Hong Kong athletics team face make-or-break period after 0 medals at Asian Games

There were many reasons for Hong Kong to celebrate the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. From the most golds won to bringing home a record-breaking number of medals, the city generally fared well at the multi-sport event.

Whether it was the 11 golds or the 54 medals from the city’s athletes playing in 14 sports, some sports, notably sailing, were the biggest winners of all, with four golds and 10 medals overall.

Fencing, swimming, cycling, karate and squash all won their fair share of medals, followed by wushu and rowing. But there were also sports that yielded no results.

Three years after Tiffany Yue Nga-yan saved their skin – in terms of elite athletes’ support – with a women’s long jump bronze medal in Hangzhou, the city’s 38 athletes returned home empty-handed from Japan, after athletics barely reached the Paris Olympic Games via the Universality rule.