[1] She represented Hong Kong, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became a finalist in the 200 m butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games.

[2] She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including two-time Olympians Hsieh Shu-ting and María del Pilar Pereyra.

Kong failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall on the first day of prelims.

[5][6] When she left Hong Kong to come to the United States, Kong trained for world-class coach Dave Salo at the Irvine Novaquatics Club, and helped the swim team set school records in all medley relays (both 200 and 400 m).

[7][8] She also competed for the California Golden Bears swimming and diving team under women's head coach Teri McKeever, and spent two years of undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.