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Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong reflect on frustrating first day as table tennis and badminton players make strong start
- Fencer Vivian Kong is unable to challenge for a podium place while gymnast Stone Shek suffers an ankle injury during his second vault
- Hong Kong’s table tennis mixed doubles pair score a comfortable victory while shuttler Angus Ng wins his opening match in straight games
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It was a day of disappointment for Hong Kong fans after seeing medal hopeful Vivian Kong Man-wai miss out on a podium place and gymnast Stone Shek Wai-hung suffer an ankle injury and fail to qualify for the finals.
The first day proper of the Tokyo Olympics featured 16 Hong Kong athletes competing in nine events, with some progressing to the next rounds of the competition.
Fencer Kong, a former world number one in women’s épée, was defeated by Russia’s 19-year-old dark horse Aizanat Murtazaeva in the quarter-final.
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Despite losing the game, she still made history by being the first Hong Kong athlete to reach the quarter-finals of an Olympics fencing event.
Two other women’s fencers, Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan and Coco Lin Yik-hei, were eliminated in round one. Together with Moonie Chu Ka-mong, the four-women squad will be back for the épée team competition on Tuesday.
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