https://www.scmp.com/rss/524230/feed The latest news and top stories on Russell Aylsworth, an Olympian sailor from Hong Kong. He qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 49er class with Akira Sakai, following a bronze medal win at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. Aylsworth also secured Hong Kong's first 49er Asian Championships bronze in 2019 and previously competed in Optimist and 29er classes. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Mike Chan Mike Chan National Games debutant Peter Jessop has so much faith in his Hong Kong sailing teammate Nicholas Halliday that he is tipping him for gold at the multi-sport extravaganza later this month. The 17-year-old Jessop said on Wednesday that he hoped to emerge from the men’s single dinghy preliminaries to join the already qualified Halliday in the finals off the coast of eastern Guangdong province. But he had no doubts over the prospects for his role model, the reigning Asian champion Halliday. “For... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328278/national-games-hong-kong-olympian-tipped-bring-home-sailing-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328278/national-games-hong-kong-olympian-tipped-bring-home-sailing-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:13 +0000