‘We’re Hong Kong!’: Olympic success lifts mood in troubled city | Olympics News


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Hong Kong, China – When cyclist Sarah Lee beat her opponent by a photo finish of 0.019 seconds in the sprint semifinal in the Tokyo 2020 Games, the crowd glued to the Jumbotron screen inside the Olympian City mall in Hong Kong burst into deafening cheers, some pumping their fists into the air. Lee, who rose from humble beginnings in public housing to the podium in the 2012 London Olympics as a bronze medallist, has long been lionised as a local sport legend – and an exemplar of the territory’s trademark grit that has powered its transformation from a sleepy...