HK adds 3 silver, 6 bronze medals
Chung Yuen-ping (right), Lam Ka-man (second right), Tong Nga-ting (second left) and Yu Chui-yee win silver in the Women’s Foil Team event at the 5th Asian Para Games. (Courtesy of China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee)
Chiu Kan-shan wins a silver medal in the Women’s Singles - Class 7 table tennis competition. (Courtesy of China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee)
Wong Ting-ting wins a silver medal in the Women’s Singles - Class 11 table tennis event. (Courtesy of China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee)
Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Rosanna Law congratulated Hong Kong athletes on winning three silver and six bronze medals today at the 5th Asian Para Games – in fencing, table tennis and swimming.
Miss Law said the nine-medal haul for the Hong Kong, China Delegation was truly exhilarating.
Fencers Chung Yuen-ping, Lam Ka-man, Tong Nga-ting and Yu Chui-yee won silver in the Women's Foil Team event. Miss Law commended them for their excellent teamwork and determination.
She also congratulated swimmer Chan Yui-lam on winning a bronze medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke S14 event, highlighting that she had fought hard to bring Hong Kong’s swimming team its third medal at the games.
Hong Kong, China also had a great day in the table tennis events. Chiu Kan-shan and Wong Ting-ting won silver medals in the Women's Singles - Class 7 and Class 11 events, respectively, while Wong Hon-lam and Wong Chi-yin both won bronze in the Men's Singles - Class 9 event. Pang Wing-ka, Wong Yue-ching and Lam Yan-yu won bronze medals in the Women's Singles - Class 6, Class 7 and Class 10 events, respectively.
Miss Law praised the table tennis team for delivering an outstanding performance, adding that the athletes’ perseverance and fighting spirit merit applause from Hongkongers.