Hong Kong cycling star's golden gift, as coach tempers National Games expectations
Chloe Leung Wing-yee has been given a golden reminder of her potential to achieve home glory at the National Games in November.
One day after a heavy fall in the Madison, Leung delivered a fabulous exhibition of daring and execution to outpace the otherwise dominant Japanese Yumi Kajihara and win Saturday's scratch race at the Japan Track Cup.
The 26-year-old's first international track success was all the more remarkable for the fact she recently said that until last year she
feared competing in the velodrome
Dagorne, who likened the four-day competition in Japan to a 'small World Cup', handed Leung a meaningful gift following her victory.
'It's a wrench you use many times every day to change your bike's gear, but this one is a masterpiece, and gold plated,' Dagorne said. 'I want her to remember, every time she changes her wheel, that gold is within reach … but you have to truly want it.'
The gold-plated wrench Chloe Leung was given by Herve Dagorne. Photo: Chloe Leung
With Kajihara, 28, preoccupied by the threat of perennial rival Ceci Lee Sze-wing, Leung surprised the field with a bold attack about three-quarters of the way through the 40-lap event.
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