Hong Kong’s women challenged to turn bronze into silver at table tennis World Team Championships
- City to send five women and five men to next week’s competition in Chengdu
- Women’s team have finished third four times in past six editions of worlds
Hong Kong’s women have been challenged to change the colour of their success when they compete at the table tennis World Team Championships next week.
The team has won bronze four times over the past six championships, with the most recent coming at the 2018 event in Halmstad, Sweden.
After also taking bronze at last year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, head coach Chan Kong-wah believes now is the right time for the city’s female paddlers to go at least one better.
“It’s been on my mind for many years, and I believe it is time for our players to change the colour of the medal,” he said.
“Our women’s team is much more mature after the Tokyo Olympics, and it is the right time to achieve it.”
Five female players, including Olympic bronze medallists Doo Hoi-kem, Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo Wai-yam, and five men will represent the city at the champions, which are being held in Chengdu, China, from September 30 to October 9.