Hong Kong sending 176-strong delegation to Asian Para Games

Hong Kong will be sending a 176-strong delegation to Hangzhou to feature in 11 events at the 2022 Asian Para Games to be held between October 22 to October 28, which comes on the heels of the Asian Games that concluded on October 8.

The delegation that includes 98 athletes, with the remaining being officials and medical practitioners, sets off for the games at the Hong Kong International Airport on Wednesday morning.

The Hong Kong athletes will compete for the top spot on the podium in events including athletics, badminton, bocce, rowing, shooting, table tennis, and fencing.

Hong Kong badminton athlete Chu Man-kai and table tennis athlete Wong Ting-ting were picked as flag bearers because of their past achievements in their respective sports.

Chu, a silver medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and a recent gold medalist at the 2022 Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, said it was an honor for him to be the flag-bearer, which will give him strength to vie for medals in the three events he will be competing in, including retaining his gold medal in the men's singles event.

Meanwhile, he expects the Hong Kong squad to achieve good results in the games, with the squad enjoying something like home ground advantage in Hangzhou.