Sarah Lee makes history for Hong Kong at world championships – now it’s time for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Sarah Lee Wai-sze hopes her form continues until next summer’s Games after golden double
- The 31-year-old becomes first Hong Kong rider to win two gold medals at a world championships
Sarah Lee Wai-sze said she hopes to chase down more Olympic glory after clinching a golden double at the world championships in Pruszkow, Poland.
“I really hope my form can be kept until the Olympic Games,” said Lee, a bronze medallist in the keirin at the 2012 London Games. “It’s just unbelievable. I thought I could do it but when it became true, the feeling is so wonderful.”
It is the first time a Hong Kong rider has captured two gold medals at the worlds. The result saw 31-year-old Lee wrap up her most successful season, comprising six World Cup series with the finale at the world championships.
She has been unbeaten in both events since the penultimate World Cup series in Cambridge, New Zealand, before it moved to the Tseung Kwan O velodrome in February in front of her home crowd.
Altogether, Lee had four sprint victories at the World Cup and two in the keirin, plus her double at the world championships which completed the first part of her qualifying campaign for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.