Hong Kong cycling star Lee targets Olympics solution, plagued by start-line fears: ‘I am afraid I will do badly again’
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Ceci Lee Sze-wing said she was stalked by worry and fear on the start line of her omnium event at last week’s UCI Track Nations Cup in Canada.
Leading Hong Kong track rider Lee stuttered home in 20th position, despite entering the competition in fabulous shape, and finishing fifth in a thrilling elimination race 48 hours earlier.
The 22-year-old nevertheless clung to an Olympic Games berth, which is expected to be confirmed when the sport’s UCI governing body releases its quota of qualified riders on Sunday.
Lee has spoken candidly about her ongoing struggle to manage external expectations, which contributed to a flat performance in the Nations Cup last month, staged in Hong Kong.
She finished 12th in her home velodrome, matching her result in this year’s opening Nations Cup leg in Adelaide. Lee claimed omnium silver in the relatively reduced surroundings of February’s Asian Track Championships. Dagorne, meanwhile, has reported sizzling training form, which heightened his disappointment over Lee’s “worst showing of the qualification campaign” in Canada.