China’s Guo Shuang and Sarah Lee Wai-Sze of Hong Kong led the Asian charge in the Olympic track cycling events Friday by taking silver and bronze respectively in the women’s keirin. While Beijing Olympic sprint champion Victoria Pendleton soaked up the applause of a packed out Velodrome after winning the six-woman final, arguably the happiest rider on the podium was Lee. Her bronze medal feat handed Hong Kong their first ever Olympic medal in a cycling event, and only their third overall. Hong Kong athletes had previously won one gold from windsurfing in 1996 and one Olympic silver medal from table tennis. Lee had signalled her Olympic medal credentials when she beat Pendleton 2-1 in the Olympic test event to take a World Cup sprint bronze in the same arena in February.
