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Hong Kong Olympic karate hopeful keeps training during hospital stay for coronavirus

  • Tsang Yee-ting posts video on social media of her keeping fit despite undergoing treatment for Covid-19
  • Teammate Lee Chun-ho also showing sign of improvement after leaving negative pressure room

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Tsang Yee-ting (left) is still trying to keep fit despite being treated in hospital. Photo: Nora Tam

There are different ways of spending time in hospital when you are sick, but athletes show that you can stay in shape.

Tsang Yee-ting, the second karate athlete to suffer from Covid-19, is keeping her fitness up despite undergoing treatment in hospital.

The two-time Asian Games representative put up footage on Facebook of what she is practising when she is not in bed. Tsang said she is performing exercises for 1.5 hours a day to keep her muscle strength.

She has now been in hospital for 13 days and said she is making progress in what she is able to do in her exercise, such as single-leg squats.

Both Tsang Yee-ting (centre) and teammate Lee Chun-ho (right) are show signs of improvement from the coronavirus. Photo: Chan Kin-wa
Both Tsang Yee-ting (centre) and teammate Lee Chun-ho (right) are show signs of improvement from the coronavirus. Photo: Chan Kin-wa

She also asked her friends to write the Chinese character for “negative” several hundred times to wish her luck in removing the virus from her body as soon as possible.

There was also good news from Lee Chun-ho, the first confirmed case of the karate group that returned from Europe, which has seen four victims, including another athlete Chau Ka-him and their French coach, Rida Bel-Lahsen.
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