Published: 22:43, November 16, 2025 | Updated: 01:07, November 17, 2025
HK athletes bag more medals at National Games
By Wu Kunling
Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long (left) competes against Zeng Zhaoran in the individual men's foil bronze medal match at the 15th National Games on Sunday. ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY

Hong Kong athletes continued their outstanding performances on Sunday at the 15th National Games, clinching two golds, one silver and one bronze across swimming, field cycling, fencing and triathlon.

Added to the five won on Saturday, the city’s medal count has now reached 14  — seven golds, two silvers and five bronzes — as of Sunday night.

Sunday’s honors went to swimmer Ian Ho Yen-tou, who won gold in the men's 50-meter freestyle, fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long, winner of bronze in the men’s foil individual event, cyclists Lee Sze-wing and Leung Wing-yee who shared gold in the women’s Madison field cycling event, and the Hong Kong triathlon team — Cade Wright, Robin Elg, Bailee Brown and Oscar Coggins — winners of a mixed relay silver in the triathlon.

Earlier in the morning, cyclists Lee Sze-wing and Leung Wing-yee secured victory in the women's Madison competition with a score of 45 points, surpassing the team from Sichuan province, which claimed the silver medal. The bronze went to the Beijing team.

In the afternoon's men's 50m freestyle swimming final, Ho, a first-time National Games competitor, broke the Hong Kong record with a time of 21.71 seconds, securing the first-place position over the Liaoning team’s Chen Hao, who claimed silver. Zhejiang’s Pan Zhanle, the Paris Olympics gold medalist in the men's 100m freestyle, and Liu Wudi from the Fujian team shared the third spot.

The four triathletes finished the Central Harbourfront course in one hour, 24 minutes and 16 seconds, ending up with a silver medal as they were 11 seconds behind the Shandong team.

In the evening’s bronze medal match in the men’s foil individual event, Cheung, with a score of 15-2 in a single round, quickly defeated Zeng Zhaoran, who competed as an individual athlete. Prior to that, in the semifinals, Cheung was bested by Xu Jie from the Fujian team, narrowly missing out on a top two position.

 

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