Hong Kong Rowing Team Added Three More Medals in the Asian Rowing Championships on the second day !
Hong Kong added three more medals to their overall tally on the second day of finals at the Asian Rowing Championships in Jiashan, China.
LAW Hiu Fung, the longest serving athlete in the Hong Kong Team, held off a fast finishing sculler from Uzbekistan to take the Bronze medal in the Men’s open single sculls and adding to the silver medal he won in the pair yesterday. Korea’s Olympic sculler from Rio was second and China first.
In the Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls LAW’s partner from the pair also took on his second event in the Championships. After a slow start which saw him last at the first 500 mark, WONG Wai Kin worked his way steadily up the field. Going into the final sprint however he was still in 4th place but a huge push to the line saw him snatch the bronze medal from China. The Olympic scullers from Iraq and Thailand took silver and gold respectively.
The last race for Hong Kong was the Men’s Lightweight Four which was a last minute entry for the HKSAR and combined WONG, TANG from the Lightweight Double and two additional athletes – Kenny LIU and CHAN Tik Lun.
WONG, who had finished the Lightweight Single race less than an hour earlier led the crew and, despite being obviously very tired, was able to lift them to take one final Bronze medal behind China and Uzbekistan. It was WONG’s third medal of the Championships and TANG Chiu Mang’s second.
The final tally for the Hong Kong Team was 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. Head Coach Chris PERRY was delighted with the results. “We have had a long season and our focus has been on the Olympic Games, so it is reassuring to know that our athletes still rank amongst the best in Asia. We entered 6 boats here and all six reached the finals and won medals”.
Congratulations to all rowers and our coaching team!