Hong Kong's fencing Olympian Cheung returns home to rapturous cheers


It was the 27-year-old's second gold medal after his win at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, making him the first Hong Kong athlete to achieve such a feat. – Reuters

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Cheung Ka-long was greeted on Friday (Aug 2) at the city's airport by hundreds of fans and journalists keen to get a glimpse of the gold medal winner who finished off Italy's Filippo Macchi 15-14 in a disputed bout at the Paris Olympics.

It was the 27-year-old's second gold medal after his win at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, making him the first Hong Kong athlete to achieve such a feat.

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