https://www.scmp.com/rss/523959/feed The latest news and top stories on Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan. A prominent Hong Kong athlete, she recently secured a gold medal in the women's individual épée at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. Hsieh has a distinguished background in the sport, having represented Hong Kong at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and earned numerous accolades including a bronze at the 2018 Asian Games and an NCAA individual championship. Currently a student at the University of Notre Dame, her expertise lies in... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Mike Chan Mike Chan Fencing world champion and first-time nominee Ryan Choi Chun-yin scooped up the big prize when he was crowned men’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Tuesday. Choi, who last year became the men’s foil individual world champion in Tbilisi and rose to the world No 1 spot, also won two other awards during the ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, attended by Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk Wing-hing, and Secretary for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:22:30 +0000 Jiang Chuqin Jiang Chuqin Hong Kong’s athletes have had a historically good National Games, winning more golds, nine, and more medals (19) across more sports (six) than ever before. The first two golds came before the opening ceremony and there was success on an almost daily basis after that, be it breaking long-standing city records or adding titles in events and sports for the first time. From sailor Nicholas Halliday, who got things rolling on the sea, to the men’s foil team who grabbed a first fencing gold on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3333743/meet-hong-kongs-history-making-medal-winners-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3333743/meet-hong-kongs-history-making-medal-winners-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:11 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Teenage fencer Wu Haidi said the National Games was “a mark for me to know where I am right now”, after the city’s women’s épée team came up short in their pursuit of a medal on Tuesday. Led by individual bronze medallist Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan, the hosts got past their first hurdle, Shandong, with a narrow 33-30 win at Kai Tak Arena. Chan Wai-ling erased a two-point deficit in the penultimate round before handing off to Hsieh, who secured the winning points in the final round to seal a final four... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333294/hong-kong-epee-teams-defeat-learning-experience-west-island-school-pupil-wu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333294/hong-kong-epee-teams-defeat-learning-experience-west-island-school-pupil-wu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:50:07 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Reaching the second week of a multisport Games usually means bidding farewell to the swimmers and cyclists, and saying hello to track and field athletes. So it proves in these National Games, with the athletics action unfolding in Guangzhou until Thursday. We are nearly a week into the tennis, but it is hotting up now that players – including Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong Chak-lam – are close to clinching medals. And there’s another round of fencing, in which entire competitions are completed within... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3333165/national-games-coleman-wong-fencing-medallists-hsieh-and-ho-what-watch-day-9?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3333165/national-games-coleman-wong-fencing-medallists-hsieh-and-ho-what-watch-day-9?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:00:11 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. It was a day when cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing became the first Hong Kong athlete to win three gold medals at one National Games, and Siobhan Haughey took on the superhuman task of swimming in two finals only five minutes apart. Not bad for a Monday, as Lee herself pointed out. Elsewhere,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333052/national-games-day-8-lee-makes-winning-start-gold-bid-wong-powers-quarter-finals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333052/national-games-day-8-lee-makes-winning-start-gold-bid-wong-powers-quarter-finals?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:11:57 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong went into the National Games with high hopes, fortified by the success it has enjoyed in international sports events in recent years. The city, a co-host for the first time along with Guangdong and Macau, has made good use of home advantage, with cheering fans spurring its athletes on. There are still a few days to go, but Hong Kong already has a record haul of gold medals, following impressive showings in the Summer Olympics in Paris last year and the Asian Games in 2023. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3332997/hong-kong-must-ensure-momentum-national-games-maintained?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3332997/hong-kong-must-ensure-momentum-national-games-maintained?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:03:12 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Hong Kong has got used to its athletes making history at major sporting events in the past, but even by those lofty standards, Saturday at the National Games was something to behold. Siobhan Haughey won her second gold medal in the space of 48 hours, becoming the first Hongkonger to win two at a single China Games and taking the city’s tally to five. If that was not enough, Aaron Ho Sze-long’s silver in the men’s sabre on Saturday was the first medal of any colour the city’s fencers have won in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332949/hong-kongs-history-makers-raise-standards-national-games-gold-silver-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332949/hong-kongs-history-makers-raise-standards-national-games-gold-silver-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:22:02 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Emotions ran high at Kai Tak Arena on Saturday as Hong Kong fencers collected two notable National Games medals, even if their hopes of gold were dashed. Aaron Ho Sze-long brought home a historic first sabre medal for the city in claiming men’s silver, while épéeist Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan added a maiden individual bronze. After emerging from the group stage, Ho grew in confidence and swept aside successive opponents, including 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist Xu Yingming of Guangdong, to reach... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332947/national-games-hong-kong-fencers-aaron-ho-kaylin-hsieh-win-first-medals-fall-short?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332947/national-games-hong-kong-fencers-aaron-ho-kaylin-hsieh-win-first-medals-fall-short?