Hong Kong won its first gold at the National Games in Tianjin as Yang Qianyu and Pang Yao came first in the women’s madison event at the cycling velodrome.
Yang and Pang, who were third in qualifying, reached their best for the medal race, scoring points in each of the eight sprinting laps of the 20-kilometre race to earn a total 35 points, well ahead of the silver medal pair from Shanghai, who had 19, one ahead of Shanxi.
The madison is a ‘tag-team’ style race which is...
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