Bronze medalist Leung Yuk Wing of Team Hong Kong celebrates on the podium during the Boccia Mixed Individual - BC4 medal ceremony on day 8 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Photo: Getty Images)
Cover Bronze medalist Leung Yuk Wing of Team Hong Kong celebrates on the podium during the Boccia Mixed Individual - BC4 medal ceremony on day 8 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Photo: Getty Images)

The seasoned Hong Kong athlete doubled Hong Kong's Paralympic medal tally on Wednesday, winning bronze in boccia

Hong Kong's record-breaking showing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games shows no signs of stopping after another medal-winning day in the Japanese capital. 

After a nail-biting play-off against China’s Zheng Yuansen––which ended with a score of 5-4––Hong Kong's Leung Yuk-wing brought home bronze in the BC4 Boccia Mixed Individual event. 36-year-old Leung is a four-time Paralympic medalist, winning gold at Athens in 2004 and Rio in 2016, and silver at the 2008 Beijing games. He has also competed at the Asian Para Games, winning gold for the individual and pairs events at Incheon in 2014, and a bronze medal in Guangzhou in 2010. 

Leung's bronze medal is Hong Kong's second of the games so far after Wong Ting-ting clinched the bronze medal in the women’s singles table tennis event on Monday. 

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Leung Yuk Wing of Team Hong Kong (Photo: Getty Images)
Above Leung Yuk Wing of Team Hong Kong (Photo: Getty Images)

Seven athletes are representing Hong Kong at the 2020 Paralympic Games, with Leung Yuk-wing lining up alongside Wong Kwan Hang and Vivian Lau for the BC4 Boccia Mixed Pairs this week. The final for the event will be held on Saturday, September 4 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo. 

Boccia has been a Paralympic event since 1984. Similar in gameplay to bowls, boccia is played by athletes with severe physical disabilities, with four sport classes for athletes of differing functional ability and motor skills. 

See also: Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Hong Kong’s Historic Achievements At The Games