Siobhan Ho Shibei Celebrated as Hong Kong’s ‘Female Flying Fish’ with Aquatic Center Naming Ceremony

Affected by the torrential rains brought by Tropical Storm “Tochi”, the naming ceremony originally scheduled to be held at the South China Club outdoor pool was moved to the indoor swimming pool the club. Many celebrities from all walks of life attended the event, including the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Yang Yunxiong, Chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Institute Tang King-shing, South China Club football star Song Lianyong, etc. In his speech, South China Association Chairman Lu Run-sum described Ho Shi-bei, who has made a splash in the international swimming world in recent years, as “the light of Hong Kong” and was he hoped that young athletes would follow “this woman”. “flying fish” as a role model and win glory for Hong Kong when they grow up. Shibei, who won only 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in the 3 short course swimming World Cups, revealed the – today as a witness to this important moment during this time, she had a short exchange with many South China Club Swimmers and young girls from St. Paul’s High School.

Shibei started swimming at the South China Club at the age of 4, and joined the South China swimming team at the age of 6. In recent years, she has been representing her mother club in competitions local from time to time. Returning to the place where she grew up and seeing the facilities in the childhood place named after her, she expressed her deep feelings, “This means a lot to me because this is the beginning my swimming career. When I learned that Nan Hwa would name this water activity after me, I was very surprised when I entered the center, because I never thought that this would happen, and I never thought that it was on the list of my life’s achievements.” He Shibei. At the same time, he revealed that, in addition to the name, the patterns and fonts covering the wall of the water sports center were designed by himself.

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Many other swimming representatives from the Hong Kong team and South China Club swimmers also came to congratulate them today, including Zhao Haojun, Zheng Limei, Tam Kailin, etc. an even more special event! to society. hope the government can do more to help local swimmers.

Shibei also talked about her feelings after the World Cup, “I think the results of the World Cup were better than I expected, because I only trained for a month and a half or two months before the World Cup . But the three World Cups made me “I am even more convinced that I am getting older and it will take longer for my body to recover than before to spend the Christmas holidays with her family and do making up for lost time together due to training a few years ago. As for her future swimming career path, “Flying Woman Fish” hopes to make plans after taking a break.

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This article was written by “Sports road“Originally published in”Swimming｜ Shibei returns to the place where he grew up to see the water sports center named after him」