 +0000 The Tokyo Summer Olympics magnified the United States’ need to be seen as the world’s pre-eminent sporting power, regardless of how that was spun. The US media tends to show the medal table, not by gold medal totals – where the US topped China on the last day of competition – but by total medals. The platform for the US’ sporting success, its collegiate sporting system, turns out many world-class athletes but also thousands indebted graduates every year. The need to win and have the most medals... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3147980/paralympics-success-proves-china-worlds-greatest-sporting-nation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3147980/paralympics-success-proves-china-worlds-greatest-sporting-nation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:30:22 +0000 Countries cherish the reflected glory of sporting achievement in international competition. But failure to reach expectations may prompt soul-searching about everything from nurturing of talent to coaching and training facilities and competitive opportunities. Disabled athletes are no exception. The Paralympic Games just concluded in Tokyo are as intensely competitive as the Olympics that preceded them. Hong Kong’s team return home with a silver and bronze haul of five medals, their smallest in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3147772/paralympic-athletes-deserve-praise-and-fairness-rewards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3147772/paralympic-athletes-deserve-praise-and-fairness-rewards?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Sep 2021 13:52:33 +0000 Hong Kong came away from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games continuing its run of winning a medal at every edition of the Games since it first took part in 1972. The 24-athlete strong delegation returned from Tokyo with five medals – two silver and three bronze – to take their total haul to 131. It may have been one down on the six medals of Rio five years ago, but there was still plenty to be proud of at their 13th appearance at the Games, with medals in table tennis, boccia and badminton in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147723/tokyo-2020-hong-kong-keep-paralympic-games-medal-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147723/tokyo-2020-hong-kong-keep-paralympic-games-medal-record?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:20:22 +0000 China topped the medal table at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, marking the fifth Games in a row where they finished top in both golds and total medals. The Chinese delegation won three more golds and a silver on Sunday’s final day of action to take their Tokyo tally to 207 – 96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes. Marathon runner Li Chaoyan set a new Paralympic record of two hours, 25 minutes and 50 seconds to win gold in the men’s T46 race. Cheng Hefang won gold in the women’s badminton SL4 final,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3147681/tokyo-2020-china-continues-paralympics-dominance-topping-medal-tally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3147681/tokyo-2020-china-continues-paralympics-dominance-topping-medal-tally?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:19:53 +0000 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 After Hong Kong’s success at the Tokyo Olympics, where our athletes won an unprecedented six medals, many experts have been trying to determine the factors behind the achievement. Money is certainly one of them. Most participants, including all the medallists, trained at the government-funded Hong Kong Sports Institute. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that funding there rose from HK$520 million in 2017-18 to HK$737 million in 2021. But if money were the only factor, it would be... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3147190/why-hong-kongs-olympics-success-not-black-swan-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3147190/why-hong-kongs-olympics-success-not-black-swan-event?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:30:30 +0000 Hong Kong celebrated a first boccia pairs medal since Athens 2004 when the BC4 duo of Vivian Lau Wai-yan and Leung Yuk-wing won silver in Tokyo. The pair had guaranteed at least silver with victory over Portugal in this morning’s semi-final but were unable to go one better in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games gold medal match against Slovakia. It ended 3-2 to the pair of Samuel Andrejcik and Michaela Balcova, with the Hongkongers unable to take it to a tiebreak. Lau and Leung, watched on by unused... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147579/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-bowlers-settle-silver-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147579/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-bowlers-settle-silver-against?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:35:35 +0000 Hong Kong is guaranteed at least one of the debut badminton medals at these Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after Chu Man-kai came back in his semi-final to storm into the SH6 gold medal match. Chu lost the opening game of his semi against Brazil’s Vitor Goncalves Tavares at the Yoyogi National Stadium before two dominant wins to go through 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 21-10). Now the 30-year-old Hongkonger will come away with at least silver from Sunday’s showpiece against India’s Krishna Nagar, who made... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147576/tokyo-paralympics-chu-man-kai-going-badminton-gold-daniel-chan-ho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147576/tokyo-paralympics-chu-man-kai-going-badminton-gold-daniel-chan-ho?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Sep 2021 05:36:21 +0000 Hong Kong’s boccia bowlers have guaranteed at least a silver at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after a storming win over Portugal in their BC4 pairs semi-final. The duo of Vivian Lau Wan-yai and Leung Yuk-wing were favourites after topping their group with a 100 per cent record and they lived up to their billing at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Portugal took a 1-0 lead after the first end but the experienced Hong Kong pair fired right back with an unanswered three points in the next end to lead... