¡¡¡¡BUSAN, Oct. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Lee Lai shan of China's Hong Kong will miss the ceremony to collect her gold medal for windsurfing in the Asian Games after being rushed home with a stomach ailment.

¡¡¡¡Lee, 32, also known as San San, was due to collect the Asian Games gold medal that she won on Monday at a ceremony but was forced to fly home with suspected abdominal colic earlier Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡A spokesman for China's Hong Kong delegation said Lee, who alsowon a gold medal for windsurfing at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, had been suffering from abdominal pains and cramps for the past 11days and struggled to carry on competing.

¡¡¡¡Her symptoms worsened and she was flown back to Hong Kong whereshe was admitted to hospital, the spokesman said. She is believed to be suffering from abdominal colic and is not in any danger, he added.

¡¡¡¡Lee is Hong Kong's most successful athlete of modern times. Shewon the gold medal at the Asian Games in Bangkok four years ago and successfully defended it this week at the current games in Busan, South Korea. Enditem