奪得女子團體賽銅牌的蘇慧音、李皓晴及杜凱琹一同展示獎牌。他們表示，奪得銅牌是三人共同努力的成果，很有價值，指在社交媒體收到很多人為她們打氣的訊息，雖然不能一一回應，但感到非常溫暖 。
女子隊教練李靜表示，現時會讓運動員身心休息，再視乎狀態進行調動，準備接下來的比賽。

恒生銀行宣佈頒發320萬的特別獎金予8名港隊乒乓球成員，以表揚他們的奮力拚搏和堅毅不屈的精神。

本港乒乓球界多年來一直與恒生銀行保持密切關係，自九十年代起便致力於社區推廣乒乓球運動。2001年更與香港乒乓總會和康文署合作發展「恒生乒乓球學院」，以培育本地乒乓球人才。在今年代表香港出戰東奧乒乓球項目的6名正選球員中，黃鎮廷、杜凱琹、李皓晴、蘇慧音及林兆恒五人都是畢業於「恒生乒乓球學院」，並分別出戰混合雙打、女子團體、男子團體、女子單打及男子單打。同時恒生銀行亦會舉行不同社區及學界比賽。

Hong Kong, China, seeded fourth, takes home the bronze medal following its 3-1 victory over third seed Germany. Soo Wai Yam Minnie was the standout player, earning a brace of wins over Han Ying (12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) and Shan Xiaona (12-10, 13-11, 11-7), with Hong Kong, China’s third success coming courtesy of Doo Hoi Kem, who beat Petrissa Solja (11-5, 11-6, 11-9). Germany’s sole win arrived in the doubles as Shan and Solja saw off Lee Ho Ching and Doo (8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 15-13).



A bronze medal finish sees Hong Kong, China claim its first-ever Women’s Team medal at the Olympic Games and arrives 17 years after its only other table tennis medal win, a Women’s Doubles silver, at Athens 2004.



“It’s totally unbelievable and the best day of my life! I’m really happy to have played my part in clinching the winning point for us. We have been improving in every match, and we were confident despite going down in the first match,” said Soo Wai Yam Minnie.

Text and Photo  Credit ITTF

Photo Credit HKTTA