Hong Kong Badminton and Boccia Team Sailed Through Pool Matches
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Badminton has its debut today (2 September) as the sport’s pool events commenced. CHAN Ho Yuen, in Men’s WH2 Singles, outplayed French player Thomas JAKOBS 21-10, 21-8 while CHU Man Kai also defeated Krysten COOMBS of Great Britain 21-15, 21-10 in Men’s SH6 Singles.
Boccia Mixed Pairs group matches kicked start as well, BC3 athletes HO Yuen Kei, partnering with TSE Tak Wah and LIU Wing Tung, won Portugal 4-1 and then Japan 4-4 (tie-break 2-0). BC4 trio LAU Wai Yan, LEUNG Yuk Wing and WONG Kwan Hang were in good form to beat Japan 7-1 and Columbia 6-2.
In Men’s and Women’s Men’s 100m Backstroke S14, HUI Ka Chun touched the wall at 1:02.74 and took the 11th place. CHAN Yui Lam timed 1:12.57 in heats and then 1:12.49 in finals to rank 6th . Swimming Team completed all their events and will return home with Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX521 on 4 September afternoon and are expected to arrive at 9:20pm (Hong Kong time).
Hong Kong team will continue to compete in badminton Men’s WH2 and SH6 Singles, boccia Mixed BC3 and BC4 Pairs events tomorrow (3 September).
