Sarah Lee left out of track cycling Nations Cup, as prospect of retirement comes into focus again
- Cycling star Sarah Lee misses Jakarta leg, despite the event providing valuable points for Olympics and World Championships
- Lee Sze-wing, 21, hopes to kick off the Olympic cycle on a high note in her ‘lucky place’ in Indonesia
The prospect of track cycling star Sarah Lee Wai-sze retiring has come into focus again after she was left off Hong Kong’s team list for the first leg of the Nations Cup in Jakarta, which begins on Thursday.
The event offers qualification points for the UCI Track World Championships and the Paris Olympics, with Hong Kong sending only a small team to Indonesia – three men and three women – including omnium riders Leung Chun-wing and Lee Sze-wing.
Hong Kong’s cycling chief also revealed Olympic bronze medallist Lee is not on the list for the second leg of the Nations Cup in Cairo next month, casting serious doubt on her future plans.
“The first two legs of this year’s Nations Cup have been finalised, and Sarah is not on the list,” Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the Cycling Association of Hong Kong, said.
“To be honest, we haven’t heard from Sarah in a while, but we’ll have a clearer picture next month when we need to hand in our list of names for the Asian Games in Hangzhou [in September].”
Lee, 35, told the media after receiving the Sports Stars Award for Women last summer that she has no plans to retire and that the Asian Games in China are her ultimate goal, with the Paris Olympics still on the table if she can qualify.
