World Games: Hong Kong eye wushu gold, squash’s Tomato Ho misses, China top table
Chinese fin-swimmers set world mark, while free-divers add to gold haul as city’s wushu fighter Cheung Yat-lam gets chance to do the same
Hong Kong’s Cheung Yat-lam is in with a chance of a gold medal at the World Games in Chengdu after winning his wushu semi-final bout on Monday.
But fellow fighter Chan Tsz-ching was unable to do likewise in her event, while the city’s No 1 squash player Tomato Ho Tze-lok also let a golden chance slip away with a narrow semi-final loss.
Hong Kong did not win a medal on Monday – the city’s first fruitless day since Thursday – but that will change on Tuesday, when all three Hongkongers compete for podium places.
China, however, added three golds in the pool – setting a world record in one event – to extend their lead at the top of the medals table.
The host nation’s athletes had amassed 14 golds, four silvers and two bronzes as of Monday evening. The nearest challengers, Germany, had 13 gold medals, 10 silvers and six bronzes.