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147565/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-bowlers-going-gold-after-beating?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147565/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-bowlers-going-gold-after-beating?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:49:12 +0000 Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen and Chu Man-kai both moved on to their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games semi-finals and kept hopes of a debut medal alive despite a mixed day of action on court. Wheelchair badminton player Chan lost his second pool match of the Games despite going a game up against Japan’s Daiki Kajiwara before rebounding in his quarter-final against Britain’s Martin Rooke. Chan beat Rooke in two straight games (21-9, 21-11) to seal a WH2 semi-final against South Korea’s Kim Jung-jun... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147532/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kongs-daniel-chan-ho-yuen-and-chu-man-kai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147532/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kongs-daniel-chan-ho-yuen-and-chu-man-kai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:54:09 +0000 Both of Hong Kong’s boccia pairs teams moved on to the semi-finals in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games but it needed a dramatic tiebreak win for the BC3 bowlers to join their counterparts in the BC4 event and add two more medal hopes. Vivian Lau Wai-yan, Leung Yuk-wing and unused team member Wong Kwan-hang started the day off with a bang as they beat the Russian Paralympic Committee 8-2 in their BC4 group B pool match at the Ariake Gymastics Centre. The Russian team – Daria Adonina, Sergey Safin... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147512/tokyo-paralympics-semis-both-hong-kong-boccia-pairs-after-tiebreak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147512/tokyo-paralympics-semis-both-hong-kong-boccia-pairs-after-tiebreak?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:43:10 +0000 Hong Kong swimmer Chan Yui-lam closed her promising Paralympics debut by finishing sixth in the Tokyo 2020 Games women’s 100m backstroke S14 final. The 17-year-old came home in one minute, 12.49 seconds, eight-hundredths of a second faster than her third-place finish in the morning qualifying heat at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Great Britain’s Bethany Firth easily claimed gold in a time of 1:05.92, still far off from her world and Paralympics record of 1:04.05 set at the Rio 2016 Games. Chan’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147344/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-caps-games-debut-sixth-place-finish?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147344/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-caps-games-debut-sixth-place-finish?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:54:36 +0000 Hong Kong’s two boccia mixed pairs teams maintained a 100 per cent record on the opening day of their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics preliminary pool games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Thursday. BC3 category representatives Ho Yuen-kei and Tse Tak-wah – with reserve Liu Wing-tung, who has yet to compete at the Games – secured a 4-1 win over Portugal’s Avelina Andrade, Ana Costa and Jose Machado in pool B the morning. Hong Kong opened strong, scoring three in the first two ends, before extending... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147324/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-stars-leung-yuk-wing-and-ho-yuen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147324/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-boccia-stars-leung-yuk-wing-and-ho-yuen?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:43:51 +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 Hong Kong’s Tokyo 2020 Games breakout swimmer Chan Yui-lam will join her hero Jessica-Jane Applegate in the women’s 100-metre backstroke S14 final this evening after easing through the heats on Thursday. The 17-year-old swam a one minute, 12.57 seconds (her personal best is 1:10.64) to finish third in her heat – behind Valeriia Shabalina of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) and Madeleine McTernan of Great Britain – to ensure she finished sixth of the top eight qualifiers at the Tokyo... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147250/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-final-hui-ka-chun-narrowly-misses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147250/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-final-hui-ka-chun-narrowly-misses?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:59:40 +0000 The International Paralympic Committee has defended a decision to disqualify a Malaysian shot putter for turning up late, leading to him being stripped of a gold medal, as anger erupted in his homeland. Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli was allowed to compete in the F20 final in Tokyo on Tuesday despite being late, and went on to win a gold medal and break the world record. But he was later disqualified, along with two other athletes, by officials who determined they had no good reason for their late... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3147242/outrage-after-malaysian-shot-putter-stripped-paralympic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3147242/outrage-after-malaysian-shot-putter-stripped-paralympic?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:32:40 +0000 Around 40 police officers sent to provide security at the Tokyo Paralympics have been sent home for drinking, brawling with members of the public and frequenting a brothel. The detachment from a special Yamanashi Prefectural Police security unit was in the Japanese capital to support local police at venues and to control traffic during the Games. The unit’s internal regulations stated that the men were not permitted to drink alcohol at their accommodation in Tokyo, but a number of the officers... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3147153/tokyo-paralympics-40-policemen-sent-home-disgrace-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3147153/tokyo-paralympics-40-policemen-sent-home-disgrace-over?