HONG KONG – Hong Kong residents on Monday night celebrated the victory of Olympian fencer Cheung Ka-long, who won the gold medal in the Men's Foil Individual competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
This is the first medal for Hong Kong athletes at the Tokyo Games, the first fencing medal in the Olympic Games in Hong Kong's history, and the first Olympic gold medal after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is also the city's second Olympic gold medal after Lee Lai-shan's windsurfing gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
Hong Kong residents in a shopping mall in Kwun Tong react after watching Cheung Ka-long win the gold medal at the Men's Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Cheung Ka-long celebrates after winning against Italy's Alessio Foconi in the men's individual foil qualifying bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on July 26, 2021. (MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
Hong Kong residents celebrate in a shopping mall in Kwun Tong as Cheung Ka-long wins the gold medal at the Men's Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Cheung Ka-long (left) celebrates scoring the winning point against Italy's Daniele Garozzo in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on July 26, 2021. (MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
Hong Kong residents celebrate in a shopping mall in Kwun Tong after watching Cheung Ka-long win the gold medal at the Men's Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Cheung Ka-long celebrates after winning against Italy's Daniele Garozzo in the men’s individual foil gold medal bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on July 26, 2021.
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Hong Kong residents celebrate in a shopping mall in Kwun Tong as they watch Cheung Ka-long win the gold medal at the Men's Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Hong Kong residents celebrate in a shopping mall in Kwun Tong after watching Cheung Ka-long win the gold medal at the Men's Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)