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Jonathan White

Let the Games begin.
The Tokyo Paralympics get under way tomorrow with the first events of the festival of sport and Hong Kong will be involved from the off.
With 24 athletes across just eight sports, it is a pretty tight schedule if you want to catch the Hong Kong medal hopes going for gold.
That is why we have the highlights of day one of Tokyo 2020 earmarked for you – as we will every day that Hong Kong has an athlete competing.
Who are the Hong Kong athletes to watch at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?
First up, there is swimming from the Tokyo Aquatics Centre and table tennis from the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
There are five Hong Kong athletes in action and three of them could even be in medal contention on day one.
How to watch the Tokyo Paralympics in Hong Kong
Swimming
8.55am – Tang Wai-lok, men’s 100m butterfly S14 heats
9.05am – Chan Lui-yam and Cheung Yo-hing, women’s 100m butterfly S14 heats
*5.05pm – Tang Wai-lok, men’s 100m butterfly S14 final
*5.12pm – Chan Lui-yam and Cheung Yo-hing, women’s 100m butterfly S14 final
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Table tennis
12.40pm – Ng Mui-wui vs Maki Ito (Japan), women’s singles T11 preliminaries
12.40pm – Wong Ting Ting vs Lea Ferney (France), women’s singles T11 preliminaries
* Finals contingent on qualifying from heats


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Tokyo Paralympics – Hong Kong schedule for day one includes swimming and table tennis

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Tang Wai-lok, Chan Lui-yam and Cheung Yo-hing could all be in butterfly finals on opening day
Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting Ting get table tennis singles competition under way



Tang Wai-lok, Chan Lui-yam and Cheung Yo-hing could all be in butterfly finals on opening day while table tennis starts for Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting Ting.


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Tokyo Paralympics – Hong Kong schedule for day one includes swimming and table tennis

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Tang Wai-lok, Chan Lui-yam and Cheung Yo-hing could all be in butterfly finals on opening day

Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting Ting get table tennis singles competition under way