Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
Sport /  Hong Kong

Tokyo Olympics: Cheung Ka-long makes history for Hong Kong with fencing gold

  • ‘I beat an Olympic champion to become an Olympic champion. Before the draw was made, I knew I might meet him,’ says 24-year-old
  • Chief Executive Carrie Lam praises his ‘composure and fighting spirit’, while 1996 heroine Lee Lai-shan is ‘so happy there is finally another gold medallist’

Topic |   Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Paul Ryding
Paul Ryding

Updated: 2:23am, 27 Jul, 2021

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Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long (left) competing with Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
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