Golden girl Sarah Lee told to forget past success in Olympic build-up
Golden girl Sarah Lee Wai-sze has been told to forget her Asian Games glory and the honours she has collected over the past two years as she kicks off a new Olympic cycle next week.
The World Cup Classic in Guadalajara, Mexico, from November 7 to 9, will start the Olympic qualification for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and Lee, a bronze medallist at the 2012 London Games, remains Hong Kong's leading medal hope.
"She must start the new cycle with nothing in her mind, not Asian Games gold medals, nor her London achievement," said coach Shen Jinkang.
She needs to put aside her past glories so she can be hungry for success, just like in 2010 when she battled from nowhere to become a medallist in London two years later
"If she still embraces her past success in her everyday training, she will never succeed at the 2016 Games.
"It is not only a physical game that Lee has to prepare for with the Olympics, but also a mental game. She needs to put aside her past glories so she can be hungry for success, just like in 2010 when she battled from nowhere to become a medallist in London two years later."
Lee has been training in Hong Kong since capturing two gold medals at the Incheon Games and will now take part in the three-day UCI Class I track event at Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, starting Friday.
The 27-year-old said she was still adjusting her form after the Asian Games, but a track event at home was always important.
