The two-decade old sports tradition continues, as the Hong Kong community celebrates the arrival of the mainland Olympians.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games’ mainland Olympians are welcomed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (front row, sixth from left) at Government House on the evening of Dec 3, 2021. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

The 29-member mainland Olympians delegation arrives in Hong Kong on for a three-day visit on Dec 3, 2021. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (left) receives a signature board, signed by members of the mainland Olympians delegation, from Yang Ning, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Table tennis player Ma Long attends a press conference after the delegation's arrival in Hong Kong, Dec 3, 2021. (MIRIAM ZHANG / CHINA DAILY)

Sprinter Su Bingtian attends a press conference after the delegation's arrival in Hong Kong, Dec 3, 2021. (MIRIAM ZHANG / CHINA DAILY)