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Paul Ryding

Day three of the Tokyo Paralympics began with more disappointment for Hong Kong as top medal hope Tang Wai-lok failed to progress to the final of the men’s 200-metre freestyle swimming.
Tang was the defending Paralympic champion and holds the Paralympic record for his one minute, 56.32-second run in Rio five years ago.
He won one of Hong Kong’s two gold medals at the 2016 Paralympics.
His time of 1:59.77 in the heats was just the 10th quickest of the round meaning he missed out on the chance to retain his Paralympic crown.
Hong Kong’s Chan Yui-lam just misses out on 100m butterfly medal
Tang was also eliminated from the 100m butterfly event on Wednesday, when he finished a long way last in qualifying for his least favoured event.
The 24-year-old’s last crack at Tokyo glory will be in the 200m medley, which gets under way on Tuesday.

Disappointment was compounded for Hong Kong soon after when Chan Yui-lam failed to advance in the women’s 200m free. Her time of 2:20.37 meant she was ninth quickest, with eight swimmers progressing to the final.
The 17-year-old narrowly missed out on a medal on Wednesday when she finished fourth in the final of the 100m fly, just 15 hundredths of a second behind Australia’s Ruby Storm, who took bronze.
What is boccia, the event that has yielded four golds for Hong Kong?
Chan still has two more events in Tokyo. She races in the 100m breaststroke on Sunday and the 200m medley on Tuesday.


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Tokyo Paralympics: disappointment for Hong Kong as defending champion Tang fails to reach final

Hong Kong’s Tang Wai-lok, the defending Olympic champion in the men’s 200m free, missed out on reaching the final in Tokyo. Photo: James Chance/Getty Images

Hong Kong's Chan Yui-lam finishes first in the women's 100m butterfly (S14) heat 1 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Japan in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tokyo Paralympics: ‘disappointed’ Alison Yu Chui-yee crashes out of épée quarters as Hong Kong await foil and team events

Hong Kong’s Yu Chui-yee in a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games women’s individual épée category A round-of-16 duel against Nataliia Mandryk of Ukraine in Japan in August. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong fencer Justine Charissa Ng in the women's individual epee category A last 16 game at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in Japan in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Hong Kong fencer Alison Yu Chui-yee against Rong Jing of China in the women's individual epee category A quarter-final game at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Hong Kong's Alison Yu Chui-yee in the women's individual epee category A group game at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo in Japan in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tokyo Paralympics: what is boccia, the event that has yielded four golds for Hong Kong?

Ho Yuen-kei is one of Hong Kong’s standout boccia hopes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Photo: SCMP / Sam Tsang

Bowler Leung Yuk-wing (centre) beat Slovakia's Samuel Andrewjcik (left) 4-3 in the gold medal match at the Rio Paralympic Games. Right side is Thailand’s Pornchok Larpyen. Photo / Courtesy of the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong’s Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting win women’s table tennis group openers

Hong Kong table tennis player Ng Mui-wui wins a game against Maki Ito of Japan in a group game at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

2016 Rio Paralympics - Table Tennis- Victory Ceremony - Women's Singles Class 11 Victory Ceremony - Riocentro Pavillion 3 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/09/2016. Silver medalist Krystyna Siemieniecka of Poland (L to R), gold medalist Natalia Kosmina of Ukraine and bronze medalist Ng Mui Wui of Hong Kong pose with their medals. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Hong Kong's Paralympic debutant Wong Ting-ting returns in a group game ralley against Lea Ferney of France at the Tokyo 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

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Tang was a strong medal hope for Hong Kong and the defending Paralympic champion



Tang was a strong medal hope for Hong Kong and the defending Paralympic champion.


Tokyo Paralympics: disappointment for Hong Kong as defending champion Tang fails to reach final

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Tang was a strong medal hope for Hong Kong and the defending Paralympic champion