National Games: Haughey’s crazy 5 minutes, Ceci Lee’s omnium – what to watch on day 8
Coleman Wong plays singles and doubles in Zhuhai, while Hong Kong’s fencers continue at Kai Tak
Even as the National Games medal tally of Hong Kong’s athletes continues to climb, we sometimes wonder if we’ll run out of ways to say their feats are unprecedented.
But here’s a new one: on Monday, one of the city’s best-known stars has a chance to win two medals in little more than five minutes. It sounds like something one would attempt for a bet or a forfeit, but it’s just a quirk of the schedule.
The city’s ambitions to reach the podium in fencing and cycling on Monday may seem somewhat modest by comparison, when they are not.
But all of the above feature here in our guide to day 8.
Five minutes of fame
Yeah, yeah, we know. Siobhan Haughey is in the pool and racing for gold – tell us something we don’t already expect.