Hong Kong Chinese New Year - Parade Float Exhibition has started at Kai Tak Sports Park from February 18

From February 18 to 26, 8 distinctive floats that attended the Chinese New Year Parade would be displayed at Kai Tak Sports Park to continue the excitement of the parade.

Photo source: kaitaksportspark.com.hk

Besides, on February 18 and 19, two stages would be added at Kai Tak Sports Park, featuring multiple participating Chinese Mainland and international groups who will perform live, enhancing the festive atmosphere for the audience.

The mini float of Hong Kong Tourism Board

The float of McDonald's Hong Kong

The float of Quality Tourism Services Association

The float of Asia Tourism Exchange Centre

Moreover, the KTSP Documentary <Game On, Kai Tak> Public Screening has extended its lasting period to February 27, welcoming residents and tourists to view an extraordinary journey of establishing Kai Tak Sports Park as a world-class stage.

The float of Hong Kong Tourism Board

The float of Macau Government Tourist Office

The float of Hong Kong Disneyland

The float of Cathay

MILAN (AP) — It's not often that the second figure skater on the ice in a Winter Olympic competition is must-see viewing. Adeliia Petrosian is different.

The 18-year-old Russian had only competed in one senior event outside her homeland before Tuesday's short program, resulting in one of the lowest seedings and a position near the top of the start list.

Even though she was skating around three hours before the other top contenders, Petrosian was greeted by cheers from devoted fans holding personalized banners in a nearly full arena.

“Today I wasn’t nervous at all,” she said in Russian after a clean, Michael Jackson-themed skate that earned 72.89 points. “So far I'm not feeling any strong external pressure. Let's see what happens in the free skate.”

Hours later, Petrosian was very much in the medal picture, placing fifth in the short program, fewer than six points behind leader Ami Nakai of Japan. Quadruple jumps are allowed in Thursday's free skate, and Petrosian is the only woman in the competition who regularly performs them. A clean quad could catapult her onto the podium.

Petrosian is competing as an individual neutral athlete at the Milan Cortina Olympics due to restrictions on Russia’s participation during its war in Ukraine. The arena announcer introduced her as a “three-time national champion” but didn’t specify a country. Russians have won the women's gold at the last three Winter Olympics.

The top-ranked skaters, including the U.S. “Blade Angels” trio of Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito and three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, didn't compete for another three hours.

“I don't yet have that feeling that the competition is really against them,” Petrosian said when asked how it felt to compete with the likes of Sakamoto, Liu and U.S. champion Glenn for the first time.

“We're so far apart that I haven't even seen them once yet. I don't really have that feeling yet, but obviously I'd be really pleased to be close to them and compete.”

Petrosian showed no obvious sign of injury. Her fitness level had been unclear following comments about injuries in a recent Russian documentary.

Petrosian said she and her coaches considered a high-scoring triple axel for the short program but decided on a safer double for “stability, for the sake of my preparation and my form.”

She has practiced quadruple jumps this week in Milan and could potentially take that high-risk option in Thursday’s free skate, which could boost her score significantly.

“Come on Adeliia! Victory awaits you!” was the message written on one banner in Russian as Petrosian prepared to skate.

“The audience really accepted me well,” Petrosian said. “Each time that I think it’ll be a little less loud, the spectators always somehow shout more, greet me more warmly. And I can’t be unhappy with that.”

Petrosian is coached by Eteri Tutberidze, who has coached numerous Russian women’s skating champions including Kamila Valieva, whose doping case overshadowed the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Tutberidze isn't accredited as Petrosian's coach for the Games but TV showed her watching on a screen in the arena.

Then-IOC President Thomas Bach was critical of the “coldness” displayed by Valieva’s entourage toward the skater, who was 15 at the time, when she missed the podium.

World Anti-Doping Agency president Witold Banka said this month that an investigation found no evidence Tutberidze was implicated in Valieva’s doping case but that he was personally not “comfortable with her presence here in the Olympic Games.”

AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics

Adeliia Petrosian of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Adeliia Petrosian of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Adeliia Petrosian of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Adeliia Petrosian of Individual Neutral Athletes reacts to her score after competing in the women's short program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Adeliia Petrosian of Individual Neutral Athletes competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)