Hong Kong Gymnastics Judge in Olympic University at Sochi

My previous lecture on the 2026 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Judges' Workshop for the Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China (GAHK). I shared my professional knowledge and experience during the 2025 Jakarta Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, and my research to the latest trend of the international gymnastics development under the new 2025-2028 Code of Points and the Los Angles Olympic Qualification System. I wish my lecture can help the local coaches, gymnasts and judges to develop a correct strategy for Hong Kong gymnastics.
Video hyperlink of the workshop:
https://youtu.be/wBPLFDw42L4

Five years after our last meet in Krasnodar, I gathered with my trampoline teacher and mentor Igor Bogachev (Five-time Trampoline World Champion from former Soviet Union) at the 2025 Jakarta Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. I wish all the best to our future!

My judging in the Stil Rings Apparatus Final at the 2025 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Jakarta, Indonesia

During the coming February, I will conduct a short Workshop Lecture which will be organised by the Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China (GAHK). I will teach some latest knowledge and information about Men's Artistic Gymnastics, including the latest changing of the 2025-2028 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points, the new Qualifications system to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and the other necessary knowledge and skills to enhance gymnastics performance.
The lecture will be held on 22 February 2025 (Sunday Evening from 18:00 to 21:00), both on-site and online is also welcome.
https://forms.gle/vvRmriXVo2DP3K7B6

Today I completed my last lecture of the combined course "Understanding Chinese Culture and Markets"(BUS203), ""Chinese Business Language and culture"(LIN203) ad "Corporate Management Strategies in the Chinese Market" (BUS513) at the Soochow University International Programmes. As an Olympic gymnastics judge and coach who have been working in different business and public sectors internationally, I was honoured to be appointed as the professor in this esteemed University. I am responsible to teach Fifty-four international exchange students from four Top-50 ranked Universities in Australia. During my lecture, I applied different teaching methods to ensure the interactive and dual-channel communication. We all achieved this!
Also, I have to express my gratitude to my Teach Assistance Ms. Ann Hsueh. I truly wouldn't be successful without her professional support! I I would like to congratulate to her graduation in the BBA programme. I wish her all success in the coming future! Thank you so much!

After my judging in the Asian Gymnastics Club Tournament 2025, I had a telephone interview by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in the Programme "Sport Life" (動力4射). I shared my story which how I became an International gymnastics judge, and first ever Hong Kong Olympic gymnastics judge. I also expressed my viewpoint about Hong Kong gymnastics development. And my motivation to studying Russian language, Master Degree in Olympic University and working in the Russian speaking countries.
香港電台 動力4射：國際裁判袁家強談香港競技體操

https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio1/programme/sport4life/episode/1020678/autoplay/archive/0

Seven years after my Master of Sport Administration study in Sochi, I attended again the Sochi Olympic Legacy 2025 (SOL'25) international conference. I remembered my three years living in Sochi was the best memory in my life. I wish I can come back again to meet all my friends there!
Семь лет спустя после обучения на магистра спортивного администрирования в Сочи я снова посетил международную конференцию Sochi Olympic Legacy 2025 (SOL'25). Я вспомнил, что три года, проведенные в Сочи, были лучшим воспоминанием в моей жизни. Хотел бы я вернуться снова, чтобы встретиться со всеми моими друзьями!

This Saturday I had a short visit to Taichung to attend an gymnastics exchange activity between Tokai University (Japan) and National Taiwan University of Sport. Morning I attended a lecture by the MAG Head Coach of Tokai University Artistic Gymnastics Team, about the methodology of developing gymnasts under different ages, and some specific fundamental training methods for MAG and WAG. Afternoon I was invited to be a judge in a friendship competition between Japan and Taiwan. I could meet my old international friend Ms. Ayako in the programme. This is the first time that we meet together in Taiwan. I wish we can meet again in the Jakarta World championships! ❤️
這週六，我短暫造訪了台中，參加了日本東海大學和國立台灣體育運動大學的國際體操交流活動。 上午聽了東海大學男子競技體操隊總教練小西康仁的講座，講解了不同年齡層體操運動員的發展方法，以及男女子競技體操的一些的基本訓練方法。 下午我被邀請去擔任日本和台灣友誼比賽的裁判。 我在這個場合中能再次跟我的老國際朋友赤羽綾子教練碰面。 以往我們都是在國際場合碰面，而這次是我們第一次在台灣碰面。我祝願我們能在年底的雅加達世錦賽上再次相聚！ ❤️

