Without a Slope

After Hong Kong’s most successful Summer Olympics to date in Tokyo, the pressure is on as the city prepares to send its largest ever Winter Olympics team of Beijing Games

By Lauren James

The world stood still for Audrey King when it dawned on her that she had qualified to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Aged 18, King came back from injury to finish third then seventh in two women’s slalom races in Montenegro, achieving the minimum standard required to enter the Games, which run from February 4 to 20. King became the third and final Hong Kong athlete to have qualified, after 17-year-old Adrian Yung met the standard in the men’s slalom event; and short track speed skater Sidney Chu, who will compete after his teammate was found technically ineligible. Against a backdrop of Covid-19 and amid swirling political consternation surrounding the Games, it will be a challenge for competitors to focus on their events, let alone gain medals. Just…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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