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong secured its second Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games medal thanks to legendary boccia bowler Leung Yuk-wing’s win on Wednesday. The 36-year-old beat world No 4 Zheng Yuansen of China 5-4 in the boccia mixed individual BC4 bronze medal match after a dramatic last-play point at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Leung did not waste any time, taking an early four-point lead in the first end but Zheng clawed back with two points in both the second and third to bring it level going into the fourth.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147107/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-seals-boccia-bronze-against-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147107/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-seals-boccia-bronze-against-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:42:37 +0000 From Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing to the remotest Okinawan island, Japan’s streets have one thing in common: “tenji blocks” - yellow textured paving squares to aid people with visual impairments. The tactile paving was invented in Japan more than 50 years ago to help those with visual impairments move smoothly and safely around urban environments. And they have gone global over the years, becoming a familiar sight in cities from London to Sydney. The tiles, typically found at railway station... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3147018/recognise-these-japans-pavement-tenji-blocks-guide-visually?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3147018/recognise-these-japans-pavement-tenji-blocks-guide-visually?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:00:18 +0000 Hong Kong bowler Leung Yuk-wing is still in with a chance of a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games bronze medal despite an agonising loss in the mixed individual BC4 semi-final on Tuesday. 2016 Rio Games gold medallist Leung, 36, was outplayed by Pornchok Larpyen of Thailand 3-6 in what was a world-class tactical duel that could have gone either way at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. World No 5 Leung, in top form after dumping out Slovakian opponent Michaela Balcova 8-0 in the quarter-final, started... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147058/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-fight-boccia-bronze-after-shock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147058/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-fight-boccia-bronze-after-shock?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:27:39 +0000 Hong Kong’s last hopes of a Tokyo 2020 Games individual boccia medal rest on two-time Paralympic gold medallist Leung Yuk-wing’s shoulders after he soared into the BC4 individual semi-final on Tuesday. The 36-year-old dumped out Slovakian opponent Michaela Balcova 8-0 in the quarter-final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, dominating throughout and closing the fourth round with three points. World No 5 Leung – the Rio 2016 champion in the category, and Athens 2004 gold medal and Beijing 2008... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147003/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kongs-leung-yuk-wing-one-win-away-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147003/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kongs-leung-yuk-wing-one-win-away-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:19:43 +0000 Hong Kong’s chances of a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games swimming medal were cut even shorter after Chan Yui-lam, Cheung Ho-ying and Tang Wai-lok did not qualify for the finals of their respective 200-metre individual medley SM14 heats on Tuesday. The 17-year-old Chan, who emerged as the city’s most promising medal contender after finishing fourth in the 100m butterfly having set a new Paralympics record in the heats last week, finished second in her heat with a time of two minutes, 37.70 seconds.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146985/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-cheung-ho-ying-and-tang-wai-lok-bow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146985/tokyo-paralympics-chan-yui-lam-cheung-ho-ying-and-tang-wai-lok-bow?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:57:15 +0000 Some of China’s most decorated Paralympic paddlers have won medals in the Tokyo 2020 Games, with two of them finally delivering first table tennis golds for Australia in nearly 40 years. Lina Lei, Yang Qian and Ma Lin – who have won multiple gold medals between them – were called up to the Australian table tennis team for Tokyo, after changing their international allegiance in recent years. Lei, 37, won her own sixth career Games gold on Monday when she came from behind to beat China’s world No... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3146983/former-china-paralympic-paddlers-end-australias-37-year-wait-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3146983/former-china-paralympic-paddlers-end-australias-37-year-wait-table?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:44:36 +0000 With five of Hong Kong’s six Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games medals won by women, there may be no better time to engage the city’s next generation of female athletes. That does not necessarily mean combing the districts for the next potential Olympian, nor imploring mandatory swimming or karate classes at every girls’ school to unearth the next Siobhan Haughey or Grace Lau Mo-sheung. It means giving Hong Kong’s young women the necessary tools to thrive through sport, providing them a steady foundation... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146888/scheme-aims-capitalise-hong-kong-womens-tokyo-2020-olympics-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146888/scheme-aims-capitalise-hong-kong-womens-tokyo-2020-olympics-success?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:23 +0000 Three of Hong Kong’s boccia bowlers make it to the knockout stage of the individual tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with the final group matches at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, though there was disappointment for the other three athletes. Yeung Hiu-lam wrapped the day up with a 4-3 comeback win over Abilio Valente of Portugal, who had taken a 2-0 lead in the first end of the match before the Hongkonger scored four unanswered points. The 27-year-old ends the BC2 pool stage with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146934/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-hopes-alive-three-boccia-bowlers-roll?