Double delight: Artistic cyclists Yu Sum-yee and Lo Tin-hin (centre) win the gold in the men's pair by beating their teammates Ip Hin-bon and Yu Po-man (left), who took silver.

Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing congratulated Hong Kong athletes for gaining 13 more medals, including two gold, in today's East Asian Games.

"Hong Kong athletes have achieved remarkable results. I encourage them to continue to work hard and strive for excellence," he said. The day ended with a haul of two gold, seven silver and four bronze medals.

Artistic cyclists Yu Sum-yee and Lo Tin-hin snatched the gold in the men's pair by beating their teammates Ip Hin-bon and Yu Po-man, who settled for the silver.

The table tennis mixed-doubles final was an all-Hong Kong affair which eventually saw Ko Lai-chak and Tie Ya-na winning 11-2, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6 over Tang Peng and Jiang Hua-jun.

Other silver medals came from men's cycle ball (Chui Chun-to, Ho Wing-tai and Lo Man-fai), artistic cycling women's singles (Tsang Yu-sum), Taekwondo men's 62kg (Poon Chun-ho), bowling men's singles (Wu Siu-hong), and the women's swimming 4x200m freestyle relay (Au Hoi-shun, Kong Man-yi, Sze Hang-yu and Hannah Wilson).

The bronze medallists were Lo Wai-man in artistic cycling women's singles, Yeung Tsz-wing in Taekwondo men's 72kg, Lin Ling and Zhang Rui in table tennis women's doubles and Cheung Yuk in table tennis men's singles.