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Reuters
Reuters
Entertainment
Farah Master and Joyce Zhou

Hong Kong's COVID sports ban hits residents, young athletes

Competitive swimmer Jody Lee, 15, practices at Repulse Bay, in Hong Kong, China, March 11, 2022. Picture taken March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Competitive swimmer Jody Lee’s goal is to compete at the Paris Olympics in 2024, but with only two years left to qualify, Hong Kong’s months-long shutdown of swimming pools is making achieving his dream tougher.

Pools and all other sports facilities, including tennis courts, golf courses and gyms, have been shut since January – and for more than 13 months total since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

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