[The Epoch Times, August 07, 2023](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Ye Zeyu Hong Kong) The Hong Kong team athletes who went to Chengdu to participate in the World University Games, some of them returned to Hong Kong yesterday after finishing the competition. Among them, table tennis player Du Kaiqin, who won two bronze medals, said in an interview at the airport that he was satisfied with winning the award and creating history for the Hong Kong team. In addition, Gao Chengxi added another bronze medal to the Hong Kong team in badminton men’s singles.
Du Kaiqin won bronze medals in the Women’s Table Tennis Team and Mixed Doubles event at the Universiade. She is satisfied with this achievement and refers to creating history for the Hong Kong team. Du Kaiqin withdrew from the table tennis women’s singles earlier due to an elbow injury. She said at the airport today that she will pay more attention to the injury problem. After returning to Hong Kong, she will rest and deal with the hand injury first, and actively treat it. She also revealed that she has a preliminary understanding that she will go north for training on the 20th to prepare for the Asian Championships and the Asian Games.
Du Kaiqin said frankly that there will be more competitions in the near future, especially when the Paris Olympics will be held next year. She and her opponents will compete for points. She hopes that she can adjust to a better state in terms of physical fitness and mentality to cope with future competitions .
He Junjie, who won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Du Kaiqin, said that the expectation before the start was also to hit the medal, and he was happy to win the bronze medal, “it can be regarded as the completion of the goal.” He also said that he hopes to have a good performance in the subsequent Asian Games. There is still more than a month to go, and he will actively prepare for the competition.
Gao Chengxi wins bronze in badminton men’s singles
In addition, the Hong Kong team Huang Zelin and Wang Kangyi reached the top 4 in the tennis mixed doubles event on the 5th, and went to the next game in the semi-finals, leading 1-0 in the number of games. Set the third place to win the bronze medal.
Badminton player Gao Chengxi was passive in the first game of the top four yesterday, losing 3 points in a row at the beginning, and had a technical timeout at 7:11, and then struggled to catch up to 12:14, and then lost 7 points in a row, allowing the opponent to win first. In the second game, Gao Chengxi was also suppressed. Although he once won 5 points in a row and led 12:11 in the middle, he lost 16:21 in the end. The number of rounds was 0:2 and he missed the final, but he still won a bronze medal. The Hong Kong team has won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 7 bronze medals in this World Universiade so far.
As of the 6th, the Hong Kong team has won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 7 bronze medals in this World Universiade. ◇
Editor in charge: Chen Zhen
2023-08-07 00:16:06
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