Stephanie Au carries the flag of Hong Kong during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Stephanie Au carries the flag of Hong Kong during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng has indicated she intends to continue swimming after Rio. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng has indicated she intends to continue swimming after Rio. Photo: Reuters
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Sport /  Hong Kong

Why Hong Kong's Olympics flag-bearer and fan favourite Stephanie Au is ready to quit sport – aged just 24

'Oriental Venus', as the Chinese media insist on calling her, has discovered there's more to life than endless laps up and down the pool

James Porteous
James Porteous

Updated: 8:03am, 14 Aug, 2016

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Stephanie Au carries the flag of Hong Kong during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Stephanie Au carries the flag of Hong Kong during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng has indicated she intends to continue swimming after Rio. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng has indicated she intends to continue swimming after Rio. Photo: Reuters
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