All the best

Published: 09:06, July 23, 2024 | Updated: 12:17, July 23, 2024

All the best

By Wang Zhan

Athletes pose for a group photo before the departure for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Hong Kong International Airport on July 22, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong, China athletes departed for Paris on Monday night to showcase their talents and fight for glory for the city at the upcoming Olympic Games 2024.

A total of 35 athletes from Hong Kong will compete in 13 sporting events across France at the global sport event, which runs from July 26 to Aug 11. Fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long and swimmer Siobhan Haughey will be Hong Kong, China's flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday.

China Daily photographer Andy Chong took the photos.

Swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (center) reacts before the departure for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Hong Kong International Airport on July 22, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Thomas Brian Stevenson, head of the delegation of China's Hong Kong, speaks to the media before the departure for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Hong Kong International Airport on July 22, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

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