MTR Olympic Station (Hong Kong)

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Olympic (Trad. Chinese:奧運; Jyutping: ou3 wan6; pinyin: Àoyùn) is a station on the Tung Chung Line of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue.

The station was originally known as Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by the government in the Airport Core Programme ([1]) during the 1990s. Lee Lai Shan won the first ever Olympic gold medal of Hong Kong in the event windsurfing of Atlanta Olympic Games 1996. Two Hong Kong sportsmen Cheung Yiu Cheung (tentative translation) and Chiu Chung Lun (tentative translation) also won Gold medals in Paralympic Games of the same year. In 16th December, 1996, the station is renamed to Olympic in memorial of the achievement of Hong Kong sports participants. The station was decorated with the pictures of 1996 Summer Olympics and is named after the Olympic Movement.