“He will go to these Games with a different status, and [rivals] thinking, ‘I want to defeat the Olympic champion’,” Koenig said. “Before, he was the underdog, nobody was waiting for him. When you are the Olympic champion you have the maximum pressure, and we have to see how he will handle it. “He is …
William Edward Hoffman, the Hong Kong tenpin bowling coach, was recognised in the Senior Athletes Team Event category. The stellar performances of the Hong Kong rugby sevens teams in 2023 earned Paul John, the sport’s head coach, the prize for Best Team Sport Coach. Cheung will go for a second successive Olympic gold medal at …
Haughey won partly thanks to her 200-metres freestyle gold at the world championships in February, the first time a Hong Kong swimmer has ever won a world title. “It’s such an honour to win, especially the star of the stars because we have so many amazing athletes in Hong Kong,” Haughey said. “I think some …
“I think we made one of the best seasons of all time for Hong Kong,” the Frenchman said. “We finished with podiums in the World Championships [in Italy] and the World Cup [in Japan]. “When you have [opponents] like France or Italy or China or Japan, to finish No 6 in the world is quite …
Yet more recognition beckons for Siobhan Haughey after she was nominated for the annual Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. With Haughey’s exploits at swimming’s world championships already making her case for nomination next year, her achievements from the previous 12 months ensured she was revealed on Saturday as one of the contenders for 2023. Public …
Hong Kong’s fencers are running out of time to seal their places at the Paris Olympics later this year, with a last chance to make sure on offer for the city’s women’s épée squad next month. World No 1 Vivian Kong Man-wai may yet be Hong Kong’s lone épéeist competing at the Games after she …
Hong Kong’s fencers are running out of time to book places at this year’s Olympics, head coach Greg Koenig admitted after his foil team’s latest lowly World Cup finish cost them a chance to advance their cause. A string of poor results at the event in Paris consigned the city to 15th place on Sunday, …
Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long suffered a premature exit at the World Cup in Paris on Saturday, crashing out in the round of 16 to record his earliest finish in three appearances this season. Olympic champion Cheung and teammate Ryan Choi Chun-yin had received a bye to start in the main draw of the foil, …
A review of Hong Kong’s performance at the Asian Games is nearing completion, but the taxpayer-financed body overseeing funding and support of the city’s athletes said it would withhold the findings from the public. The process held by the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), the city’s elite sports training centre, is taking place behind closed …