Hong Kong para table tennis team adds silver, three bronzes
SingTao · 2 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago4 MIN
Summary
Hong Kong’s para table tennis squad added four more medals in mixed doubles at the fifth Nagoya Asian Para Games, taking one silver and three bronzes across three classifications. The best result came in XD20, where Wong Hon-lam (黃翰林) and Lam Yan-yu (林恩羽) advanced from the semi-finals before losing 1-3 to a Chinese Taipei pair in the final. The same day also brought bronze medals in XD14 and XD22, with three Hong Kong combinations stopped in the last four. According to the reports, Wong and Lam each completed their campaigns with one silver and one bronze after earlier singles podium finishes
Key Points
- In XD20 mixed doubles, Wong Hon-lam and Lam Yan-yu beat a Kazakhstan pair in the semi-finals before taking silver after a 1-3 final defeat.
- CRHK reported the Hong Kong pair won their XD20 semi-final 3-0, and named the Chinese Taipei finalists as Lin Tzu-yu and Su Chin-hsien
- Sing Tao said Wong and Lam had earlier won bronze in the men’s Class 9 singles and women’s Class 10 singles respectively
- In XD14, Tong Chi-ming and Wong Yu-ching lost to a China pair in the semi-finals and were awarded bronze.
- In XD22, Wan Wai-lok with Wong Pui-ki and Yuen King-shing with Wong Ting-ting both lost in the last four, earning bronzes because no third-place playoff was held.
Why It Matters
The mixed doubles results extended Hong Kong’s medal return in para table tennis and showed depth across multiple classifications rather than reliance on a single pairing. The reports also underlined the financial recognition available through the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme, with team-event medallists eligible for HK$250,000 for silver and HK$125,000 for bronze.