Cheng Yip-kai, 16, becomes first Hongkonger to win Pokemon Go World Championship

Cheng Yip-kai, or Yekai0904, clinched the title on Sunday after defeating Martijn Versteeg, or Inadequance, 3-1. — SCMP

A 16-year-old boy has become Hong Kong’s latest world champion, not at the Olympic Games, but in Pokemon Go.

Cheng Yip-kai, who plays under the username Yekai0904, secured the title on Sunday at the world championship held in Honolulu, Hawaii, becoming the first Hongkonger to do so.