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If Wednesday was the hors d’oeuvres, then Thursday is definitely the appetiser. Some appealing little morsels to keep you sated, but not enough to banish the hunger.
Day four of the National Games, like smells wafting from a kitchen, promises much, and for Hong Kong, maybe, just maybe, some gold will emerge at the end of it.
Rugby, swimming, golf, tennis, climbing, eventing: there’s enough happening to make a sporting gourmand’s mouth water.
Here’s what’s coming up.

Return of the track
Winning gold should certainly allow you a few liberties as a professional athlete, and if you’ve got your eye on more, then it makes sense to pick your battles.
Which is why Ceci Lee Sze-wing will sit out Hong Kong’s women’s team pursuit effort when the track cycling gets under way at the Velodrome on Thursday.
The first stages of the pursuit kick things off, with the real challenge coming later with men’s and women’s sprint medals up for grabs from 7pm.
Going for gold
Hong Kong’s men have put themselves in prime position to add National Games gold to their rugby sevens trophy cabinet; the women, not so much.
Still, it’s day two at Kai Tak Stadium and if you’re going to ditch off work to watch something, there aren’t many better places to be, other than the golf, of course.
The women get things under way with a group match against Shanghai at 1pm, while the men’s run-out against Inner Mongolia is at 4pm. After that, it’s a straight shot to the placement games and semi-finals.
Splish, splash
Let’s be honest, we’ve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Siobhan Haughey back in a final, over a distance in which she still holds the Asian record, which, we might add, is faster than the China national record.
Anyway, the city’s most decorated Olympian has been drawn in lane 5 for the final of the women’s 200m freestyle, which is scheduled for 7.13pm.
Before that, a host of Hong Kong swimmers are in action, with Cindy Cheung Sum-yuet’s heat in the women’s 50m backstroke at 9.03am, Ian Ho Yentou’s men’s 100m freestyle heat 10 minutes later and the mixed 4x100m medley heats starting at 10.26am.
Anyone for golf?
According to Taichi Kho, Hong Kong Golf Club’s composite course is playing how “it was designed to be played”, which sounds rather ominous if you ask me.
Still, there are some more than competent golfers playing this week and the women’s tournament, with major winners and former world No 1s in the field, would not look out of place on the LPGA Tour.
There are four gold medals up for grabs – individual and team in both categories – and Hong Kong get their campaigns under way early, with Jason Hak Shun-yat and Jeffrey Shen Wang-ngai leading the way just after 8am.
Best of the rest
Hong Kong are back in action in the men’s under-22 basketball and will take on Beijing at 2pm in the Coliseum.
Shoji Chan Cheung-chi squeezed into the final of the men’s difficulty event in climbing, and his shot at gold begins at 6.30pm.
No medals today in equestrian, but Thomas Ho, Nicole Pearson and Su Yu-xuan are involved as we get to the opening stages of the individual triathlon dressage and three-event team dressage.


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Siobhan Haughey races in the final of the women’s 200m freestyle, the rugby sevens reaches the semi-finals stage, and cycling heads indoors


Siobhan Haughey races in the final of the women’s 200m freestyle, the rugby sevens reaches the semi-finals stage, and cycling heads indoors.


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National Games day 4 planner: a feast for the eyes as Haughey, rugby stars chase gold

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Siobhan Haughey races in the final of the women’s 200m freestyle, the rugby sevens reaches the semi-finals stage, and cycling heads indoors