Asian Para Games 2023: table tennis gold for Hong Kong as city’s athletes add 3 more medals on final day
- Women’s table tennis doubles gold for Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting along with bronze in the same event, while women’s team sabre fencers win bronze
- City set to finish Games ranked ninth with 47 medals including eight golds
Hong Kong’s table tennis players and wheelchair fencers led the city to a successful final day of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou by contributing a gold and two bronze medals on Saturday.
Women’s doubles pair Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting defeated Japan in the table tennis class WD22 final, bringing the city’s gold-medal count to eight.
In a nail-biter final, the Hong Kong duo traded control with Japanese pair Kanami Furukawa and Maki Ito to pull off a 3-2 (11-5, 10-12, 10-12, 13-11, 11-7) win.
The women’s triumph earned them a congratulatory statement from Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung.
“Ng and Wong stayed resilient in difficult times and turned the challenge into victory with a gold medal,” he said. “Their outstanding performance deserves our great applause.”
The city took two spots on the WD22 podium, as Wong Yue-ching and Wong Pui-kei clinched bronze after losing to compatriots Ng and Wong.