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:01:24 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong fencer Aaron Ho Sze-long had to settle for a silver medal at the National Games on Saturday after suffering defeat by Shandong’s Wei Zhenhao in the men’s sabre final. But Ho, 30, still earned the distinction of making history, becoming the first Hong Kong sabreist to win a medal at the Games, and the achieving the joint-highest Games finish of any Hong Kong fencer, matching the 2017 foil silver of Nicholas Edward Choi. It came on a day when Hong Kong’s Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan won bronze... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332900/national-games-day-6-wright-narrowly-misses-out-triathlon-he-wins-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332900/national-games-day-6-wright-narrowly-misses-out-triathlon-he-wins-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:20:36 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport There was a point at which the Bad News Bears and Rookie of the Year were going to make an appearance in this rundown of what’s coming up on Saturday, but then it was pointed out that the Hong Kong baseball team don’t play again until Monday, so away went that thought. Still, you’ve got to appreciate the care and attention that goes into this. Not just some mindless listicle for our readers. Anyhow, we’re into the weekend of the National Games and there is every chance the city’s athletes will... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332893/national-games-fencing-begins-and-siobhan-haughey-carries-what-watch-day-6?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332893/national-games-fencing-begins-and-siobhan-haughey-carries-what-watch-day-6?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:00:25 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan As Hong Kong’s épéeists prepared to open the National Games fencing events on Saturday, attention has turned to how the partnership between teacher and pupils is progressing. Gauthier Grumier, who took up his post as Hong Kong’s épée head coach only earlier this year, admitted it was still a “work in progress” in terms of getting to know his athletes. However, the 41-year-old Frenchman is not afraid to say that his target with his team is a gold medal at his first National Games. “We hope for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332462/national-games-new-coach-aims-high-calls-partnership-fencers-work-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332462/national-games-new-coach-aims-high-calls-partnership-fencers-work-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:00:20 +0000 Lars Hamer,Mike Chan Lars Hamer,Mike Chan The National Games bring together the best and brightest from across China for weeks of competition, some of which have been said to be tougher than the Olympics. Whether you agree with that or not, there can be no argument that several of the world’s top sportsmen and women will be battling it out in the pool, on the court and right across the Greater Bay Area for individual and team glory. Jointly co-hosted for the first time by Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong, here is everything you need to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331993/all-you-need-know-about-national-games-where-some-worlds-best-come-play?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331993/all-you-need-know-about-national-games-where-some-worlds-best-come-play?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:18 +0000 Edith Lin,Wynna Wong,Jiang Chuqin,Mike Chan Edith Lin,Wynna Wong,Jiang Chuqin,Mike Chan Hong Kong joined Macau and two Guangdong cities on Sunday in marking the run-up to the National Games with torch relays featuring top athletes, business leaders and community members, as a minister revealed that about a third of local event tickets had been sold. The relays started in the morning in Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, with acting chief executive Eric Chan Kwok-ki describing the local section as a “city parade” involving 50 torch-bearers passing landmarks and modern sports... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3331240/hong-kong-joins-sister-cities-taking-torch-national-games-relay-events?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3331240/hong-kong-joins-sister-cities-taking-torch-national-games-relay-events?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:45:07 +0000 Jess Ma,Denise Tsang Jess Ma,Denise Tsang Top corporate leaders, athletes and members of ethnic minority groups are among the 62 people set to take part in the Hong Kong segment of the National Games torch relay, the Post has learned. From tycoon heirs such as Sino Group chairman Daryl Ng Win Kong, Henderson Land Development chairman Martin Lee Ka-shing, Sun Hung Kai Properties executive director Adam Kwok Kai-fai and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group vice-chairwoman Sonia Cheng Chi-man to youth representatives, the city’s list of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3331156/businessmen-athletes-and-ethnic-minorities-unite-hong-kong-national-games-torch-relay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3331156/businessmen-athletes-and-ethnic-minorities-unite-hong-kong-national-games-torch-relay?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:56:15 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The woman tipped by the city’s head coach to step up and emerge as a true world-class épéeist is living up to the expectations in time for next month’s National Games. Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan also said “everything was fresh” for her after ending last season with a career-high No 4 ranking in the world. And with the new fencing season fast approaching, she was looking to replicate her success. “The results for me last season were the best for me ever; the situation was very rare,” she said. “I... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329903/hong-kong-fencer-kaylin-hsieh-hopes-launch-another-very-rare-season-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329903/hong-kong-fencer-kaylin-hsieh-hopes-launch-another-very-rare-season-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:30:07 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The coach behind Hong Kong’s fencing success has boldly targeted four men’s foil medals – all the individual prizes and team gold – at next month’s National Games, saying such a sweep would be “perfect”. Greg Koenig, who leads the men’s and women’s foil teams, expressed full confidence in his charges and noted that the Games’ format might give Hong Kong an edge over the other provinces and cities. The city will be represented at Kai Tak Arena by two-time and reigning Olympic champion Cheung... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3328800/hong-kong-foil-fencers-target-perfect-sweep-national-games-medals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3328800/hong-kong-foil-fencers-target-perfect-sweep-national-games-medals?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:08 +0000