SAR cyclists look to ride high again at Asian Games
The head coach of the Hong Kong, China cycling team, Hervé Dagorne, said the squad hopes to secure at least five medals at the upcoming Asian Games. The team is fielding 13 male and 10 female cyclists to compete across disciplines in track, road, mountain bike and BMX racing. “We have a target on my shoulder of five medals; we hope this is what we should achieve if everything is going well,”…
Korean women's volleyball team captain Kang So-hwi has set her sights on securing a medal at the forthcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. This will mark her second, and possibly final, appearance as a national team player in the Asian Games. Speaking to reporters after a training session at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Gymnasium, Kang expressed her desire to win a medal for her teammates.
With a fearless and unhesitant approach, Kang aims to achieve her goal. The 29-year-old outside hitter joined the national team in 2016 and helped Korea secure a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. However, Korea failed to advance to the medal round at the 2023 Hangzhou Games, losing to Vietnam in the preliminary round - the first time since 2006 that Korea had failed to win an Asian Games medal in women's volleyball.
This loss was a particularly painful memory for Kang, but she vowed not to let it define her performance.
"I do not want to stop with that memory. I want to overcome it and grab a medal," Kang said. Setter Kim Da-in expressed her support for Kang, noting that the team captain is determined to overcome the setback and secure a medal for her country.
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- SAR cyclists look to ride high again at Asian Games news.rthk.hk
- Volleyball captain Kang So-hwi eyes medal in likely final Asian Games koreatimes.co.kr
