Tokyo Olympics: Sarah Lee, Grace Lau and table tennis trio tasked with putting ‘icing on the cake’ in Hong Kong medal haul

Chef de mission Pui says Hong Kong athletes ‘have the potential’ to medal in all three events

Star cyclist Lee goes for keirin glory after winning repechage – ‘believe in her, her form is very good’, says coach Chen

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Sarah Lee Wai-sze (left) powers home to win heat two of the women’s keirin repechage at the Izu Velodrome in Japan. Photo: Getty Images

Published: 7:19pm, 4 Aug 2021Updated: 11:34pm, 4 Aug 2021

Hong Kong will attempt to put “the icing on the cake” at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with an unprecedented number of medal hopes in one day.

Heading the challenge will be track cycling star Sarah Lee Wai-sze, who will start in the keirin quarter-finals, while karate exponent Grace Lau Mo-sheung is also trying to grab one of the four medals on offer in the women’s kata which features 10 participants. The women’s table tennis team will need to defy the odds against Germany in the bronze medal match after losing to the same opponents in the quarter-finals at the Rio Games five years ago.

Hong Kong's Sarah Lee Wai-sze (second from left) in the first-round heats in the keirin event at the Izu Velodrome. Photo: AFP

The five athletes will be attempting to add to the historic gold won by fencer Cheung Ka-long in the foil and the two silver medals in the pool by Siobhan Haughey.

“This will put icing on the cake if we succeed again after last week’s brilliant results,” chef de mission Pui Kwan-kay said from Tokyo. “We have three events [on Thursday] which all have the potential of winning a medal. There will be a lot of excitement in Hong Kong and I’m also sure the athletes will give their best to get what they want.