Winter Olympics: Hong Kong skier Adrian Yung expects ‘better’ slalom outing in city’s last Beijing event

The 17-year-old has had two more days training in unfamiliar Yanqing snow after unfortunate slip-up in giant slalom on Sunday

Head coach Marko Rudic expects ‘a smoother run’ amid ‘milder conditions’ from Yung as he still aims for a top 50 place

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Hong Kong team national Alpine skier Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen after his men’s giant slalom event at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo: SF&OC

Published: 7:42pm, 15 Feb 2022Updated: 7:55pm, 15 Feb 2022

Hong Kong Alpine skier Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen will be hoping to shake off the nerves from his debut outing last weekend in time for his men’s slalom run on Wednesday morning.

The 17-year-old was disappointed not to have completed his men’s giant slalom run at a frigid Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Sunday.

Capping the record-breaking Hong Kong delegation’s last event of the Games, the discipline’s youngest entrant still eyes his “top 50” goal set from his Bosnia training camp last month.

With comparatively less snow and more sun forecast, Yung and head coach Marko Rudic will go in with new-found confidence.

Hong Kong Alpine skier Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen training with head coach Marko Rudic of Bosnia at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo: HKSF&OC

“I think I will ski better in the slalom,” Yung said after bowing out having lost a ski in his giant slalom attempt.

“I need to control my nerves and find a way to ski on this snow. I hadn’t skied on this type previously. The competition snow is harder and icier so I had no confidence and couldn’t ski well.