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<p data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3E66A3C8-0F6C-6BE4-91DB-7850E9370478">&#8220;I cannot believe we are finally here. Many doubted this day would happen,&#8221; remarked Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee in his Opening Ceremony speech at the Tokyo Paralympics Games.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3E66A3C8-0F6C-6BE4-91DB-7850E9370478">Against all odds the delayed 16th Summer Paralympics are taking place in the presence of very few fans and amid rising fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in Japan. First held in 1964, Tokyo is the only city in the world to host the Paralympics twice. Hong Kong has already earned<strong> two&nbsp;bronze medals</strong> in table tennis and boccia (mixed individual) categories – whilst we&#8217;re hoping to clinch plenty more medals, a repeat success of the Olympic Games which concluded less than a month ago would be ideal – but, with&nbsp;24 athletes across just eight sporting categories, it is going to be a pretty tight run for the top honour.&nbsp;</p>
<p data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3E66A3C8-0F6C-6BE4-91DB-7850E9370478">Scroll below for all the highlights of the Paralympic Games and the unmissable events &#8211;&nbsp;</p>
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<p data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3E66A3C8-0F6C-6BE4-91DB-7850E9370478"><strong>The Hong Kong delegation</strong></p>
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<p data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3E66A3C8-0F6C-6BE4-91DB-7850E9370478">With a total of 126 medals till date, Hong Kong has enjoyed a remarkable streak at the Paralympic Games. Five years back in Rio, our medal haul of six – two golds, two silvers and two bronze – was considered a lackluster performance after the triumph of 2012 when Hong Kong’s Paralympians brought home 12 medals from London.&nbsp;</p>
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<p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-48c7bdf6="" data-v-8c6f660e="">In 2021, the SAR has sent a delegation of 24 athletes, 4<span data-preserver-spaces="true">0 coaches, National Paralympic Committee representatives, and other delegation officials.</span>&nbsp;Athletes compete in eight sports – badminton, boccia, archery, equestrian, swimming, table tennis, athletics, and wheelchair fencing – hopes for outstanding honours are riding high.&nbsp;</p>
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<p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-48c7bdf6="" data-v-8c6f660e=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true">17-year-old Paralympian,&nbsp;<strong>Wong Ting-ting</strong> claimed Hong Kong’s first medal, a bronze,&nbsp;</span>in women’s singles table tennis event. The young player won the first of a best-of-five match against current world number one, Russia&#8217;s veteran star&nbsp;<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Elena Prokofeva. She&nbsp;beat the Russian representative 11-9 in the first game, but lost 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 to the 50-year-old. Despite missing out on gold, support and praise has poured in from all quarters for the budding local athlete.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-48c7bdf6="" data-v-8c6f660e=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Wong Ting-ting made her debut at the Paralympic Games marvelously and outperformed veteran players, winning the first medal for Hong Kong at the Games. We are delighted and thrilled. Given her strong will and exceptional talent, I believe that she will reach new heights of sporting glory –&nbsp;<em><strong>Chief Executive, Carrie Lam in a statement to the press</strong></em></span></p>
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<p>Former world champion, <strong>Leung Yuk-wing</strong> has won the second bronze medal for Hong Kong at the Boccia Mixed Individual event beating&nbsp;China’s Zheng Yuansen 5-4 in the play-offs.&nbsp;&nbsp;A boccia prodigy, 36-year-old won two golds at the 2004 Athens Games, just a year after his initiation in the sport, a gold in Rio and now waiting for a top spot at the Tokyo Paralympics.&nbsp;</p>
<figure id="attachment_60702" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-60702" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-60702 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23.png" alt="" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23.png 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-200x133.png 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-421x280.png 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-120x80.png 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-500x333.png 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-400x266.png 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled-design-23-600x399.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-60702" class="wp-caption-text">Leung Yuk-wing has won a total of five medals for Hong Kong at various Paralympic Games through the years, including four in individual events!</figcaption></figure>
<p>The other dominant forces to watch out for are&nbsp;<strong class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-48c7bdf6="">Alison Yu Chiu-yee </strong>who will participate in wheelchair fencing.<strong class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-48c7bdf6="">&nbsp;</strong>Yu is outstanding on the piste, with seven golds, three silver and a bronze since her Athens 2004 debut, she doesn&#8217;t need any introduction. <strong class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-48c7bdf6="">Ngai Ka-chuen,&nbsp;</strong>is a veteran in archery since 2009 but competing at the Paralympics for the first time, meanwhile 24-year-old&nbsp;<strong class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-48c7bdf6="">Natasha Tse Pui-ting, </strong>is hoping to cinch medals in equestrian category.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Bookmark these dates to cheer on local athletes:</p>
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<p><strong>Archery: </strong>August 27 to September 4<br />
<strong>Athletics: </strong>August 27 to September 5<br />
<strong>Boccia: </strong>August 28 to September 4<br />
<strong>Equestrian: </strong>August 25 to 30<br />
<strong>Swimming: </strong>August 25 to September 3<br />
<strong>Table tennis: </strong>August 25 to September 3<br />
<strong>Wheelchair fencing:</strong> August 25 to 29<br />
<strong>Badminton: </strong>September 1 to 5</p>
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<div>Founded by Sir Ludwig Guttman as rehabilitation exercises for World War II veterans, the first edition of the Paralympics was held in 1960 in Rome, a week after the main Olympics. Called the Stoke Mandeville Games at the time, it was a competition for just 400 wheelchair-bound athletes from 23 countries. The event was retrospectively called as the first Paralympic Games – contrary to popular belief, the name Paralympics does not come from ‘paralysis’ and ‘Olympics’, instead it was coined using the Greek preposition ‘para’, which means parallel or alongside.</div>
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<div>Today, that multi-sporting event has become the pinnacle of athletic achievement for people with physical disabilities – in 2021, 539 events across 22 different sports are taking place in Tokyo.&nbsp;Badminton and taekwondo are being introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics for the first time.</div>
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<div>Keen to catch all the action live? NowTV, RTHK, i-Cable and HK Open TV are all showing the Games on television as well as on their online platforms. Highlights can be viewed on their Facebook pages.&nbsp;</div>
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