Cyclist Steven Wong wins at the 1st BMX Asian Championships

Hong Kong cyclist Steven Wong won a gold medal at the 1st BMX Asian Championships held on 12 May in Shanxi, China. Over 30 athletes from China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong participated in the event. Steven also beat 18 competitors from 7 different provinces at the BMX National Championships held on the same day and won a gold medal.

Fencing team wins 10 medals at the 2006 Asian Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships

The Hong Kong junior fencing team achieved excellent results at the 2006 Asian Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships held on 24 ¡V 30 April in Kuwait, winning 1 gold, 1 silver and 8 bronze medals.

Table Tennis team wins 2 medals at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

The Hong Kong table tennis team wins a silver medal in the women's team event and a bronze medal in the men's team event at the 2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships held on 24 April ¡V 1 May in Bremen, Germany.

Tennis athlete Chan Wing-yau wins a silver medal at the Asian Closed Junior Championships

Boccia team (physical disability) wins 9 medals at the National Boccia Championships

The Hong Kong boccia team (physical disability) wins 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals (including individual, pairs and teams' events) at the National Boccia Championships held on 12-16 April in Chengdu, China.

„X Elite results roundup (15 March ¡V 14 April)

State Sport General Administration of China delegation visits HKSI

Accompanied by a representative of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR, a three-member delegation led by Jiang Zhixue, Director General, Science and Education Department, General Administration of Sport of China visited the HKSI on 12 May.

The delegation exchanged views with the HKSI management on elite training and coach education. They toured the HKSI, including the sports science laboratories, the athletes' hostel and the elite sports training facilities.

Home Affairs Bureau representatives visit HKSI

Agnes Allcock JP, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs, and Janet Wong, Principal Assistant Secretary (Recreation and Sport) paid a visit to the HKSI on 10 May. They toured the HKSI and met with the HKSI senior management to gain a better understanding of the operations of the Institute.

Fujian Normal University delegation visits HKSI

New Reference at the Sports Information Centre (SIC)

Runner's world performance nutrition for runners: how to fuel your body for stronger workouts, faster recovery, and your best race times ever

Written by Matt Fitzgerald and published by Rodale in 2006, this book is a comprehensive guide for runners to enhancing performance based on nutritional principles. It shows how nutrition can help runners to stay healthy, recover faster, enjoy better workouts and race successfully. It also contains tips on optimising body composition and minimising running-related muscle damage. This book is useful to runners and their coaches.

Technical Tennis: Racquets, strings, balls, courts, spin, and bounce

Written by Rod Cross and Crawford Lindsey and published by Racquet Tech Publishing in 2005, this book introduces how racquets, strings, balls, and court interact with each other and with players. It helps readers understand the basics to avoid common pitfalls and raise the level of the game. It contains detailed information with graphs, charts, diagrams and formula. Players who are interested in technical and scientific aspects of tennis will find it useful.