Hong Kong Skating Union eye October slot to host Asian Championships
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The Hong Kong Skating Union (HKSU) is bidding to host the Asian Speed Skating Championships as early as next year, with yesterday’s Hong Kong Cup short-track speedskating event at Discovery Bay seen as a trial run to gauge the city’s capacity to host the continental event.
“It has been our dream for the longest time, any sporting association, any athletes always wish to bring international events to Hong Kong,” HKSU executive committee member Melody Yip Tan-tan said.
“We have been exploring the possibility, without proper competition you cannot see what you need [or what you can do better].”
The Asian Championships are usually held in October and any proposals to host the tournament must be submitted to the Asian Skating Union (ASU) by April next year.
Yip, a former Asian Figure Skating Championship bronze medallist, said the city needed to act fast to secure the event.