Some of Hong Kong’s Olympic swimming team have appeared in an artistic photo shoot by Rex Tsui to promote swimming, the Victoria Harbour race on 16 October and to raise awareness that to succeed in anything it takes persistence and determination. They might not have won medals, but there are not many people in Hong Kong who can say they represented their country at the Olympic games. Chapeaux!
Swimmers participating in the photo shoot included Au Hoi-shun Stephanie (歐鎧淳), Kong Man-yi Yvette (江忞懿), Cheng Lily-mei Camille (鄭莉梅), and Sze Hang Yu (施幸余), together they formed HK’s relay team, and Lau Yin-yan Claudia (劉彥恩) and Geoffrey Cheah (謝旻樹) who represented Hong Kong in the women’s backstroke and men’s freestyle, respectively.
Stephanie Au, also known as “Oriental Venus”, who was Hong Kong’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, commented that “I used to sing in the water when I was young. This is my first time to participate in the Harbour Race; I do not have any target but to enjoy the process. I am a bit afraid to swim in the sea but I believe it will be a great one.”
Harbour Race
Date: 8:30am, 16 October, 2016
Venue: Sam Ka Tsuen pier, Lei Yue Mun to Quarry Bay Park pier
Tickets: Free
More info: www.hkharbourrace.com, www.facebook.com/harbourrace
Tang Wai-lok wins Hong Kong’s first gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio in the men’s S14 200m freestyle.
Swimming in the same pool where the Olympic Games were held a month ago. Tang took the lead just before the hundred metres mark and was on world record pace for much of the race, just missing out by five hundredths of a second, winning the gold medal in a new Paralympic Games record time of 1:56.32. Thomas Hamer (Great Britain) and Daniel Fox (Australia) took the silver and bronze medals in 1:56.58 and 1:56.69 respectively.
The race itself starts at around 3:30 of the youtube video.
The sixth Victoria Harbour Race takes place on the 16th October from Lei Yue Mun Sam Ka Tsuen Public Pier to Quarry Bay Park Public Pier.
The race comprises two groups, Racing and Leisure, which have respective quotas of 600 and 2,400 swimmers. There are seven categories in the Racing Group: Youth (aged 12 to 16), Open A (aged 17 to 34), Open B (aged 35 to 49), Open C (aged 50 or above), International (aged 14 or above), the Invitation Cup and the School category. The Leisure Group is open to all eligible swimmers aged 12 or above.
Online entry registration starts at www.hkharbourrace.com on the 8th June with the number of entries increased to 3000 this year.
Victoria Harbour Race 2016
Date: 8:30am, 16 October, 2016
Venue: Victoria Harbour
Tickets: Online registration starts on 8 June 2016 at www.hkharbourrace.com
The fifth Victoria Harbour Race takes place on the 18th October from Lei Yue Mun Sam Ka Tsuen Public Pier to Quarry Bay Park Public Pier.
Online entry registration starts at www.hkharbourrace.com on the 10th June with the number of entries increased to 2500 this year.
Harbour Race 2015
Date: 18 October, 2015
Venue: Victoria Harbour
Tickets: Online registration starts on 10 June 2015
8th Hong Kong Games
Date: 24 April – 29 May, 2022
Venue: Various
Tickets: tbc
More info:
www.hongkonggames.hk
SwimRun #4: Lantau
Date: 8:45am, 3 June, 2018
Venue: Lantau
Tickets: $280
SwimRun #2: HK Island
Date: 8:45am, 22 April, 2018
Venue: South Bay Beach
Tickets: $280
SwimRun #3: Sai Kung
Date: 8:45am, 13 May, 2018
Venue: Sai Kung
Tickets: $280
