Hong Kong Olympian Sarah Lee finally confirms cycling retirement, expected to take up coaching role in July
- Rumours have been swirling about the 36-year-old track cyclist’s future for months
- Lee commented publicly for the first time during her graduation ceremony at Baptist University
Hong Kong’s two-time Olympic medallist Sarah Lee Wai-sze has finally confirmed her retirement from competitive cycling after months of indications that she had wound down her glittering career on the track.
While giving a speech during her graduation ceremony at Baptist University on Monday, the 36-year-old talked about the “end of my cycling life”.
It marked the first time that she had publicly acknowledged the move, despite not having raced competitively since the Japan Cup last summer.
Three times a world champion in the velodrome, Lee’s legacy of sustained success is unmatched in Hong Kong sport.
On her way to becoming the first and only Hongkonger to win medals in two different Olympic Games – bronzes in London and Tokyo – Lee has collected a grand total of 51 global and continental podium finishes.
At the track World Championships, her titles in the 500 metres time-trial, in 2013, and both individual sprint and keirin in 2019, have been accompanied by 500m and keirin silvers in 2016 and 2018, and sprint bronzes in 2013, 2017 and 2020.
