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Paul McNamara

Ng Pak-hang thrilled the home crowd and parents who nearly missed his golden moment as he accelerated to scratch race victory on the closing day of the Hong Kong International Track Cup.
His finish at Hong Kong Velodrome was nearly matched by Ceci Lee Sze-wing, who recovered from a crash to come within a whisker of beating Japanese former world champion Yumi Kajihara in the closing points race of the omnium.
Head coach Herve Dagorne hailed a potential watershed in Lee’s promising career, saying: “I was really surprised by her. It was physically the hardest race of her life, and all day she was technically and tactically involved in the race.
“She’s never suffered like that, it’s what I’ve wanted for the past year-and-a-half, and it could be a turning point.”

A supercharged Ng claimed Hong Kong’s only senior gold of the meeting, which doubled as a test event for November’s National Games.
While Yeung Tak-keung, head of the National Games Coordination Office, reflected on a “very smooth” three days and expressed confidence that “for the National Games we can do it even better”, 26-year-old Ng was hoping for the same as he toasted a “very meaningful victory”.
“I’ve been training here for eight years, and always hoped I could win one day,” he said.
Ng had suggested his parents attend only Monday’s afternoon session, when he rode in the Madison, to avoid hanging around.
“My dad said, ‘No way, I have to see the [morning] scratch final,’ and whoops, I did it, and he witnessed me getting a gold,” Ng said. “I’m so happy, and my parents were proud of me.”
Dagorne said Ng, the 2023 Hong Kong road race champion, “used his head”. “He’s strong, but finally he used his skill. It should always be like that, especially at his age. I know they are capable.”

Ng finished the 40-lap, 10km (six-mile) final in 11 minutes and 14 seconds, beating Malaysia’s Abdul Azim Aliyas into second, with Naoki Kojima of Japan third.
The Hongkonger said racing regularly overseas since Dagorne took charge last year had “given me a feeling on the track for what the enemy is thinking”. “After I joined those races, the tactics and technique began to come,” he said. “One day, I want a medal in a major Games.”
Having claimed omnium bronze in Saturday’s first leg of this two-part International Track Cup, Lee went one better two days later following an aggressive performance. “It’s the first time I stuck with the plan, and I’m really happy,” she said.
After three of the omnium’s six disciplines, the 23-year-old was second, and following a breathless points race, where she amassed 34 points, including 20 for lapping the field, she retained her silver medal position.
Lee led briefly, but paid for “spending too much energy after the crash”, which she attributed to an “adrenaline surge”. Kajihara finished with 150 points to Lee’s 144, with Misaki Okamoto third on 130.

After a disappointing Track Nations Cup in March, Lee resolved to change to avoid continuing to falter in elite competition.
“I’ve analysed video and changed mentally,” she said. “I don’t care about the media, and won’t talk about my targets. The process is more important than the results.”
Her goal is to compete in October’s UCI Track World Championships in Chile a fortnight before the National Games back home in co-host Hong Kong.
“It will be good preparation,” she said. “But I also want good results.”


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Ng savours scratch race glory in front of proud parents, while National Games chief hails ‘smooth’ test event


Ng savours scratch race glory in front of proud parents, while National Games chief hails ‘smooth’ test event.


Hong Kong’s Ng Pak-hang wins gold at velodrome, Ceci Lee has career ‘turning point’

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Ng savours scratch race glory in front of proud parents, while National Games chief hails ‘smooth’ test event