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Sarah Lee Wai-sze

Sarah Lee Wai-sze
Sarah Lee Wai-sze
Sarah Lee Wai-sze is a professional racing cyclist, one of Hong Kong’s most successful athletes. She won a bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012 in the keirin and was world champion in the 500m time-trial after winning in Belarus in 2013. She has won three Asian Games gold medals, in the 500m time-trial at Guangzhou 2010 and the keirin and sprint at Incheon 2014.
Born
12 May 1987
Industry
Sport
Job Title
Cyclist, Olympian
last updated:
7 October, 2024
Former Hong Kong champion Wong Kam-po says cycling was at a turning point as some of the city’s best moved away from competing and into coaching. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
2025 National Games

Hong Kong cycling in transition and can make a breakthrough, says legend Wong

Fellow Asian Games gold medallist Leung Chun-wing, who is now a coach at HKSI, backs city’s cyclists to step up at next year’s National Games.

Hong Kong Cyclothon an amazing experience, Tour de France winner Froome says

Olympic medallist Sarah Lee on life off the bike

Hong Kong

Letters | Sarah Lee will continue to inspire Hong Kong even in retirement

Readers discuss the traits that make the Olympic medallist an icon, the proposed legislation requiring mandatory reporting of child abuse, and the government’s call for organ donors.

Sarah Lee won a bronze medal in the cycling track women’s sprint at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. As a coach, Lee will help nurture young cycling talent who want to follow in her footsteps. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

Editorial | Final lap of honour for Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee

Olympic cycling star may have announced her retirement, but she still has much to offer the sport and the city.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Sarah Lee set for Sports Institute coaching role, signalling end of career

Hong Kong’s two-time Olympic track cycling medallist will join elite training centre as a sprint coach in July, source says.

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Hong Kong to host 11 teams for International Cup, but star cyclist Lee won’t race

City’s track cycling squad readies for Asian Championships and Asian Games with questions still surrounding Sarah Lee’s future.

Cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze and her coach Shen Jinkang celebrate bronze in the keirin at the 2018 Asian Games. Photo: Cycling Association
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Olympian Sarah Lee dropped as elite athlete, will not race at Asian Games

Sources at Hong Kong Cycling Association say double Olympic bronze medallist has effectively retired and is now concentrating on her degree at Baptist University.

Ceci lee

Sarah Lee left out of track cycling Nations Cup

Prospect of Olympic bronze medallist retiring comes into focus again with Hong Kong cycling chief admitting ‘we haven’t heard from her for a while’.

Hong Kong Cyclothon organisers confident international races will return

Organisers of the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon on Sunday believe international races could return to the city next year, after the showpiece event was staged for the first time since 2018.

Riders battle it out in the men’s open race, one of six events in the biggest outdoor sporting competition of the year. Photo: Elson Li

Cyclist Yeung Cho falls short at World Championships debut in Paris

Germany and France take the lead at the UCI Worlds in Paris as debuting Hong Kong cyclist Yeung Cho knocked out in the early stage of competition.

World Championships debutant Yeung Cho recorded a personal best in France. Photo: Hong Kong Cycling Association

Surging track cyclist Yeung to make World Championships debut in Paris

The 21-year-old plans to make use of the opportunity as she targets a place in the squad for the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Hong Kong Covid-19 rulings leave athletes concerned – ‘no one will come here’

Top sports stars voice disappointment at cancellation of 10K running event and difficulties in arranging other races and competitions.

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Haughey and host of Hong Kong stars assess Covid, rue cancelled sports events

Post puts the big issues to city’s sporting elite: how pandemic has changed them, the importance of staging events in Hong Kong – and the impact of axing them.

Best of the Best winner Siobhan Haughey said she found some unexpected benefits during the pandemic. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Veteran cyclist Sarah Lee gets Hall of Fame nod in annual press awards

Sarah Lee Wai-sze honoured by Sports Press Association at Tuesday’s ceremony, with Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey also celebrated.

Sarah Lee won the first Hall of Fame award from the Sports Press Association. Photo: AP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: cyclist Sarah Lee back to winning ways after 2024 hint

Hongkonger wins two events at JICF International Track Cup in Japan, following comments suggesting she has not ruled out competing in 2024 Games after all.

Vincent Lau Wan-yau

Hong Kong cycling star Sarah Lee claims keirin gold at Japan Cup II

Cycling star Sarah Lee Wai-sze stormed the field to clinch gold in the women’s keirin at the Japan Cup II on Sunday.

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Sarah Lee shows age is just a number with seasonal best en route to silver

Hong Kong cycling ace clocks blistering time in sprint competition at Japan Cup II, boosting hopes of winning gold in the keirin on Sunday.

Sarah Lee (left) won another silver medal in the women’s sprint at the Japan Cup II on Saturday. Photo: Hong Kong Cycling Association

Sarah Lee seeks redemption after early sprint exit at UCI Nations Cup

Sarah Lee bows out early at the UCI Nations Cup in Colombia, beaten in the last-16 by eventual bronze medallist Ellesse Andrews, but will look for redemption in the keirin.

UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Sarah Lee returns for UCI Nations Cup – but admits ‘form isn’t good’

Double Olympic medal-winning track cyclist part of 11-strong Hong Kong squad in Colombia, but is ‘nervous’ after 10-month lay-off from competition.

Lee hits out over ‘pointless’ training as cycling bosses axe Asian Champs squad

Hong Kong cycling chief cites safety fears after opting to forego trip to India, but Lee Sze-wing says ‘no place is a guarantee you will not get Covid-19’.

Lee Sze-wing wins gold on the last day of competition at the National Games. Photo: Cycling Association/Wu Jianbo
UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Sarah Lee’s Asian Games status up in the air, as cyclists target track Worlds

Double Olympic bronze medallist still with Hong Kong team after celebrating 35th birthday, but Hangzhou plans on hold until ‘there is a clearer idea of new dates’.

Sarah Lee with her two gold medals at the 2019 track World Championships. The 35-year-old is preparing the 2022 Worlds in Paris after the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo: Winson Wong
Asian Games 2023

Cyclist Jessica Lee retires, Hong Kong bosses scrambling to fill Asian Games team

The 31-year-old sprinter from Glasgow decides to call it a day after representing Hong Kong at Tokyo Olympics last summer.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Sarah Lee, Lamsam and Yeung on ‘Women of Power’ list for 2021

Cyclist Sarah Lee is a motivational speaker and inspiration to the young generation while Lamsam is dedicated to raising awareness about hearing impairment.

2021 National Games of China

National Games shortfall for Hong Kong after massive Olympic overachievement

Lengthy quarantine requirement cost Hong Kong athletes dearly in Xian with only two gold and five bronze medals to show for their efforts.

Youngster Lee Sze-wing saves Hong Kong with a gold in the last day of competition at the National Games. Photo: Cycling Association/Wu Jianbo
2021 National Games of China

Asian Games 2022 still a possibility for track cycling star Sarah Lee

The 34-year-old Lee has not committed to her next event but considers team sprint the best option at Hangzhou Asiad.

Track cycling star Sarah Lee returns home after a two-month campaign, which included the Tokyo Olympic Games and the National Games. Photo: Chan Kin-wa
2021 National Games of China

Sarah Lee wins bronze in keirin at National Games

The 34-year-old Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist is happy with third place in keirin after winning gold in the women’s sprint the previous day in Luoyang.

2021 National Games of China

Track cycling star Lee still in a class of her own after clinching second National title

The 34-year-old Lee proves she is still the country’s best after beating Zhong Tianshi of Shanghai in final.

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