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SPORTS
PERHAPS THE SKY IS
THE
LIMIT
On 30th April 2023, HKFC swimming team disguised their enthusiasm
and passions with nonchalance, competing in the Hong Kong Long
Course Masters Swimming Competition at Tung Chung Swimming
Pool. Amid the placidity and the peacefulness in this long extended
weekend, the team’s blasting performance sent the entire Tung
Chung district in an uproar. The deafening applauses and cheers
from the delirious crowd greeting the team’s trumping and thumping
performances have vindicated our unwavering dedication to becoming
one of the top performing swimming clubs in Hong Kong.
O
ur new blood Anthony Lo
unshackled his young family
commitment to come and race in
both the 200m IM and 50m Freestyle
events in the fiercely competitive
30-34 age group where he came in
a respectable 3rd and 6th place. This
particular age group is one of the
toughest, deadliest and most precarious
age groups in the Master series because
this group is made up of some very
active and semi-retired ex-Hong Kong
and other countries’ national swimmers.
Anthony is one of the most disciplined
and industrious regulars at our training
sessions. In the not too distant future,
we shall be witnessing his ascendency in
his age group.
Alex Fong, our ex-Hong Kong national
swimming champion and record(s) holder,
continued to flaunt his unparalleled
aquatic pedigree and his stardom by
demolishing all his opponents in both
200m IM and 200m Freestyle in the
40-44 age category. His swims recorded
a very impressive time of 2m 22s and
2m 10s, beating the second places by a
significant margin of some 36s and 18s in
his age group respectively and attaining
second and first overall place in the all
age groups. (Yes please allow him to get
narrowly beaten by someone who is 20
years younger in the 200IM). Had Alex
not had a very hectic long weekend
work schedule depriving him of the
much needed rest, he would have, in
the team’s collective opinion, swum a
couple of seconds faster and broken
both the current unassailable age
group records.
Another ex-Hong Kong national
swimming champion and record(s)
holder Arthur Li relaxed through most
of his winning 50m Fly race in the 50-
54 age group until he realised towards
the end of the race, he was remotely
threatened by someone’s catching up.
Arthur, with a perfect swimming body
frame and a naturally gifted aptitude,
has never revealed how much more
quicker that he is able to swim at this
stage of his life. His effortless body
movement gliding through the water
and his aesthetic and technical qualities
are such a pleasant to watch. We shall
be anticipating his full potential when
he and the team enter into the World
Master Swimming Championship in
Japan this summer. He is in earnest
one of the most knowledgeable and
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