The boccia competition at the 5th Asian Para Games took place today (Oct. 21), with Hong Kong's Vivian Lau defeating teammate Cheung Yuen to win the women's BC4 individual title, securing Hong Kong's first gold medal of the Games.
The final was an all-Hong Kong affair. Lau took the first end 3-0 against Cheung, then added two points in each of the next two ends to take a commanding 7-0 lead into the final end. Lau eventually won 7-2 to claim gold, while Cheung added a silver for Hong Kong.
Another Hong Kong representative, Yeung Hiu-lam, narrowly lost 5-6 to an Indonesian opponent in the women's BC2 individual final, taking silver. On the men's side, Hong Kong's Leung Yuk-wing lost 3-5 to a Thai opponent in the BC4 individual final to claim silver, while Lung Tsz-kin defeated an Indonesian opponent 6-5 in the men's BC1 individual bronze medal match.
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