Paris Olympics: tears for Hong Kong cyclist Ceci Lee – ‘I don’t know what I was doing’
- Lee emotional after ‘letting down coach in each and every race’, is frustrated by inability to transfer training form to Olympic track
Ceci Lee Sze-wing said she endured an “intense and unhappy” Olympics track cycling debut, following a torrid omnium event for the Hongkonger on Sunday.
Lee finished 20th out of 22 riders at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, before admitting she “didn’t know what I was doing out there”.
The 23-year-old went into the points race, the final event of the four-discipline competition, down in 18th, but failed to contest a single sprint.
“I let down the coach [Herve Dagorne] in each and every race,” she said.
The portents were not good when a passive Lee finished 19th in the opening scratch race. She improved in the tempo race, despite not being in the picture for any intermediate sprints.
In the elimination race, she was the fifth rider dumped out. Jennifer Valente of the United States, champion at the Tokyo Olympics, convincingly retained her title. Silver went to Daria Pikulik of Poland, with Ally Wollaston of New Zealand claiming bronze.
