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Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong Sports Institute
The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a centre of excellence for Hong Kong sport in Fo Tan. It provides grants, coaching and training facilities for elite athletes with the goal of improving the standard of sport in Hong Kong. Sports are assessed on two- and four-year cycles to see if they meet performance benchmarks. The current elite sports supported by the Institute are: athletics, badminton, billiard sports, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, karatedo, rowing, rugby sevens, squash, swimming, table tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu.
Ceci Lee celebrates her latest success with head coach Herve Dagorne. Photo: CAHKC
Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee not ‘complacent’ after storming to Asian Championships gold

Head coach Herve Dagorne proud of 24-year-old, who will next target omnium glory on Friday, while Boey Leung is contemplating retirement.

Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong rider makes shock return as Ceci Lee is challenged on Asian gold count

Ryan Choi Chun-yin

Hong Kong Coaching Awards: Ryan Choi world gold mastermind claims top honour

Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong cycling hope discovers ‘different world’ after jittery World Cup debut

Talented Ma Yik-fei in city team pursuit squad for Asian Track Cycling Championships, aiming to learn from tough first senior race in Perth.

Ma Yik-fei during a training session at Tseung Kwan O Velodrome last year. Photo: Jonathan Wong
UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Hong Kong cycling star Ceci Lee claims second World Cup medal in Australia

The 24-year-old adds omnium bronze to third from elimination race; Anita Stenberg of Norway wins gold with Japan’s Tsuyaka Uchino second.

Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong cyclists make flying World Cup start as Ceci Lee claims landmark medal

The 24-year-old claims first global podium finish in elimination race in Perth, as city men’s team pursuit quartet secure silver.

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UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Hong Kong cyclist Charles Ng aiming high after making ‘new start’ in golden 2025

City rider set for UCI Track World Cup debut in Perth, ‘pushing new power’ following productive winter and Asian road crown.

Charles Ng celebrates winning the city’s National Road Championships road race last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Herve Dagorne

Cycling coach says professor role will not compromise Hong Kong’s hunt for glory

Herve Dagorne says he is honoured to take new university post, but success for city squad is Frenchman’s overwhelming priority.

Hong Kong sports

Fok welcomes ‘inspiring’ budget, says Asian Games will be part of funding review

Lawmaker Kenneth Fok says September’s multi-sport Games in Japan will provide ideal opportunity to look into support for athletes and teams.

Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong cycling head coach Dagorne plans legacy goals after signing new deal

Frenchman wants to create booming city cycling department, raises doubts over future of sprint coach.

Herve Dagorne with leading cyclists Chloe Leung (centre) and Ceci Lee after the pair’s National Games Madison gold. Photo: Karma Lo
Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong cycling star Chloe Leung’s ‘mental gains’ spark Olympic Games belief

Increasingly consistent 29-year-old aiming for world tour recognition following Asian Championships golden breakthrough.

Chloe Leung is eyeing lofty targets following her twin-medal haul from the Asian Road Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Eugene Lee
Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong cyclists ‘not proud of themselves’ after missed medal opportunity

City squad finish Asian Road Cycling Championships women’s road race empty-handed after missing pivotal breakaway.

Ceci lee

Hong Kong claim ‘incredible, beautiful’ gold at Asian Road Cycling Championships

City team beat favourites Kazakhstan to claim victory in mixed relay time trial for first continental title since 2018.

Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong’s Chloe Leung narrowly pipped to Asian cycling gold in Saudi Arabia

The 29-year-old is beaten to top honours by Kazakhstan’s Rinata Sultanova but city squad already on course for two-medal target.

Chloe Leung on the podium with winner Rinata Sultanova (centre) and bronze medallist Zhang Hao (right). Photo: Handout
Herve Dagorne

Hong Kong pin Asian cycling medal hopes on Lee, as coach waits for contract news

Ceci Lee will lead city’s challenge at Asian Road Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia. Head coach Herve Dagorne’s contract close to ending.

Herve Dagorne (left) talks to star rider Ceci Lee during training at the Hong Kong Velodrome. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates

Hong Kong long jumper Tiffany Yue happy to deal with Asian Games funding pressure

Bronze medallist from 2022 Games among athletes set to shoulder burden of winning medals in Japan to help team retain HKSI Tier A status.

Hong Kong shuttler slams ‘outrageous’ state of Youth Olympics medal lent to HKSI

‘Are you kidding me?’ says Yoyo Ng in social media post of the gold medal, which she won at the 2014 Nanjing Games.

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2025 National Games

Opinion | From flights of fancy to reality, National Games paves way for a bright future

Hosting the Olympics is no longer a pipe dream for Hong Kong, now it just needs to get its athletes in line.

Former IOC president Thomas Bach (left) talks to Hong Kong rower Winnie Hung during a chance meeting at the National Games. Photo: Elson Li
Cheung Ka-long

The rise of fencing, a Hong Kong sport obsession – an infographic

Explore fencing - once a niche sport in Hong Kong, but now more popular because of gold-winning performances.

ITTF

Tokyo Olympics hero Soo announces retirement, sheds ‘tears of gratitude’

Minnie Soo was part of Hong Kong women’s table tennis team that won historic bronze medal at 2020 Games.

Swimming

Asian Youth Games success hints at coming golden generation for Hong Kong

Swimmers add exclamation point to delegation’s historic performance in Bahrain, with medal tally highest ever.

Members of the Hong Kong swimming team celebrate their success at the Asian Youth Games. Photo: SF&OC

Distance runner Au claims Hong Kong’s first medal at Asian Youth Games

Au Ho-chun claims bronze in men’s 1,500m, posting personal best time in race won by Sri Lanka’s Achintha Lahiru with Games record.

Hong Kong’s Au Ho-chun claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 1,500m at the Asian Youth Games. Photo: SF&OC
World Athletics Championships

Explainer | Why Hong Kong’s fastest marathon runner was exiled by athletics chiefs

How a sponsorship deal and a switch of accommodation spiralled into a stand-off between Wong Wan-chun and the HKAAA.

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2025 National Games

Hong Kong’s top marathon runner misses World Championships amid rift with HKAAA

Wong Wan-chun, who was not in Hong Kong team for Olympics and could be absent from National Games, says he has been snubbed by bosses.

LCSD

Hong Kong to revamp sports events funding, new emphasis on ‘high economic value’

‘M’ Mark funding to be made ‘more strategic, effective and precise’, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law says.

The Hong Kong government funding will focus on international sporting events rather than local exhibitions. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong sports

World Games wushu silver for Hong Kong’s Cheung after Ho’s bruising squash loss

Cheung Yat-lam beaten to men’s 70kg gold while fellow sanda exponent Chan Tsz-ching, like Ho, loses in bronze match.

Cheung Yat-lam (red) during his wushu 70kg semi-final win over Chinese Taipei’s Zhang Huan-yi in Chengdu. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong sports

Wakesurfer Harry Cheng wins Hong Kong’s fourth medal at World Games in Chengdu

The city’s medal tally has now reached four, after top-of-the-podium wins through wushu and karate on Friday and Saturday.

Grace Lau Mo-sheung

Grace Lau wins Hong Kong’s first World Games medal in Chengdu with karate gold

Hongkonger beats Japanese opponent in Chengdu to improve on her bronze at the last edition in United States.

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