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146934/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-hopes-alive-three-boccia-bowlers-roll?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:28:27 +0000 Hong Kong’s women’s foil team were forced to settle for another fourth-place finish in the Makuhari Messe Hall at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday night after falling agonisingly short in a nail-biting bronze medal match. Hungary grabbed third place after winning a thrilling clash 45-44 with eight seconds remaining. The result capped a miserable fencing campaign for Hong Kong, and confirmed Tokyo 2020 as the first Paralympics it has failed to win a medal at in over 40 years. Hong Kong also... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146802/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-fall-agonisingly-short-team-foil-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146802/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-fall-agonisingly-short-team-foil-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:42:24 +0000 Discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda became the second Paralympics athlete from the Philippines to test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo on Sunday. The Filipino team is now down to just four athletes after Aceveda was forced to withdraw. Her and her coach Bernard Buen also were moved to a quarantine facility outside the Athletes’ Village, in accordance with rules set out in the Paralympics “playbook”. The 50-year-old Aceveda was said to be greatly disappointed by the news given she had finally... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3146798/tokyo-paralympics-philippines-team-down-four-after-another?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3146798/tokyo-paralympics-philippines-team-down-four-after-another?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:36:30 +0000 The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games continues apace on Sunday where several more medals will be dished out to the athletes deserving of them – and Hong Kong will want to be among them. After bronze for Wong Ting-ting in the table tennis got Hong Kong’s Games medal tally under way, there are chances to add to it in the final wheelchair fencing action and in the pool. Fencers Alison Yu Chui-yee, Justine Charissa Ng and Irene Chung Yuen-ping are in the women’s team foil and if they can get past the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146750/tokyo-paralympics-schedule-day-five-hong-kong-wheelchair-fencers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146750/tokyo-paralympics-schedule-day-five-hong-kong-wheelchair-fencers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:00:14 +0000 Defending Paralympic gold medallist Leung Yuk-wing got off to a no-nonsense start in his Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opener on Saturday, beating Sergey Safin of the Russian Paralympic Committee. The 36-year-old, who won the Rio 2016 BC4 individual gold medal, comfortably dispatched world No 22 Safin 3-1 in his first pool E bout. World No 5 Leung is considered one of Hong Kong’s biggest medal hopes having also won gold at Athens 2004 and silver in Beijing 2008. This is his fifth Paralympics. It... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146754/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-dominant-start-world-no-2-ho-yuen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146754/tokyo-paralympics-leung-yuk-wing-dominant-start-world-no-2-ho-yuen?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:03:07 +0000 Freedom of expression is a human right, the trade union for elite European athletes has said, calling for further reform of the rules governing protests before next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Paulina Tomczyk, general secretary of the European Elite Athletes Association (EU Athletes), criticised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for failing to prioritise the well-being of athletes, both in its decision to award the games to China and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3146704/allow-full-right-protest-beijing-winter-olympics-european?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3146704/allow-full-right-protest-beijing-winter-olympics-european?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:00:30 +0000 Hong Kong’s biggest Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games fencing medal hope Alison Yu Chui-yee lost to reigning champion Rong Jing again – this time in the women’s individual foil category A quarter-final on Saturday. The 37-year-old Yu had qualified for the knockout rounds after finishing in the top four in the overall pool rankings but the lost to China’s Rong 10-15 at the Makurahi Messe. Yu, an Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 foil gold medallist, was seeded fourth, one place higher than... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146742/tokyo-paralympics-alison-yu-chui-yee-knocked-out-chinas-rong-jing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146742/tokyo-paralympics-alison-yu-chui-yee-knocked-out-chinas-rong-jing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 08:01:11 +0000 Hong Kong archer Ngai Ka-chuen bowed out in the last 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games men’s individual compound after being eliminated by Rakesh Kumar of India on Saturday. The 49-year-old Paralympics debutant struggled to find his form from the previous round, losing 144-131 to the world No 11 at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field. Kumar led from the outset though Ngai was within touching distance over the first two rounds, the first of which ended 29-27 after the Indian arrowman hit two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146727/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-archer-ngai-ka-chuen-loses-indias?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146727/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-archer-ngai-ka-chuen-loses-indias?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:47:05 +0000 Hong Kong table tennis player Wong Ting-ting’s Paralympic Games debut ended with a bronze medal and defeat to world No 1 Elena Prokofeva at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The 17-year-old had guaranteed herself at least bronze – and Hong Kong’s first medal of the Tokyo Games – with a place in the semi-final, where victory would see her into the gold medal match. Wong, the world No 3, looked keen as she took the match to the Russian Paralympic Committee representative winning the first game... