Olympic stars Quan Hongchan, Pan Zhanle to join Team China athletes visiting Hong Kong
Diving superstar Quan Hongchan and controversial record-breaking swimmer Pan Zhanle are among 65 mainland Chinese Olympians from the Paris Games who are visiting Hong Kong next week following their triumph.
The athletes and eight coaches represent 16 different sporting events, including table tennis, swimming, diving, gymnastics and weightlifting, the government revealed on Friday.
The three-day visit between August 29 and 31 will see the group participate in three public events.
The first is the Mainland Olympians Gala Show at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai in the evening of August 30, and two events: Sports Demonstrations by Mainland Olympians held at the stadium as well as the Victoria Park Swimming Pool in the morning on August 31.
Other athletes arriving in Hong Kong for the three-day visit include table tennis legend Ma Long, swimmer Zhang Yufei and newly-engaged badminton player Huang Yaqiong.
Huang went viral after fellow badminton player Liu Yuchen proposed to her after she won her badminton mixed doubles final in Paris.
The team will leave Hong Kong on the afternoon of August 31.
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