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Paul McNamara

Hong Kong cycling head coach Herve Dagorne said Ceci Lee Sze-wing had “confirmed her progress” after she won omnium bronze at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth.
Lee, who was third in Friday’s elimination race, was a model of consistency as she captured her second podium finish of the three-day meeting from the blue riband four-discipline omnium event.
Anita Stenberg, a four-time European champion, upgraded her elimination silver to win gold on Sunday. Tsuyaka Uchino, of Japan, who will rival Lee for Asian Track Cycling Championships and Asian Games honours this year, was second.
“It was a tough day for Ceci but she fought well and confirmed her progress in managing the strategy during the race,” Dagorne said.
“It was 34 degrees and about 65 per cent humidity, but even though it was hard for her, she realised it was hard for everybody and she kept going, which is another sign of progress.”

5 points! 😱 That is the final gap between Stenberg 🇳🇴 and Uchino 🇯🇵 after 4 races in the Women's Omnium.
The Points Race was thrilling, with the gap narrowing to just 3 points.
🥇 Anita Yvonne Stenberg 🇳🇴 – 135 pts
🥈 Tsuyaka Uchino 🇯🇵 – 130 pts
🥉 Lee Sze Wing 🇭🇰 – 117 pts pic.twitter.com/s3mJyn69Uc
— UCI Track Cycling (@UCI_Track) March 8, 2026

A three-time gold medallist from last year’s National Games, Lee will next target Asian track titles in the Philippines later this month.
It is a measure of the mental and physical gains she has achieved since a disappointing 2024 Olympic Games that the 24-year-old also has her sights on more global success when Hong Kong hosts the second World Cup leg from April 17 to 19. The final World Cup leg will be staged in Malaysia the following week.
On Sunday, Lee finished third and fourth, respectively, in the omnium’s opening two disciplines; the scratch and tempo races.
She was third again in the elimination discipline, leaving her in the same position overall entering the closing points race. Lee collected 11 points to finish on a total of 117 and fend off a podium challenge from Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, the Mexican points race world champion and gold medallist from Friday’s elimination race, who ended on 113 points.
Norwegian Stenberg gathered 135 points, with Uchino in second on 130.
“The top two are very good riders; Stenberg has been European champion and competed at world level for a long time; it was a good day for Ceci, so good on her,” Dagorne said.
“Although this wasn’t the highest level World Cup, it showed all the advances she has made, and it was a good step for the Asian Championships.”
Lee narrowly missed a third medal on Saturday when she partnered Chloe Leung Wing-yee to fourth in the women’s Madison.
In the men’s Madison on Sunday, the Hong Kong pair of Tso Kai-kwong and Franco Chu Tsun-wai did not finish. The German duo of Moritz Augenstein and Roger Kluge were clear winners, ahead of Australia in second and third placed Austria.
Chu was part of the city’s team pursuit silver-medal effort on Friday, then ninth in the men’s omnium 24 hours later.
Dagorne said the 24-year-old “did not recover” from his exertions on Saturday, but acknowledged his Madison team were “technically not the best when they change over”.
“Then it snowballs, if your technique’s not good you can easily lose a lap, so you’re always chasing,” Dagorne said. “They need to progress at world level.”
To Cheuk-hei, 11th in Saturday’s keirin, was eliminated from the first round of the men’s sprint on Sunday. Matthew Richardson, who switched allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after the last Olympics, beat home rider Leigh Hoffman to gold on his return to his former local Perth SpeedDome track.
Yeung Cho-yiu did not progress beyond the repechage stage of Sunday’s women’s keirin, which was won by Anna McCaig of Australia.


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The 24-year-old adds omnium bronze to third from elimination race; Anita Stenberg of Norway wins gold with Japan’s Tsuyaka Uchino second


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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The 24-year-old adds omnium bronze to third from elimination race; Anita Stenberg of Norway wins gold with Japan’s Tsuyaka Uchino second

The 24-year-old adds omnium bronze to third from elimination race; Anita Stenberg of Norway wins gold with Japan’s Tsuyaka Uchino second