易希澧

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Yik (Chinese: 易希澧), usually known by her English name Maddalena Di Salvo, is a Hong Kong female sailor and a student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who has been a recipient of the Hong Kong Sports Institute's elite training grant. She has been involved in competitive sailing since her teenage years and has represented Hong Kong at a number of regional and international youth events; in 2022, with her partner Emily Polson, she finished fifth in the women's 29er at the Youth Sailing World Championships, gaining international experience. In 2023 she partnered Choi (Chinese: 蔡穎姿) to represent Hong Kong in the women's 49erFX at the Hangzhou Asian Games, finishing fifth. At those Games the Hong Kong sailing team took one silver and one bronze, its best-ever Asian Games result, and the fifth place of Yik and Choi was one of several fifth-place finishes for the squad. She has since continued to race in local and Asian events, teaming up with Polson on several occasions in the 49erFX, including at the 2025 Around the Island Race; the pair have said they hope to represent Hong Kong at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. As a young sailor, Yik's development has coincided with a period in which the Hong Kong sailing team has enjoyed growing success at the Asian Games - the year she competed at Hangzhou, the squad recorded its best-ever Asian Games result - and she is seen as part of the territory's next generation of Olympic-class sailors. Known to friends as Maddy, she entered the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the 2024/25 academic year and balances her studies as a HKUST student with training, supported by a Hong Kong Sports Institute elite training grant. Public information on her year of birth and her fuller competition record remains relatively limited.