The Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team won the historic gold medal in Group A of the third level at the World Women’s Ice Hockey Championships held in Romania the day before yesterday (9th) and was also eligible for promotion. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and the Hong Kong Association issued congratulatory documents; Yang Runxiong, director of the Chinese Sports Bureau, praised the excellent performance of the Hong Kong team, breaking through previous achievements and creating another peak. The ice hockey team leader Kwan Wan-yi later said that things did not go as smoothly as expected, because when checking the first match of the Women’s World Championships, it was found that some staff members downloaded the national anthem by themselves. Fortunately, they discovered and corrected it in time to prevent the wrong national anthem from being played again.
The World Women’s Ice Hockey Championship is being held in Romania. The Hong Kong team participated in the last game the day before yesterday and defeated Estonia 3-0. Lithuania, which has been at the top of the same group, lost to Ukraine 1-2. The Hong Kong team finally won 5 games, 4 wins and 1 loss. , rose to the top of the list, won the gold medal, and was eligible for promotion; in the next session, it will be promoted to the second level of Group B for competition. Ukraine scored 12 points in 5 games and won the runner-up. Lithuania has 11 points and takes the third place.
The Hong Kong men’s ice hockey team played in the World Ice Hockey Championships held in Bosnia at the end of February. They defeated Iran in the group stage. After the game, the wrong national anthem was broadcast. Association membership. In an interview with the media after the women’s team won the gold medal, Ice Association leader Kwan Wan-yee said: “Thank you to all the men’s and women’s U18 players, as well as their families, for so many years of dedication to Hong Kong ice hockey. Let me tell you one more thing, I want to tell the government that we know The national anthem is more important than anything else, the Chief Executive and other officials don’t have to worry, I will check it again before the awards ceremony.”
Later, when she was interviewed by the media, she revealed that things did not go as smoothly as imagined. The conference staff who received the USB storage device did not give the USB to the staff who played the songs, and the staff who played the songs downloaded them on the Internet. Fortunately, before the national anthem was played, the general assembly was willing to check with the staff of the Ice Association, otherwise there would be another mistake in the first game. She added that in basketball, “the game is played when you win a game”, so every day when you arrive at the venue to warm up, you will check the national anthem, and frankly said that “I will breathe a sigh of relief” until the entire national anthem is played at the awards ceremony.
Congratulations from the Culture and Sports Bureau and the Hong Kong Association
Regarding the Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team’s historic championship, Yang Runxiong, director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, issued a document yesterday praising the excellent performance of the Hong Kong team, breaking through previous achievements and creating another peak; he also pointed out that the government has been supporting the development of Hong Kong’s sports for many years and promoting the elite In recent years, Hong Kong athletes have repeatedly achieved good results in different international competitions, which is encouraging. The Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee also expressed congratulations, thanked the players and training team for their dedication, and demonstrated the strength of Hong Kong athletes. They said that they would continue to fully support the training and competition of Hong Kong athletes, and continue to work together with various sports associations to improve sports development. level.
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