Hong Kong Team’s Historic Bronze Medal Win in Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay at Hangzhou Asian Games

2023-09-24 13:26:04

[Sports Road to Hangzhou]After Siobhan Sibei won the first swimming medal of this year’s Hong Kong delegation earlier, the Hong Kong team made another victory in the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay final, breaking Hong Kong’s record by 3 Winning the bronze medal in 39.10 minutes, he has won medals in this event in five consecutive Asian Games.

In the preliminary round of the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay this morning, the Hong Kong team first sent out Jane Chuotong, Tam Kailin, Zheng Limei and Ou Kai-chun. They swam 3.47.99 seconds and advanced to fourth place overall. When it came to the finals, the Hong Kong team replaced Kan Chuotong with the women’s 50 frog bronze medalist He Shibei, which made their strength even stronger. They even reached second place during the competition. Although they faced the constant pressure of strong opponents such as Japan and Singapore, they finally won. Still trying to maintain the top three, he won the bronze medal with a time of 3 minutes, 39 seconds and 10 seconds, breaking Hong Kong’s record. The Chinese and Japanese teams won the gold and bronze medals respectively.

After the game, Ou Kaichun said excitedly: “Of course I am satisfied with this result and performance on the first day! It must be mentioned that the atmosphere on site was also very good, and we enjoyed it very much.”

In the final, joined by He Shibei (left), the Hong Kong team won a bronze medal in the women’s 4X100 self-relay.

Hong Kong swimmers celebrate with each other after winning bronze in the women’s 4X100 self-relay.

Starting from the 2006 Doha Asian Games, the Hong Kong team has been on the podium in the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay for five consecutive years. Although Ho Si-bei was absent from the last Asian Games in Jakarta due to injury, the Hong Kong team was still led by “senior sister” Shi Xingyu and swam a perfect time of 3 minutes, 41 seconds and 88 seconds, following the Japanese and Chinese teams to win the bronze.

Hong Kong who win medals at this year’s Hangzhou Asian Games will receive bonuses from the “Jockey Club Outstanding Athletes Award Scheme”. The top three in individual events will receive HK$1 million, 500,000 and 250,000 respectively, and the top three in team events will receive HK$2 million, 1 million and 500,000. Hong Kong dollar.

Swimming Harbor Team’s final results tonight (24/9)

Women’s 50m breaststroke
He Shibei 30 seconds 36 (broken HKR) bronze medal

Women’s 4×100m freestyle relay
Hong Kong team 3 seconds 39 seconds 10 (broken HKR) bronze medal

Swimming Harbor Team’s preliminary schedule for tomorrow morning (25/9)
Time items: Hong Kong generals participating in the war
Men’s 50m backstroke after 10:00 Liu Shaoyu, Wu Zhuan
After 10:11 Women’s 50m backstroke Huang Juntao, Ou Kaichun
After 10:22 Men’s 50m freestyle He Zhentao, Xu Weizhi
After 10:36 Women’s 200m freestyle He Nanhui, He Shibei
After 10:50 Men’s 100m Breaststroke Huang Peishan, Zhao Haojun
After 11:05 Women’s 200m Individual Medley Wu Lihua, Zheng Yu
After 11:21 Men’s 4×200m Freestyle Relay Hong Kong Team

Picture: Mak King Chi
Text: Wang Jiahao

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Hangzhou Asian Games・Direct Attack]After winning medals for 5 consecutive years, the Hong Kong team won the bronze medal in the women’s 4×100 self-relay

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