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Hong Kong’s Leung Yuk-wing has won bronze at the Boccia Mixed Individual BC4 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Leung beat China’s Zheng Yuansen 5-4 in the playoffs at the Ariake Gym Center on Wednesday morning. The 36-year-old man brings home the city’s second game medal when table tennis star Wong Ting’s insured bronze is on the weekend.
Leung previously won gold at the Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 Paralympics and silver at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.
Leung Yuk-wing gave full play to his rich experience and went on to compete by winning bronze for Hong Kong with excellent performance, CEO Carrie Lam said in a press release. Over the years, he has won a total of five medals from Hong Kong at various Paralympics, four in individual events. His achievements make Hong Kong people proud. I hope he will continue his excellent performance in later doubles competitions to bring the glory home.
Executive advisor Bernard Chan said: Veteran player Leung Yuk-wing remained calm in adversity during the match. With his excellent skills, Leung took the medal in the same event for the fourth time and won the second medal for the Hong Kong Chinese delegation at the Games. We are proud of his remarkable achievement.
Leung will play again on Thursday morning in the mixed stage of Boccia with Wong Kwan-hang and Vivian Lau
A total of 24 Hong Kong representatives will compete in games in eight sports, including archery, athletics, bocce, horseback riding, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing and badminton.
The Tokyo Paralympics come two weeks after Hong Kong celebrated record success at the Olympics, where Fencing God Edgar Cheung Ka-long decided the cities ’25-year gold medal victory in the men’s film single event.
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Swimmer Siobhan Haughey won two historic silver medals, while the women’s table tennis team, karatestar GraceLau, and cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-Sze earned bronze.
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