Yesterday (1st March 2025) my Hong Kong Olympic gymnast SHEK Wai Hung has officially retired from his 18 years international professional gymnast career, and started his coaching position in the Hong Kong Gymnastics Team. My first impression to him was 25 years ago, when I trained myself in the former HK team training venue "龍騰館”, I met with this kid. He did double salto to me and asked me whether I could do this skill, I did my double salto to response him.
Afterwards, he competed in the national competitions. During 2006 National Junior Championships, he suffered from a serious injury. He insisted to continue gymnastics training and speedy recovered. One year later, He firstly competed in the World Championships in Stuttgart. And never absented in all World championships during his whole career.
From my first international judging in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, I witnessed most of the important achievements of him. Including three times qualified to Olympic Games (through 2012 London Test Event, 2019 Stuttgart World Championships and 2024 Doha World Cup), two times Asian Games Champions (Incheon 2014, Jakarta 2018). During this 14 years, I always supported and provided him my professional advice regardless no reward and official recognition.
I remembered that the most difficult period was during Paris Olympic Cycle, he suffered from serious injury, and faced a dilemma in competing either World Championships or Asian Games. I fully supported him to make the best choice for Hong Kong gymnastics, and resisted some undesirable pressure from someone. Finally, we proved that we were correct, Shek Wai Hung represented Hong Kong Gymnastics again to performing his two vaults in Paris Olympic Games!
I fully recognised his contribution to Hong Kong gymnastics. He is the only gymnast could perform both highest difficulty vaultings (Ri Se Gwang 1 & 2) in the both World Championships and Olympic Games, after North Korean World cm Olympic Champion Ri Se Gwang. He is the only Hong Kong gymnast could defeat the two different Olympic cm World Champions in two Asian Games. And he is the only Hong Kong gymnast awarded FIG "International Gymnast" by becoming World finalist for four times!
As the new beginning of his coaching career, I wish him all the best and develop another new "SHEK Wai Hung"!
尋日（2025年3月1日）係我地既香港奧運體操選手石偉雄，正式結束佢長達十八年嘅國際專業體操運動員生涯，並正式擔任香港體操隊教練既日子。我對佢嘅第一次見面係係二十五年前，當我喺前銀禧體育中心入面既「龍騰館」練習時，我遇到呢個“細路”，佢係彈網上做左個兩周空翻後，再問我做唔做到，當時我馬上做番個後空翻兩周，回答佢“我都做到”！
不久，佢開始代表香港香港參加國內比賽。但好不幸佢係2006年昆明全國青少年體操錦標賽嚴重受傷。但佢仍堅持體操訓練，唔夠一年佢就康復並參加斯圖加特世界錦標賽。佢之後更從缺席每一屆世界錦標賽，直至運動員生涯結束。共參加了十三屆世界體操錦標賽，其中更四次出線決賽，榮獲國際體聯“世界級體操運動員”稱號，係香港體操唯一一人達到此成就！
由我喺2010年廣州亞運會嘅第一次國際評判開始，我見證咗佢嘅大部分重要成就，包括三次晉級奧運會（直至2012年倫敦測試賽、2019年斯圖加特世界錦標賽同2024年多哈世界盃），兩次亞運會冠軍，我一直係幕前幕後支持佢，同佢提供我嘅專業建議。
我記得最艱難嘅時期係喺巴黎奧運週期嗰陣，佢受咗重傷，仲要面對參加世錦賽；定係參加亞運會既兩難局面，我支持佢做最好嘅選擇，頂住壓力，毅然放棄杭州亞運會，出戰安特衛普世界錦標賽，衝擊巴黎奧運會入場券。最後，我哋證明咗我哋係啱嘅，石仔再次創造歷史，在巴黎奧運完成佢最艱難既兩跳！
我完全認可佢對香港體操嘅貢獻。佢係世界上唯一可以係世錦賽同奧運會中，完成最難兩跳李世光1及2的選手，並在兩次亞運會中打敗兩名奧運兼世界跳馬冠軍！
而家正值佢教練生涯嘅新開始，我祝佢一切順利，在教練崗位上教出另一個「 石偉雄 」！