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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

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2 medals on final day add silver lining to Paralympics for Hong Kong

Hong Kong doubles medal haul with silver and bronze in badminton on final day of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

5 Sep 2021 - 10:45PM

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Chu Man-kai takes badminton silver after thrilling final against India’s Nagar

5 Sep 2021 - 3:11PM

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Daniel Chan Ho-yuen grabs badminton bronze for Hong Kong

5 Sep 2021 - 12:17PM

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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Daniel Chan kicks off Paralympic gold medal run with convincing win

Hong Kong wheelchair badminton player Daniel Chan opens Tokyo Paralympics with straight sets victory.

2 Sep 2021 - 9:57PM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Olympics star Haughey ‘so glad’ to race with teammates despite injury

The 23-year-old recalls swimming the team relay with an injured hip and overcoming more than 30-hours-a-week training and feelings of isolation – ‘that’s what athletes are like’.

31 Aug 2021 - 10:24PMvideocam

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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Covid-19 casts shadow over Paralympic opening of beleaguered Games

The 2020 Paralympics begin in front of a spectacular but spectatorless National Stadium in Tokyo as a record 4,403 athletes from 162 teams descend on Tokyo, undergoing its worst Covid-19 surge yet.

25 Aug 2021 - 2:43PM

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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Hong Kong fans should treat Paralympic athletes equally – committee chief

‘Treat them as sportspeople – it doesn’t matter if they are competing with legs or without,’ says Hong Kong Paralympic Committee general secretary Martin Lam.

20 Aug 2021 - 8:28AM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong’s Olympic heroes drink in cheers at welcome home bus parade

Sports fans get up early, many with children in tow, to catch glimpse of athletes who racked up record-breaking medal tally.

20 Aug 2021 - 12:17AMvideocam

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Doo goes viral in China for wanting to take medal to Tiananmen

Hong Kong paddler trends on Weibo after revealing she wants to take Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bronze to flag-raising ceremony.

16 Aug 2021 - 5:48PM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Can Hong Kong’s Olympic success truly help to unite divided city?

The shirt-gate incident involving badminton player Angus Ng Ka-long showed that politics can invade the sporting world and cause rifts.

9 Aug 2021 - 6:01PM

Angus Ng Ka-long wearing the now infamous black shirt missing the Bauhinia emblem. Photo: Xinhua

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

How will Tokyo Olympic medallists spend their prize money?

Hong Kong companies accused of ‘piggybacking on the wins’ with lucrative rewards for Tokyo medal winners, but bumper windfalls will no doubt be welcome.

9 Aug 2021 - 10:16PMvideocam

Cheung Ka-long Kong celebrates after winning Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold. Photo: Reuters

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Exclusive | ‘Chaotic and crazy, but so much fun’: Haughey reflects on Tokyo success

The 23-year-old says she wants to share her medals with Hongkongers so they ‘can touch them, feel them, take photos with them and be inspired by them’.

9 Aug 2021 - 5:37PMvideocam

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong’s greatest Games ever brings joy unmatched to city and its athletes

Cyclist Sarah Lee caps memorable two weeks with bronze in women’s sprint. Disappointment despite her success speaks volumes for what was achieved.

9 Aug 2021 - 1:37AMvideocam

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Analysis | Mild disappointment at Sarah Lee’s Olympic bronze speaks volumes

Hong Kong’s unprecedented success in Tokyo raised expectations for cyclist in her sprint semi-final, but the gold-medal race proved out of reach.

9 Aug 2021 - 12:05AM

Sarah Lee celebrates after winning bronze in the women’s track cycling sprint finals at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: Reuters

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong fans proud of Sarah Lee and best-ever Games haul

Hong Kong has completed its best-ever Olympics with six medals – one gold, two silver and three bronze – for a total of nine since the city’s debut in 1952.

8 Aug 2021 - 3:26PM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Sarah Lee on cusp of history as she soars into Olympic semi-finals

The 34-year-old times her run to the medal stages in Tokyo to perfection and her coach thinks she has the advantage of big stage experience over her young rivals – ‘she knows how to turn pressure into motivation’.

7 Aug 2021 - 11:34PM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Tiffany Chan reveals she had Covid-19; finishes strong at the Olympics

The LPGA Tour player hopes to stand on top of the Olympic podium in future just like Hong Kong’s five medal winners after making adjustments to finish in tie for 50th.

7 Aug 2021 - 11:45PMvideocam

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Sarah Lee remains in medal hunt after moving into sprint last-eight

A last-ditch win from Lee sees her into the quarter-finals later on Saturday.

7 Aug 2021 - 7:14PMvideocam

Sarah Lee pips Mathilde Gros and advances to the sprint quarter-finals. Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Cheung Ka-long has ‘champion’s attitude’ – Italian finalist Garozzo

Three-time world champion and Rio 2016 gold medallist Daniele Garozzo says the history-making Hong Kong foilist ‘performed his best fencing in the most important part of his career’.

7 Aug 2021 - 2:18PM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Who is Sarah Lee? From an anaemic youth to world champion

The 34-year-old two-time Olympic bronze medallist, who has overcame anaemia, coach’s death and rival’s horror accident, says ‘the older the ginger, the spicier it gets’.

8 Aug 2021 - 11:27AM

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee ‘scares’ fans as she makes third round of sprint

The 34-year-old Lee has to come through the repechage to advance from round of 16 and will now face 22-year-old Mathilde Gros, of France, on Saturday.

9 Aug 2021 - 2:20PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee Wai-sze cannot reel in Great Britain’s Katy Merchant in her last-16 heat. Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

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Faster, Higher, Stronger | How San San laid foundations for Cheung’s Olympic gold glory

27 Jul 2021 - 10:55PM