https://www.scmp.com/rss/519360/feed The latest news on Shek Wai Hung, Hong Kong artistic gymnast, including competition news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Olympic champion Vivian Kong Man-wai was crowned women’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2024 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Thursday, ending the three-year reign of fellow Paris Games star Siobhan Haughey. There was no displacing Cheung Ka-long in the men’s category, however, as the city’s fencing king claimed the personal honour for a fourth straight year, in recognition of the successful defence of his Olympic foil title last summer. During a one-month voting period, judging panels, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306968/hong-kong-sports-stars-golden-olympic-duo-vivian-kong-cheung-ka-long-win-top-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306968/hong-kong-sports-stars-golden-olympic-duo-vivian-kong-cheung-ka-long-win-top-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:21:25 +0000 Hong Kong officials have blamed weak-minded athletes and a lack of proper facilities for the failure to produce more elite gymnasts, rather than there being inadequate training or poor coaching in the city. Much like their counterparts in athletics, the Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong has struggled to consistently produce competitive athletes, and has had to rely on the relative success of Angel Wong Hiu-ying or Stone Shek Wai-hung over the past decade and more. Like with other sports, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3286699/hong-kong-officials-say-weak-minded-athletes-not-poor-coaching-blame-gymnastics-woe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3286699/hong-kong-officials-say-weak-minded-athletes-not-poor-coaching-blame-gymnastics-woe?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:30:09 +0000 Li Xiaopeng, China’s most decorated gymnast, has praised Hong Kong’s Shek Wai-hung for his “brilliant career” and suggested the 33-year-old take up coaching once he retires from the sport. Shek won Asian Games gold in the men’s vault in 2014 and 2018 and qualified for this year’s Olympics in Paris, his third Games after also taking part in London 2012 and Tokyo in 2021. But as he reaches the twilight of his career, Li said Shek should look back on his achievements with pride and begin thinking... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3285687/chinas-most-decorated-gymnast-hails-hong-kong-olympic-star-shek-wais-brilliant-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3285687/chinas-most-decorated-gymnast-hails-hong-kong-olympic-star-shek-wais-brilliant-career?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:00:18 +0000 With only a 100 days to go to the Olympic Games, Hong Kong looks likely to send a smaller squad to Paris than the history-making one that claimed six medals in Tokyo three years ago. So far, the city’s athletes have secured just 20 places at this summer’s multi-sport event, well down on the 46 that made up the delegation to Japan. While several are still hoping to qualify in sports such as triathlon, gymnastics and athletics, there will be no place for the men’s teams in either fencing or table... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3259181/paris-olympics-2024-hong-kong-likely-send-smaller-squad-46-strong-team-won-historic-6-medals-tokyo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3259181/paris-olympics-2024-hong-kong-likely-send-smaller-squad-46-strong-team-won-historic-6-medals-tokyo?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:19 +0000 Hong Kong gymnast Shek Wai-hung is through to the final of the vault at the Baku World Cup, despite not having fully recovered from Covid-19. After missing two legs of the World Cup series, the 30-year-old made a comeback in the last event in Azerbaijan, finishing eighth in Friday’s qualifiers with a total score of 14.133. With coach Sergiy Afagontsev saying Shek was only operating at “70 per cent”, the Hongkonger opted to play it safe and competed with a downgraded routine (5.2 and 4.8) instead... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3172856/hong-kong-gymnast-shek-wai-hung-makes-baku-world-cup-final-despite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3172856/hong-kong-gymnast-shek-wai-hung-makes-baku-world-cup-final-despite?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Apr 2022 05:30:23 +0000 Hong Kong’s Shek Wai-hung will miss the second event of the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Doha after withdrawing from last weekend’s vaulting final in Cottbus, Germany because of a Covid-19 positive. The 30-year-old had flown with the Hong Kong team to Germany last month for the first of four events in the 2022 World Cup series. Shek finished third in last Friday’s preliminary round after performing his “Ri Se-gwang” routine, posting an average score of 14.549 points after two jumps, and qualifying... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3168867/hong-kong-vaulter-shek-wai-hung-out-world-cup-series-second-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3168867/hong-kong-vaulter-shek-wai-hung-out-world-cup-series-second-event?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:15:21 +0000