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As Hong Kong basks in golden Olympics, officials silent on how to follow it
Medallists’ achievements mask shortage of other contenders and lack of successors, while sporting bodies decline to discuss what comes next.
Medallists’ achievements mask shortage of other contenders and lack of successors, while sporting bodies decline to discuss what comes next
16 Aug 2024 - 12:30PM
Paris Olympics’ best fashion: Turkish shooter, Mongolia’s uniform and more
13 Aug 2024 - 3:00PM
Coach backs Ceci Lee for LA Olympics, despite tearful failure in Paris
13 Aug 2024 - 11:33AM
China
Olympic hangover begins, with China and Hong Kong eyeing greater success in LA
The morning after night before brings realisation that preparations for the 2028 Games cannot start too soon, while hosts France face return of domestic woes swept under rug two weeks ago.
13 Aug 2024 - 1:05AM
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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo (right) waves the Olympic flag next to International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach during closing ceremony. Photo: AFP
Basketball
Cheung Ka-long’s gold, China’s bad maths – dramatic moments at the Paris Games
Whatever happens throughout at an event, it’s usually the end that counts and we look at moments where that was ending a little unexpected.
12 Aug 2024 - 2:58PM
Hong Kong
Tears for Hong Kong’s Olympic cyclist Ceci Lee – ‘I don’t know what I was doing’
Lee emotional after ‘letting down coach in each and every race’, is frustrated by inability to transfer training form to Olympic track.
11 Aug 2024 - 11:55PM
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Paris Olympics: Hongkonger, China v US for No 1 – 5 things to know for day 16
We are bidding farewell to the 2024 Games so, for one last time, let’s take a look at what’s in store.
11 Aug 2024 - 12:36PM
Hong Kong
Hongkonger Ceci Lee set for ‘challenge of her life’ in Olympic Games velodrome
Lee, who will compete in her pet omnium event on Sunday, will have a new coach after the Games, with Herve Dagorne relinquishing the role.
11 Aug 2024 - 9:00AM
Ceci Lee will compete in the Olympic omnium on Sunday after finishing 64th in last week’s road race. Photo: Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China.
Hong Kong
Paris Olympics day 15: boxer Li earns China’s 39th gold – as it happened
US claim basketball and double 4x400m relay glory, while China win artistic swimming duet after clean sweeps in table tennis and diving.
11 Aug 2024 - 6:47AM
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Hong Kong
Prize money for Hong Kong Paralympians almost doubled by Jockey Club
Gold medal winners will get HK$1.5 million, with prize money being offered to those finishing as far down as eighth.
23 Aug 2024 - 9:53AM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong athletes top Olympic prize money charts, but British rivals get nothing
Singapore’s Max Maeder and Chinese Taipei’s Hsing-Chun Kuo will also make a hefty sum – USA among countries that pay relatively little.
9 Aug 2024 - 6:37PM
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Lo eyes future taekwondo medals, says first Olympics ‘like a dream’
Games ‘made me realise the difference’ between the best and the rest, but he vows to work to narrow the gap.
9 Aug 2024 - 10:00AM
Lo Wai-fung of Hong Kong aims to outmanoeuvre Liang Yushuai of China during Thursday’s bout. Photo: Reuters
Basketball
Paris was ‘last dance’ for 3x3 basketball referee Ho as he takes on new lead role
The 44-year-old Hongkonger officiated final match of his career in the women’s final before taking on a new job as the Referee Lead in Fiba 3x3.
7 Aug 2024 - 1:28PM
Hong Kong
Doo takes blame for Hong Kong’s table tennis exit from Paris after Sweden loss
She says her singles loss from a 2-0 lead was a turning point in the sixth seeds’ defeat by the No 15 team in the round of 16.
6 Aug 2024 - 7:29PM
Athletics
While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after Duplantis world record in Paris
Pole vaulter electrifies Stade de France, where there is also a rare medal for China, but Hong Kong’s genuine podium hope is extinguished.
7 Aug 2024 - 1:24AM
Hong Kong
Paris Olympics: Duplantis world record, China athletics silver – as it happened
Viktor Axelsen claims badminton gold, Zou Jingyuan triumphs for China in men’s parallel bars and Hong Kong’s team table tennis hopes end.
6 Aug 2024 - 6:19AM
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Mondo Duplantis of Sweden clears the bar at 6.25m to set a new world record in the men’s pole vault. Photo: EPA-EFE
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History, controversy, gold medals mark hectic first week at the Paris Olympics
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at a busy first week in Paris as the Olympic Games brought gold medals and plenty of controversy.
5 Aug 2024 - 2:00PM
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Hong Kong
Paris Olympics: Ceci Lee inspired by Vivian Kong’s Hong Kong spirit in road race
Hongkonger Lee came home 64th out of 78 finishers. The up-and-down 158-kilometres Paris course got the better of another 14 riders, including Xin Tang of China, who did not reach the end.
5 Aug 2024 - 12:09PM
Hong Kong
Symonds feeling ‘love from Hong Kong’ after rugby sevens silver with Canada
Flo Symonds says cheeseburger, Aperol Spritz on menu after special Olympic experience.
5 Aug 2024 - 9:27AM
Society
As Hong Kong’s Vivian Kong hangs up her sword, city hopes for fresh fencing stars
Gold medallist to ‘take break’, as experts say prowess of city’s Olympic fencers built on ‘success of our predecessors’ on regional stage.
5 Aug 2024 - 2:50PM
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Gold medallist and épéeist Vivian Kong says she will “take a break” from being a professional fencer after nearly 20 years in the sport. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong
How swimmer Marchand’s formula for Olympic success is being copied by Hong Kong
City’s cycling coach Herve Dagorne knows Games poster boy Marchand’s father and uncle, and learned secrets behind Frenchman’s four golds.
4 Aug 2024 - 11:00AM
Fencing
Hong Kong Olympic champion Vivian Kong to ‘take a break’ from fencing
Vivian Kong posts message to social media announcing decision to focus on other areas, thanks ‘fencing family’ for support.
4 Aug 2024 - 9:43PM
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Hong Kong
Haughey hails ‘legend’ Stephanie Au after swimmer’s fifth and final Olympics
Au will miss having ‘the name of Hong Kong on my back’, while Haughey rules out emulating her longevity, saying ‘only she can do it’.
4 Aug 2024 - 9:00AM
OPINION
Bernard Chan
Opinion
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Controversies aside, Paris Olympics showcases triumph over adversity
23 Aug 2024 - 1:34PM
Mike Chan
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Lord have Bercy: Canada, foreign journalists crowded out at Olympic basketball
8 Aug 2024 - 3:55AM
Mike Chan
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Postcard from Paris: 3x3 basketball a lesson Hong Kong organisers could learn
2 Aug 2024 - 3:15PM
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