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Shaanxi gold rush for swimmers
Hong Kong athletes yesterday snatched seven more medals - three gold and four bronze - in the 11th National Games for Persons With Disabilities and the eighth National Special Olympic Games in Shaanxi, with swimmer Wong Hon-yin scooping his third and fourth gold in the multi-event competition.
The four bronze medals came from athletics and table tennis events.
Wong touched home in one minute, 25.62 seconds for the men's 100-meter breaststroke SB14 final yesterday, adding to his previous two victories in the 100m backstroke S14 and 200m freestyle S14 event.
The indomitable Wong then took his fourth gold with victory in the 100m freestyle S14 event in 55.59 seconds last night.
Swimmer Cheong Sui-kei brought home another gold medal when she won the women's 100m freestyle S14 event in 1:05.70. She won her first gold in the 200m freestyle S14 final on Saturday after setting a new national record of 2:22.75.
She also came in second in the 100m backstroke S14 final in 1:20.80 on Sunday.
In athletics, Yam Kwok-fun, who also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, scooped the bronze medal in the women's 100m sprint T36 event after setting a new personal best of 16.01 seconds.
Chow Chi-wai finished third in the men's long jump T20 with a new personal best of 5.99 meters, while Nikki Tang finished fourth with a 5.96m effort.
The third bronze went to the men's table tennis team event TT7, where Lee Ming-yip, Tong Chi-ming and Tong Chi-yung defeated Hubei 2-1.
Their teammates, Leung Chung-yan and Tsoi Ming-fei, also bagged a bronze medal, after winning one match and losing two in the men's double TT11 round-robin tournament.
So far, the Hong Kong delegation has bagged six gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
Meanwhile, Watsons Water donated HK$200,000 to the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled. The money was raised through a corporate donation drive.
During yesterday's press conference, 2020 Paralympic badminton bronze medallist Daniel Chan Ho-yuen recalled the time when his mother cried tears of joy after his bronze medal win in Tokyo.
He also reflected on the time he was injured in a car accident prior to becoming a Paralympian.
"When I was hospitalized, I was fighting to survive every day as I was having various operations and treatments," Chen recalled, adding that his mother regularly brought him food despite having to go back and forth from work, home and the hospital.
Chan previously said that he is targeting Paris 2024 for his final appearance at the Paralympics.
Boccia player Sean Cheung Kar-tung also said his parents were his "strongest support."
Separately, Hong Kong Metropolitan University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hong Kong Sports Institute yesterday, under which the institute may nominate full-time scholarship athletes to enroll in any of the university's full-time undergraduate programs.
Wong touched home in one minute, 25.62 seconds for the men's 100-meter breaststroke SB14 final yesterday, adding to his previous two victories in the 100m backstroke S14 and 200m freestyle S14 event.
The indomitable Wong then took his fourth gold with victory in the 100m freestyle S14 event in 55.59 seconds last night.
Swimmer Cheong Sui-kei brought home another gold medal when she won the women's 100m freestyle S14 event in 1:05.70. She won her first gold in the 200m freestyle S14 final on Saturday after setting a new national record of 2:22.75.
She also came in second in the 100m backstroke S14 final in 1:20.80 on Sunday.
In athletics, Yam Kwok-fun, who also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, scooped the bronze medal in the women's 100m sprint T36 event after setting a new personal best of 16.01 seconds.
Chow Chi-wai finished third in the men's long jump T20 with a new personal best of 5.99 meters, while Nikki Tang finished fourth with a 5.96m effort.
The third bronze went to the men's table tennis team event TT7, where Lee Ming-yip, Tong Chi-ming and Tong Chi-yung defeated Hubei 2-1.
Their teammates, Leung Chung-yan and Tsoi Ming-fei, also bagged a bronze medal, after winning one match and losing two in the men's double TT11 round-robin tournament.
So far, the Hong Kong delegation has bagged six gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
Meanwhile, Watsons Water donated HK$200,000 to the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled. The money was raised through a corporate donation drive.
During yesterday's press conference, 2020 Paralympic badminton bronze medallist Daniel Chan Ho-yuen recalled the time when his mother cried tears of joy after his bronze medal win in Tokyo.
He also reflected on the time he was injured in a car accident prior to becoming a Paralympian.
"When I was hospitalized, I was fighting to survive every day as I was having various operations and treatments," Chen recalled, adding that his mother regularly brought him food despite having to go back and forth from work, home and the hospital.
Chan previously said that he is targeting Paris 2024 for his final appearance at the Paralympics.
Boccia player Sean Cheung Kar-tung also said his parents were his "strongest support."
Separately, Hong Kong Metropolitan University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hong Kong Sports Institute yesterday, under which the institute may nominate full-time scholarship athletes to enroll in any of the university's full-time undergraduate programs.
