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Beijing Winter Olympics: Hong Kong Alpine skiers Adrian Yung and Audrey King ‘super proud’ and ‘forever grateful’ ahead of Games debut

  • Yung, 17, and King, 19, greet local media from final Bosnia training camp as Beijing slopes beckon
  • ‘We’ll give it more than 100 per cent to do those two runs perfectly,’ says head coach Rudic after Covid-19-affected season

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Hong Kong’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ski team members Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen (left), Audrey Alice King (right) and head coach Marco Rudic, via video call from Bosnia, with Ski Association of Hong Kong chairman Edmond Yue Kwok-hin and main sponsor Club Med Hong Kong general manager Stuart de Bourgogneat a the ‘Beijing Here We Come’ pre-Beijing Winter Olympics press conference at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok. Photo: SCMP / Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Alpine skiers Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen and Audrey Alice King shared their final goals and reflections on the eve of the two week countdown to the Games.

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Alongside head coach Marko Rudic, the pair appeared in a “Beijing Here We Come” video meet-and-greet from their training camp in Bosnia organised by the Ski Association of Hong Kong on Thursday.

Yung and King will be a part of the city’s largest ever athlete delegation to a Winter Olympics, alongside short-track speed skater Sidney Chu. Yung and King reached minimum qualification in Kolasin, Montenegro last month.
Skiers Audrey King (left) and Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen will represent Hong Kong at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: Ski Association of Hong Kong
Skiers Audrey King (left) and Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen will represent Hong Kong at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: Ski Association of Hong Kong

King revealed she had been preparing for Olympic qualification despite sustaining an injury to her ankle and knee while training in Austria in November 2020. The 19-year-old had to undergo MRI scans and three weeks’ rest before resuming training.

“It was just pure joy. I remember hugging my coach, and he said ‘I’m proud of you!’,” said former Youth Olympian King, reflecting on the moment she qualified.

King capped a stellar pre-Olympic campaign with second-place finishes at the National Championships and Kolasin Cup in the giant slalom and slalom, respectively, last month.

Ski Association of Hong Kong chairman Edmond Yue Kwok-yin at the ‘Beijing Here We Come’ pre-Beijing Winter Olympics press conference at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok. Photo: SCMP / Jonathan Wong
Ski Association of Hong Kong chairman Edmond Yue Kwok-yin at the ‘Beijing Here We Come’ pre-Beijing Winter Olympics press conference at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok. Photo: SCMP / Jonathan Wong

“I’m super proud to represent Hong Kong, being its second group of [skiers] at the Winter Olympics,” said King.

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