https://www.scmp.com/rss/524304/feed The latest news and top stories on Yang Qianyu, a former Hong Kong medalist. She is a road and track cyclist known for her achievements, including a gold medal in the women's road race at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. She also secured a silver in Madison and a bronze in team pursuit at the same Games, contributing to her four Asian Games medals. Yang, an Asian Champion on road in 2017, previously announced retirement to care for her parents. However, she has since returned to cycling, currently... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After giving up his “new life” in the UK to rejoin the Hong Kong cycling programme, Victor Lau Wan-hei is in a city squad set to begin its Asian Track Championships campaign in the thin air of Tagaytay in the Philippines on Wednesday. The brother of leading city road racer Vincent Lau Wan-yau, the 31-year-old Victor Lau had been working as a physiotherapist after quitting full-time competition to study the practice overseas. Herve Dagorne, the Hong Kong head coach, said that Lau had never... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347741/hong-kong-rider-returns-retirement-ceci-lee-challenged-asian-gold-count?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347741/hong-kong-rider-returns-retirement-ceci-lee-challenged-asian-gold-count?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:43:16 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Herve Dagorne saluted an “incredible and beautiful” victory after brilliant Hong Kong claimed mixed relay time trial gold at the Asian Road Cycling Championships on Saturday. Vincent Lau Wan-yau, Charles Ng Pak-hang, Franco Chu Tsun-wai, Yang Qianyu, and the irrepressible pair of Chloe Leung Wing-yee and Ceci Lee Sze-wing combined to stun heavy favourites Kazakhstan, and earn the city squad a first continental road title since 2018. It is Hong Kong’s second senior medal in Saudi... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342773/hong-kong-claim-incredible-beautiful-gold-medal-asian-road-cycling-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342773/hong-kong-claim-incredible-beautiful-gold-medal-asian-road-cycling-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:17:29 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ng Pak-hang has said the emergence of a promising crop of youngsters would end the current situation of Hong Kong’s leading cyclists being asked to spread themselves too thin. The 26-year-old, who finished fourth in last week’s National Games time trial, was part of the team pursuit quartet eliminated in qualifying on a fruitless opening day for the city’s athletes. Ng said he and teammates Vincent Lau Wan-yau, Chu Tsun-wai and Mow Ching-yin had not prioritised training for the pursuit, owing to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332672/ng-waiting-next-generation-hong-kong-track-stars-ease-burden-pursuit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332672/ng-waiting-next-generation-hong-kong-track-stars-ease-burden-pursuit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:00:36 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Herve Dagorne has backed Yang Qianyu to rein in the provincial rivals who may try to upset Ceci Lee Sze-wing’s pursuit of a second straight National Games cycling road race title. Yang reneged on her retirement plans after initially quitting the sport following her 2023 Asian Games road race gold. Plagued by a back problem since her return to competition, the 32-year-old, also a National Games champion on the track in 2017, has had her recent workload carefully managed by Dagorne. “Her target... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330310/hong-kong-cyclings-secret-weapon-ceci-lee-national-games-golden-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330310/hong-kong-cyclings-secret-weapon-ceci-lee-national-games-golden-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:17 +0000 Bernard Chan Bernard Chan My previous column explored how the fear of repercussions is driving widespread self-censorship within institutions and public discourse. Yet, at the same time, the world of sports is experiencing a troubling increase in toxic behaviour, where once-unifying arenas are becoming battlegrounds of hostility and division. At the recent Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York, Rory McIlroy and the European team faced relentless abuse, including verbal taunts, homophobic slurs and even outright... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3329131/hong-kong-can-showcase-true-sportsmanship-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3329131/hong-kong-can-showcase-true-sportsmanship-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:30:09 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong cycling chiefs have revealed the riders they have charged with living up to the city’s proud National Games history. With 23 medals since Hong Kong began competing in 1997, cycling is the city’s most successful Games sport. Wong Kam-po, who claimed five Games medals, won road race gold for Hong Kong’s only prize on their Shanghai debut 28 years ago. At the 2021 edition in Shaanxi, cycling accounted for four of Hong Kong’s seven medals. One of those was individual road race gold for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328590/national-games-cyclists-tasked-continuing-hong-kongs-proud-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328590/national-games-cyclists-tasked-continuing-hong-kongs-proud-record?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:00:07 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The last time Ceci Lee Sze-wing competed at the National Games, she was able to mostly operate in the shadow of Hong Kong Olympian Sarah Lee Wai-sze – not any more. Both women won gold in Shaanxi in 2021, but while the latter has retired, Ceci Lee is now an Olympian in her own right and will be the face of her city’s cycling challenge on the road and track when the Games come to the Greater Bay Area next month. Still, while admitting to finding the expectations surrounding her and the team... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3327674/ceci-lee-new-face-hong-kong-cycling-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3327674/ceci-lee-new-face-hong-kong-cycling-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Oct 2025 23:00:14 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hongkongers hoping to catch the likes of Cheung Ka-long, Ryan Choi Chun-yin and Ceci Lee Sze-wing in action at the National Games in November must act swiftly when tickets for their events become available in late September, the city’s Games chief has said. Tickets for fencing and track cycling, two of the eight competition sports being staged in Hong Kong, were expected to sell quickly, the man overseeing the multi-sport Games told the Post. “Based on our past experience hosting those... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3323492/chinas-national-games-tickets-fencing-cycling-hong-kong-sell-out-really-fast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3323492/chinas-national-games-tickets-fencing-cycling-hong-kong-sell-out-really-fast?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:29:40 +0000