In 2016, more track success with a silver medal in the 3 km Pursuit in the World Championships in the Netherlands, followed by a World Cup silver and a gold in events in Belgium and Spain. At the 2016 Paralympic Games, Lynch finished 5th in the 3 km Pursuit and won the silver medal in the time trial. On October 1, 2016 in Manchester, UK, Lynch was the first Paracycling rider to set an Hour Record under revised and approved UCI rules. The distance ridden was 43.133 beating the previous World Best mark set by Laurent Thirionet in 1999 of 40.031 km.  Lynch broke his foot playing rugby aged sixteen and was then diagnosed with a spinal tumour. The tumour was removed but the cast was placed too tightly on his foot and caused tissue damage, and his left leg had to be amputated below the knee. In addition, Lynch lost the use of the muscle below the knee on the opposite leg. The resulting disability placed him in the C2 class for Paracycling. Lynch was born in Singapore and spent most of his early life in Canada. He competed for Ireland as his father was a native of Drogheda. China–Hong Kong football rivalry  The China–Hong Kong football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the national association football teams of the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. The rivalry has been exacerbated by Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region of China, which means that it does not practise communism as on the mainland, a legacy of having been under British colonial rule until the transfer of sovereignty in 1997. China and Hong Kong have been playing each other in football matches since a friendly in Hong Kong in 1978. In 1985, Hong Kong, then a British dependent territory, played China in the AFC First Round 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification group. The final match at Workers’ Stadium, Beijing meant China only needed to avoid defeat to progress and Hong Kong had to win. Despite this, Hong Kong won 2–1. In response, Chinese fans blocked the Hong Kong team from leaving and started rioting in China's first known case of football hooliganism. In 1997, Hong Kong was handed over from the United Kingdom to China but was permitted to continue to field a separate national football team under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration despite its new status as a Special Administrative Region of China under the One Country, Two Systems policy. In 2003, when China and Hong Kong were drawn together during the AFC 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, former Chinese national football team manager, Bora Milutinovic stated: "This is incredible.