Hong Kong seals BC4 gold and silver at Asian Para Games
SingTao · 4 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
Hong Kong guaranteed itself the top two places in the women's BC4 boccia individual event after Cheung Yuen (張沅) and Lau Wai-yam (劉慧茵) both won their semi-finals on 21 October, setting up an all-Hong Kong final. In the title match, Lau built a 7-0 lead after three ends before Cheung took two points in the fourth, with Lau eventually winning 7-2 to claim the gold medal and Hong Kong's first gold of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games. Cheung took silver, while Hong Kong also added silver medals through Yeung Hiu-lam in women's BC2 and Leung Yuk-wing in men's BC4, plus a bronze for Lung Tsz-kin in men's BC1. According to Sing Tao and Bastille Post, the Hong Kong boccia team collected one gold, three silvers and one bronze in a single afternoon.
Key Points
- In the women's BC4 semi-finals, Cheung beat Malaysia's representative 6-4, while Lau defeated China's Lin Ximei 6-1 to reach the final
- Lau led the BC4 final 3-0 after the first end, added two points in each of the next two ends, and won 7-2 overall.
- The all-Hong Kong BC4 final ensured the delegation would take both gold and silver in the event before the medal match began
- Leung Yuk-wing, described by Sing Tao as a five-time Asian Para Games veteran and world number one, lost 3-5 to Thailand's LARPYEN Pornchok in the men's BC4 final
- Yeung Hiu-lam lost 5-6 to Indonesia's ZAYANA Gischa in the women's BC2 final, while Lung Tsz-kin rallied from 1-5 down after three ends to beat Indonesia's SYAFA Muhamad DONE 6-5 for bronze.
Why It Matters
The BC4 result gave Hong Kong its first gold medal of these Asian Para Games and underlined boccia's role as one of the city's most reliable medal sports at major disability events. The broader five-medal haul in one day also strengthened Hong Kong's overall campaign and brought financial rewards under the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme, with HK$250,000 for gold, HK$125,000 for silver and HK$62,500 for bronze according to Sing Tao and Bastille Post.