#FirstHand #Jul26
"We are Hong Kong!" Mall Crowds Cheer for Hong Kong Fencer in Gold Medal Match

20:15 | Kwun Tong

On the evening of July 26, 2021 in Hong Kong, crowds line up at the balcony on multiple floors of the APM mall, watching the live broadcast of the Olympic gold medal match of Men's Individual Foil and cheering for Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka Long.

Loud chants of "We are Hong Kong" and "Cheung Ka Long, add oil" are heard across the mall during breaks in the action.

#TokyoOlympics #GoldMedal #CheungKaLong

#TokyoOlympics
Hong Kong Swimmer Wins Silver in Women's 200m Freestyle

Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey wins silver in the women's 200m freestyle, bringing home the city's first ever Olympic swimming medal and the second one in this year's Olympics.

She led the race during the second lap, though finished second behind Australian Ariarne Titmus. Her time of 1:53.92 sets a new Hong Kong and Asia record in the event.

Source: Stand News
Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
#Jul28 #Sports #HongKongers

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Gold Medal for Hong Kong Fencer Cheung Ka Long

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30609?

#Swedish winter Olympic champion gives #GoldMedal away to protest China’s human rights abuses

//Swedish athlete Nils van der Poel has given his gold medal from the #BeijingWinterOlympics to to the daughter of jailed bookseller #GuiMinhai, in protest against China’s “oppression” of free speech and human rights.

Gui, a Swedish citizen, was one of five Hong Kong-based booksellers affiliated with #CausewayBayBooks, which sold political gossip titles.

“I am not the voice of all Olympians, but me and my friends dedicated our lives to strive for excellence within sports, and the Chinese government chose to use our dreams as a political weapon to legitimise their regime. To me that was personal, and I felt exploited,” van der Poel told #AmnestyInternational.//

Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/28/swedish-winter-olympic-champion-gives-gold-medal-away-to-protest-chinas-human-rights-abuses/

Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Feb28

#NilsVanDerPoel #Sport

#Court
Man who Posted Video of Olympic Gold Ceremony with "Glory to Hong Kong" Now Charged with "Insulting National Anthem of China"

When Hong Kong fencer #CheungKaLong won a #GoldMedal at the #TokyoOlympics in July 2021, many Hongkongers were overjoyed. Among them, a 27-year-old man published a video of the medal ceremony on the Internet, replacing the audio of China's national anthem with "Glory to Hong Kong," an anthem of the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.

One year later, the man was now charged with "insulting the national anthem of China" and "insulting the emblem of the Hong Kong SAR."

The case was heard in the Eastern Magistrates on July 22, 2022. The man was not represented by any counsel. The magistrate accepted the man's request to postpone the hearing to September 2, 2022, so that the man can look for a lawyer.

Source: InMedia #Jul22
https://bit.ly/3aVGjYS

#NationalAnthemOrdinance #PoliceState #Censorship #GlorytoHongKong #Sport #OnlineVideo #HongKongAthlete