Arabella Ng part of Hong Kong’s first ever snow sports team as Ski Association plots bold path to 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The inaugural line-up of 15 athletes should be easy to expand because of the city’s love for skiing, says governing body chairman Edmond Yue
Just weeks after Arabella Ng became the first local athlete to compete in a snow event at the Winter Olympics, the Ski Association of Hong Kong has outlined a plan to ensure she is not alone at Beijing 2022.
The association has launched the first ever Hong Kong snow sports team and hopes to unearth a raft of new talent by capitalising on the city’s love for skiing.
The inaugural team is made up of 15 athletes aged between 13 and 21, but association chairman Edmond Yue Kwok-yin believes the fact up to 300,000 Hongkongers take snow holidays each year means that number will be easy to expand.
“Hong Kong, even though we have a lot of interest in skiing, it is still very much for leisure, people from Hong Kong go on ski tours rather than competing,” he said.
“We hope we can bring children to the snow, we want to start from the grass roots and, if they have enough talent, we would like to put the kids through more rigorous training so they can become competitive at a very young age.
