Hong Kong track star Lee Sze-wing hopes golden end to 2022 bodes well for Asian Games and Olympic qualifying
- The 21-year-old targets success at next month’s UCI Nations Cup after winning gold, silver and bronze
- Lee wins Omnium at China Track National Championships, with silver in Madison and bronze in team pursuit
Hong Kong cyclist Lee Sze-wing finished 2022 on a high, bagging a gold, silver and bronze at the China Track National Championships, and said she hoped they would bring her “good luck” going into the new year.
While family and friends celebrated the arrival of 2023, Lee was winning the Omnium at the event in Zhejiang Province, where she will be back on the track on Tuesday for the start of the three-day UCI China Track International Event.
Lee took home silver in the two-person Madison, alongside teammate Leung Bo-yee, and bronze in the team pursuit, with the Hong Kong squad winning seven medals in total.
“I got used to competing outside Hong Kong during festivals,” Lee said. “I was a little disappointed that a number of Chinese cyclists were not present at the championships.”
Only four National Games riders competed in the women’s four-race Omnium, with the Hongkonger dominating the first two races. Lee placed first in the scratch and tempo, though she dropped behind in the elimination, but made up for that in the 10km points race to top the podium with 136 points.
Cao Yuan, from Sichuan, the 2021 National Games Madison gold medallist, was second on 129 points, followed by Guan Siqi of Heilongjiang in third and Cui Yuhang of Beijing fourth.
Lee and Leung narrowly missed out on taking gold in the Madison by one point to Cao and Liu Jiali.
