Winter Olympics: Hong Kong skier Adrian Yung ‘devastated’ after men’s slalom DNF, turns attention to Asian Championships
- The 17-year-old cites late timing and lack of fighting power at he caps Hong Kong’s campaign in Beijing with a DNF (Did Not Finish)
- ‘I need to finish more competitions and build up my confidence. I learned a lot of brutal lessons this time,’ Yung says
Hong Kong Alpine skier Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen wanted to “turn back time” after failing to complete his men’s slalom run on Wednesday morning.
The 17-year-old could not complete his run at what looked a more forgiving Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, with all involved happy to see the back of last Sunday’s heavy snowfall.
Yung, who caps Hong Kong’s biggest Winter Olympics athlete delegation campaign, missed one of the early gates while attempting to switch gears. He appeared to save it but ultimately trailed off the course, shaking his head.
“It’s a little bit devastating. I really want to finish the course and celebrate,” Yung told TVB after his race. Some 36 of the 88 entrants did not finish.
“My skiing really wasn’t smooth, and my timing was late in many cases. I had to recover a lot and couldn’t continue in the end.
“The feeling [after Sunday’s run] was that I needed to fight harder, but after trying to fight I had no power to continue, and failed today.”
