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Bronze medal for HK's teenage swimmer Ng

2024-09-02 HKT 00:50
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  • Teenage swimmer Jasmine Ng became the youngest Hong Kong Paralympic medallist. Photo: China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee
    Teenage swimmer Jasmine Ng became the youngest Hong Kong Paralympic medallist. Photo: China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee
Teenage swimmer Jasmine Ng clinched her first Paralympic bronze medal for Hong Kong, China, in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 event, becoming the youngest Hong Kong Paralympic medallist.

The 14-year-old touched home in a time of 1:34.15, less than three seconds behind British Maisie Summers-Newton who smashed the Paralympic record.

Liu Daomin took silver for the national team.

Ng is now Hong Kong's youngest-ever Para medallist, refreshing the previous record set by legendary sprinter So Wa-wai.

At 14 years and five months old, she is five months younger than So when he took home his first Paralympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Speaking after the race, the teenager has set her sights on improving her stamina.

"I'm happy I finished the event and won the second medal for team Hong Kong. For the last 25 metres, I couldn't maintain my pace. When I return to Hong Kong after the Paralympics, I hope to train harder and give my best in another competition," she said.

Meanwhile, in the final of the mixed 4-by-100m Freestyle Relay S14, the SAR team of Chan Yui-lam, Cheung Ho-ying, Andy Cheung and Tang Wai-lok finished fourth out of five, clocking a time of 3:55.20.

Great Britain took gold, Australia bagged silver and Brazil rounded off the podium.

Bronze medal for HK's teenage swimmer Ng