Hong Kong’s 2018 Asian Games silver medallist Juanita Mok Uen-ying has secured her spot at this year’s event in Hangzhou in September, but there will be no place for retiring bronze medallist Yuen Ka-ying. With the city still in lock down, 13 of Hong Kong’s elite wushu athletes battled it during a virtual selection competition at the Sports Institute on Sunday. Mok, competing in a generic purple outfit worn in last September’s National Games, topped both the women’s Taijiquan and Taijijian with scores of 9.38 and 9.413 respectively. “I am quite nervous since it is the selection for the Asian Games, but happy that I can still perform well, the points I got are also within my expectation,” said Mok, who has experienced a lot of virtual competitions over the past two years. Only two elite females competed in Taiji, Chen Sui-jin scored 9.35 for her Taijiquan and 9.323 for Taijijian. Compared to the Asian Games four years ago, Mok, who is one of Hong Kong’s medal hopes, said there were no warm-up competitions ahead of the Games in September. “Four years ago before the Asian Games, I went to Macau for the 1st World University Wushu Championships where I got a gold in Taijijian and a silver in Taijiquan. It was a good competition before the big Games,” said Mok, who is also won a silver medal in Taijijian at the Shanghai World Wushu Championships. There are eight golds up for grabs at the Asian Games’ Taolu event – four for men and four for women – and the virtual competition is one of the selection criteria. The Hong Kong Wushu Union will finalise the squad by the end of the month. Yuen Ka-ying, a bronze medallist four years ago, was not on the list of competitors on Sunday, and the 33-year-old said she had decided to retire after the 3rd Tokyo Taolu World Cup in November. “I had planned to retire after the World Cup later this year, but the Asian Games’ experience is very precious. I hope to pass it on to my young teammates,” said Yuen, who is now studying at Education University. There were other impressive performances on Sunday, including from Hui Tak-yan, who finished fourth at the 2018 Asian Games in men’s Taijiquan and Taijijian all-round competition, only 0.01 points away from bronze.