Hong Kong boarders gear up for Olympic berth challenge in Oman
With six berths up for grabs in both the men's and women's events, Hayley Chan, Sonia Lo, Michael Cheng and Andy Leung have a chance to reach the top six
It's a case of "better late than never" as four boardsailors left Hong Kong for the RSX World Championships yesterday on a mission to snap up Rio Olympic Games berths a year after most of the world's top windsurfing powers secured their positions.
Six berths will be up for grabs in both the men's and women's events at Al Mussanah Sports City, Oman, from October 17-24 and head coach Chan King-yin was optimistic about completing the mission.
We have just come back from the Asian Championships with some very inspiring results and all the boardsailors are ready for the challenge
"Most of the top countries qualified for the Rio Games at the world championships last year and I don't think we should have much problem making the grade in Oman," said Chan.
"We have just come back from the Asian Championships with some very inspiring results and all the boardsailors are ready for the challenge."
There will be 36 windsurfers in the men's event and 26 in the women's at the Rio Games, and the top 18 nations in the 2014 World Championships men's event and top 13 in the women's have qualified for Rio.
