World Games 2022: Hong Kong kata star Grace Lau to use Olympic bronze blueprint for debut – ‘my goal is to medal’
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Olympic bronze medallist karate exponent Grace Lau Mo-sheung will use her Tokyo 2020 Games experience to dictate preparations for her World Games debut in July.
Lau is laser focused on a podium spot at July’s event in Birmingham, Alabama, and will spend the remaining time training intensely at her Miami base, in between international WKF Karate 1 Premier League competitions.
“For me, the World Games is the biggest event beyond the Olympics,” said the 30-year-old, who won a bronze at her opening Premier League event in UAE last month.
“I will reflect on the way I prepared for the Olympics as a reference to prepare better for the World Games, where my goal is to medal.”
Despite winning medals at last year’s Olympics, world championships, and this season’s Premier League, Lau’s entry into the World Games was entirely based on her world ranking.
Lau described the quadrennial event, which includes sports not normally contested at an Olympics, as something she had “waited a long time for”.