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146725/tokyo-paralympics-table-tennis-bronze-wong-ting-ting-elena?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146725/tokyo-paralympics-table-tennis-bronze-wong-ting-ting-elena?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Aug 2021 02:52:13 +0000 The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is well under way and there are more medals to be decided on Saturday’s day four with Hong Kong involved. Teen table tennis player Wong Ting-ting faces the Russian Paralympic Committee’s world No 1 Elena Prokofeva in the women’s singles certain of at least bronze but one win away from going for gold. Elsewhere there are medals on offer for the women’s wheelchair fencers while archer Ngai Ka-Chuen is back at the Yumenoshima Final Field where he takes on Iraq’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146667/tokyo-paralympics-schedule-hong-kong-table-tennis-teen-wong-ting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146667/tokyo-paralympics-schedule-hong-kong-table-tennis-teen-wong-ting?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:00:14 +0000 Hong Kong’s women’s épée team failed to repeat their Rio 2016 heroics on Friday as the wheelchair fencers lost the bronze-medal match to the Russian Paralympic Committee team at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday. At the Makuhari Messe Hall, where Hong Kong notched an Olympic gold medal through Cheung Ka-long a month ago, the women’s épée team, headed by Yu Chui-yee along with Justine Charissa Ng and Chung Yuen-ping, came up short against the excellent Russians as they were beaten 45-34 and left to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146674/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-womens-epee-team-miss-out-podium-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146674/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-womens-epee-team-miss-out-podium-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:44:52 +0000 Hong Kong archer Ngai Ka-chuen marked his Paralympic Games debut with a 30th-place finish in the men’s individual compound open. Ngai scored 667 points from his 72 arrows to finish 38 points off China’s He Zihao in top spot. The Chinese No 1 set a new Paralympic record at Tokyo’s Yumenoshima Ranking Field, beating the old mark of 687 points set by Turkey’s Bulent Korkmaz in Rio de Janeiro five years ago. It was also just two points off Alberto Simonelli’s world record set in Dubai in April,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146668/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-archer-ngai-ka-chuen-finishes-30th?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146668/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-archer-ngai-ka-chuen-finishes-30th?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:10:15 +0000 Despite defeats for both of Hong Kong’s women’s singles table tennis players at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, with Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting both losing in their class 11 preliminary matches, Hong Kong is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at these Games. Wong had already ensured bronze by winning her first two group matches and securing a place in the semi-final where she could have been joined by her Hong Kong teammate. There is no bronze-medal play-off so both losing semi-finalists are... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146590/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-table-tennis-players-lose?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146590/tokyo-paralympics-hong-kong-table-tennis-players-lose?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:48:00 +0000 Day three of the Tokyo Paralympics began with more disappointment for Hong Kong as top medal hope Tang Wai-lok failed to progress to the final of the men’s 200-metre freestyle swimming. Tang was the defending Paralympic champion and holds the Paralympic record for his one minute, 56.32-second run in Rio five years ago. He won one of Hong Kong’s two gold medals at the 2016 Paralympics. His time of 1:59.77 in the heats was just the 10th quickest of the round meaning he missed out on the chance to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146566/tokyo-paralympics-disappointment-hong-kong-defending-champion-tang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146566/tokyo-paralympics-disappointment-hong-kong-defending-champion-tang?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:09:35 +0000 Friday is day three of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the events are now coming thick and fast for the Hong Kong team. The day’s action includes the wheelchair fencing women’s team épée event, which Hong Kong came home from Rio 2016 with a silver medal in, and hopes are high for another medal again. The team of Justine Charissa Ng, Chung Yuen-ping and Alison Yu Chui-yee have an early start on the piste in what could be a long day with the gold medal match in the evening. There will also be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146495/tokyo-paralympics-day-three-hong-kong-aim-wheelchair-fencing-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3146495/tokyo-paralympics-day-three-hong-kong-aim-wheelchair-fencing-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:00:23 +0000 Boccia (pronounced bot-cha) is a strategic ball and target sport unique to the Paralympic Games. Similar in concept to bowls, bocce ball and the Winter Olympic sport of curling, it is one of only two sports without an Olympic counterpart (the other being goalball). Despite being a relatively unknown event, Hong Kong has seen exceptional success in boccia over the years, claiming two gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and one in Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016 respectively. Among Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3146490/tokyo-paralympics-what-boccia-event-has-yielded-four-golds-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3146490/tokyo-paralympics-what-boccia-event-has-yielded-four-golds-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:00:12 +0000