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Hong Kong gears up for last medals bid |
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2013/07/04, Thursday |
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Hong Kong's swim team will reach for its last haul of medals on the Game's last day of swimming.
“Our
team always performs well at international events. We have collected
the right number of medals at the Games, just different colors,” said
Chin Hung David Chiu, assistant secretary general of Hong Kong Swimming
Association.
“I
think the well-coordinated Hong Kong team brings a synergy effect when
we travel abroad for swim matches,” added Chiu after the preliminaries
on Wednesday.
Chiu
said that Hong Kong swimming had been growing with financial support
and catered swimming training from the Hong Kong Sports Institute.
“Hong
Kong Sports Institute provides swimmers with the nation’s best coaches
and training catered to the athletes. They compete in regional and
national swim meets for experience and go abroad for international
meets,” he said.
Hong
Kong’s ace swimmer Hang Yu Sze will race for a gold in the women’s 100m
individual medley and 100m freestyle on Wednesday night. Sze has bagged
4 medals: one silver in the women’s 50m freestyle and three bronze in
the women's 100m butterfly, women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay and women's
4 x 50m freestyle relay.
“Sze
is one of our best swimmers. She got a little unlucky with her
freestyle, but I have high hopes for the country’s first gold today,”
said Chiu.
“Apart
from the number of medals, I am very proud of our well-disciplined and
high-spirited athletes. They respect other country’s athletes and try to
mingle with others. I believe this is the best part in a sports event
where everyone can become one.”
Information from AIMAG 2013
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最後更新 ( 2013/07/04, Thursday )
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Olympic medalist Park Tae-hwan visited Dowon Aquatics Center |
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作者 admin
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2013/07/04, Thursday |
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Park’s visit was part of the promotion of the Games
held in Incheon. Park became goodwill ambassador for the city last
March.
"Dowon Aquatics Center has a lot of meaning to
me because this is where I won the ticket to the Athens Olympics in
2004," said Park prior to the fan meeting.
"I saw Park win the gold and silver in the
Beijing and London Olympics. Park in Korea, Sun Yang in China and
Kosuke Kitajima in Japan make Asia a powerhouse in swimming,"
said Jeremy Walker, an editor for Sporting Asia under the Olympic
Council of Asia.
Park spoke about his preparations for next year's
Asian Games in Incheon.
"I am training hard so I hope to perform well at
the Asians Games next year," said Park as he was leaving Dowon
Aquatics Center.
Information from AIMAG 2013
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最後更新 ( 2013/07/12, Friday )
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The largest number of multiple-gold medal winners also came from China. |
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作者 admin
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2013/07/04, Thursday |
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China’s final win pushed the country’s overall medal tally to 20, including 14 gold.
Four days of swimming end with 19 new Games records
The
25-meter short course swimming events drew to a close on Wednesday with
new Games records being set in 19 of the 30 categories.
Over the course of four days, swimmers, led by Chinese, competed in various categories to break and re-break Games records.
Of
the 19 new Games records, 13 were set by Chinese swimmers, while Korean
swimmers now hold three AIMAG short-course swimming records.
Two
of three swimming gold medals Kazakhstan took home were won in
record-breaking times, while 16-year-old Nguyen Thi Anh Vien of Vietnam
became the new record holder in the women’s 200-meter individual medley.
With
the Chinese setting new standards in nearly half of the categories,
they won 14 of the 30 gold medals on offer in swimming.
The largest number of multiple-gold medal winners also came from China.
Information from AIMAG 2013
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最後更新 ( 2013/07/04, Thursday )
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