Youth Games

Local Changquan athlete wins bronze

Local athlete Sou Cho Man yesterday won the bronze medal in the Changquan event in the ongoing first Student (Youth) Games of China, scoring 9.666 points.

Sou, a student of Macao Polytechnic University, also achieved fifth place in the overall women’s Changquan event during the recent Hangzhou Asian Games.

Today, she is set to compete in the women’s Daoshu event.

Macau athlete Wong Weng Ian won the gold medal in the women’s Qiangshu event Monday, while swimmer Chen Pui Lam won her first gold medal in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke event Saturday, which was the first for the Macau delegation in the Games.

Organized by the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Games will run from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15, featuring 39 sports, 51 disciplines and 805 events in open and campus categories, where more than 18,000 athletes will participate.

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