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Russian National Youth Football Team Appreciates the Hong Kong Sports Institute's Elite Training Support System and Facilities
Dr Trisha Leahy (2nd from left), Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Sports Institute, accompanied by Benjamin Mok (1st from right), Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs (Recreation and Sport) and Vincent Yuen (1st from left), General Secretary of Hong Kong Football Association, presents souvenir to Dmitry Strutynskiy (2nd from right), representative from The Football Union of Russia. Read More
The Russian National Youth Football Team appreciates the elite training facilities at the Fitness Training Centre during a visit at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Read More
The Russian National Youth Football Team visits the Sports Science Centre at the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) where the team members are impressed by HKSI's application of high performance technology and equipments. Read More
Dr Trisha Leahy (7th from right, 2nd row), Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) thanks Dmitry Strutynskiy (3rd from right, 2nd row), representative from The Football Union of Russia and the Russian National Youth Football Team for their visit to the HKSI. The Delegation takes a group photo with Benjamin Mok (7th from left, 2nd row), Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs (Recreation and Sport), Vincent Yuen (6th from left, 2nd row), General Secretary of Hong Kong Football Association, and local elite coaches and athletes. Read More
The Russian National Youth Football Team meets with Hong Kong Sports Institute's elite coaches and athletes, while triathlon athlete Law Leong-tim takes a picture with two players and looks forward to more exchange opportunities that can foster sports development of the two places. Read More
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The Russian National Youth Football Team (Team) highly appreciated during a visit to the HKSI today the Hong Kong Sports Institute’s (HKSI) biopsychosocial approach and support a&s well as the world-class training facilities provided to athletes. Dr Trisha Leahy, Chief Executive of the HKSI, thanked specially Dmitry Strutynskiy, representative from The Football Union of Russia. She said, “Being an elite training centre for Hong Kong athletes, the HKSI welcomes visits and exchanges of all nature from different parts of the world. We are pleased and honoured to be the first organisation visited by the Team which reflects that the elite training is of great value to the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Team.” Guided by Dr Leahy and accompanied by officials of the Home Affairs Bureau and the Hong Kong Football Association, the Team visited the Sports Science Centre, the Sports Medicine Centre and the Fitness Training Centre where they were impressed by HKSI’s application of high performance technology and equipments. They further toured around the elite training venues for badminton, table tennis and wushu. The Team also met with HKSI’s elite coaches and athletes during the visit which including Wayne Griffiths, the HKSI Head Billiard Sports Coach, Chris Perry, the HKSI Head Rowing Coach and Rene Appel, the HKSI Head Windsurfing Coach, as well as elite athletes including Ng Ka-fung and Tsui Chi-ho (Athletics), Nicholas Edward Choi (Fencing), Lee Ho-ching (Table Tennis), Law Leong-tim (Triathlon), Cheng Chung-hang and Fung Wing-see (Wushu). Both the elite coaches and athletes shared their experience in coaching and training with the Team during lunch, fostering a pleasant atmosphere and thus paved the way for future exchange on sports development between the two places. Cheng was happy to receive the Team and said, “This exchange tour provides valuable experience to local athletes, broadening our horizons and allowing us to recognise athletes of different nationalities and from different sports.” The Team was invited by the Hong Kong Government to pay visit to Hong Kong from 13 - 18 November. Apart from visiting the HKSI, the Team will play with a Hong Kong youth representative team to celebrate the re-opening of the Mong Kok Stadium.
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