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The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing, extended his congratulations to Hong Kong athletes on winning one gold, two silver and one bronze medals in the Guangzhou Asian Games today (November 18).
"We are excited by the performances of our athletes who have won four medals today, including a gold medal in the Men's Cross-country Cycling event. Their outstanding performances deserved our praises. I encourage them to keep up their efforts, and try their best to achieve excellent results in the coming events," Mr Tsang said.
The Hong Kong delegation has so far won 17 medals in the Games. The list of Hong Kong athletes who won medals today is as follows:
Gold
Men's Cross-country Cycling: Chan Chun-hing
Silver
Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Rowing: So Sau-wah and Chow Kwong-wing
Women's Individual Sabre Fencing: Au Sin-ying
Bronze
Men's Lightweight Four Rowing: Leung Chun-shek, Liao Shun-yin, Tang Chiu-mang and Kwan Ki-cheong
Ends/Thursday, November 18, 2010
Issued at HKT 20:36
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