Tokyo Paralympics schedule – day five: Hong Kong wheelchair fencers in foil team action
- Alison Yu Chui-yee, Justine Charissa Ng and Irene Chung Yuen-ping are in the women’s team foil event as they look to claim a medal
- Swimmer Chan Yui-lam up for 100m breaststroke with spot in final on the line as another day of boccia beckons
After bronze for Wong Ting-ting in the table tennis got Hong Kong’s Games medal tally under way, there are chances to add to it in the final wheelchair fencing action and in the pool.
Fencers Alison Yu Chui-yee, Justine Charissa Ng and Irene Chung Yuen-ping are in the women’s team foil and if they can get past the teams from Ukraine, US and Italy in the pools then they might break their Tokyo medal duck.
Wheelchair fencing has long been a source of medals for Hong Kong and Yu is its most decorated Paralympian, but the 37-year-old will need to pull out all the stops to add to her 11 medals over the last four Games.
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The pool plays host to Chan Yui-lam in the women’s 100m breaststroke heats first thing in the morning with the prospect of the final in the afternoon. There is also another day of boccia pool matches in the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.