After finishing 12th in the four-race event at last month’s Hong Kong Nations Cup leg, Lee said she was suffocated by the pressure of competing in front of an expectant home support. Dagorne could be heard telling his rider she was “sleeping” during a passive ride in the closing points race, which she had started …
Hong Kong cycling is currently trying to stave off the doomsday scenario of failing to qualify a track racer for the Olympic Games for the first time since 1996. The lone hope of ensuring the city’s presence for a seventh straight games is Ceci Lee Sze-wing, the 22-year-old, who claimed four of those Asian championships …
But of the 1,500 seats available, however, only around 25 per cent were occupied. Sales for Saturday were “not very good”, a source told the Post, with roughly 50 per cent of Sunday’s 3,000 tickets, across two sessions, still available. The Track Nations Cup, last staged behind closed doors in Hong Kong during the height …
Lee has confessed to being diminished by pressure in the past, but agreed with head coach Herve Dagorne, who said the 22-year-old rode unencumbered by outside expectations when she claimed four medals at the recent Asian championships. Lee, however, said her mind was not so clear, and “strategically, I was not good enough”, leading to …