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Tokyo Olympics: Sarah Lee remains in medal hunt after moving into sprint last-eight
- A last-ditch win from Lee sees her into the quarter-finals
- Lee competes in last-eight later on Saturday
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Paul Rydingin Tokyo
Sarah Lee Wai-sze dashed into the quarter-final of the sprint event at Tokyo 2020 on Saturday after catching up-and-coming star Mathilde Gros in a late dash for the line.
It was an assured, tactically on-point showing from the 34-year-old who has endured a tricky Tokyo 2020 campaign so far, catching the Frenchwoman with a last-ditch lunge for the line after a competitive last-16 heat.
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Philippines celebrates its most successful Olympics ever, as Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee makes semi-finals
Philippines celebrates its most successful Olympics ever, as Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee makes semi-finals
Hong Kong’s Lee, a bronze medallist in keirin at the London 2012 Games, has had to make her progress the hard way at Izu Velodrome. The veteran required a repechage win to make the latest round after going down to Great Britain’s Katy Marchant in her initial heat.
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She also needed to advance via repechage in the opening round of the keirin on Wednesday before ultimately being eliminated at the semi-final stage and finishing in eighth place.
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Lee, the 2020 World Championship bronze medallist, will now compete in this evening’s quarter-final, which is a best-of-three-races contest.
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