Hong Kong‘s swim team will reach for its last haul of medals on the Game’s last day of swimming.

On Wednesday, Hong Kong advanced into six finals -- the women‘s and men’s 100m individual medley, women’s and men’s 100m freestyle, women’s 50m breaststroke and women’s 4x100m medley relay. This leaves out just one category of seven, the men‘s 4x100m medley relay.

“Our team always performs well at international events. We have collected the right number of medals at the Games, just different colors,” said Chin Hung David Chiu, assistant secretary general of Hong Kong Swimming Association.

“I think the well-coordinated Hong Kong team brings a synergy effect when we travel abroad for swim matches,” added Chiu after the preliminaries on Wednesday.

Chiu said that Hong Kong swimming had been growing with financial support and catered swimming training from the Hong Kong Sports Institute.

“Hong Kong Sports Institute provides swimmers with the nation’s best coaches and training catered to the athletes. They compete in regional and national swim meets for experience and go abroad for international meets,” he said.

Hong Kong’s ace swimmer Hang Yu Sze will race for a gold in the women’s 100m individual medley and 100m freestyle on Wednesday night. Sze has bagged 4 medals: one silver in the women’s 50m freestyle and three bronze in the women’s 100m butterfly, women‘s 4 x 100m freestyle relay and women’s 4 x 50m freestyle relay.

“Sze is one of our best swimmers. She got a little unlucky with her freestyle, but I have high hopes for the country’s first gold today,” said Chiu.

“Apart from the number of medals, I am very proud of our well-disciplined and high-spirited athletes. They respect other country’s athletes and try to mingle with others. I believe this is the best part in a sports event where everyone can become one.”

By Kim Ji-Yeon
(jiyeon.kim@heraldcorp.com)