Hong Kong had a great showing at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games on Monday when athletes from the city won four medals. Three of the medals were for boccia, one was for badminton, and all were for individual events. Hong Kong is now placed at No. 24 on the medals table thanks to these wins.
The first win of the day was also the city’s first gold at this year’s Games, and came when boccia athlete John Loung finished first in the Men’s Individual BC1 event, after beating South Korea’s Jung Sung-joon. This was 38-year-old Loung’s fourth showing at the Games and his first medal. This was followed by boccia player Annie Cheung winning silver in the Women’s Individual BC4 event. The 25-year-old, who made her Paralympics debut this year, was defeated by China’s Lin Ximei.
Ho Yuen-kei brought another boccia medal to the SAR when she won the gold medal in the Women’s Individual BC3, after defeating Australian Jamieson Leeson. Badminton athlete Chan Ho-yuen rounded off the day by winning the silver medal in the Men’s Singles WH2 event, losing to Japanese player Daiki Kajiwara.
Hong Kong now has a total of six medals at this year’s Paralympics — two gold, three silver, and one bronze. Last week, swimmer Chan Yui-lam won the city’s first medal this year after bagging silver in the women’s S14 100-metre butterfly event. On Sunday, Ng Cheuk-yan made history when she became Hong Kong’s youngest Paralympic medalist after winning bronze in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB6 event.
Image credits: China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee
