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The Hong Kong Athletics Championships are the city's premier track and field competition and are held annually at Wan Chai Sports Ground.
- The Asian Games bronze medallist is aiming to become the first woman from Hong Kong to compete in the long jump
- The 26-year-old will hope to at least match her best distance at the Hong Kong championships next week and events in Europe
Local runners joined by overseas contenders for 16km, 27km and 51km races, scaling Lantau Peak and Sunset Peak.
The 24-year-old Ko Ho-long is ‘so happy’ after smashing personal best twice at Wan Chai Sports Ground on Saturday.
Asian Games bronze medallist Vera Lui clocks 13.29 seconds in Saturday’s heats, before trimming another 0.02s off later in the final.
Organisers invite overseas athletes to help push performance as Asian Games entry deadline looms, with long jumper Chan Ming-tai competing at home for first time in 2 years.
Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates hosts awards ceremony for first time in 3 years, and also names hurdlers Cheung Siu-hang and Chloe Pak as best junior athletes.
She targets a comeback in June, when the city’s best will gather for a pre-Games camp – so will need to prove herself quickly after overcoming her ACL injury.
Lin Ming-fu triumphs despite being fatigued after his efforts in a recent schools meet, and is eager to start training full-time.
The 21-year-old records personal best at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, but still falls short of 50-year-old record.
This weekend’s Hong Kong Athletics Series 1 kicks off packed six months for Phoebe Chung Wai-yan, who finished fourth at the Asian Indoor Championships.
Hong Kong No 1 Phoebe Chung Wai-yan will head into her first Asian Indoor Championships next month with a timely confidence booster from preseason trials.
Phoebe Chung tipped to win high jump at Sunday’s competition in Wan Chai after impressive recent form.
Vera Lui is looking to better 13.14 mark set in women’s 100m hurdles by Chan Sau-ying in 1994, and has plenty of motivation to do so, with Asian Games and Olympic qualification in her sights.
Chan equals the Hong Kong record to bring the city’s fourth gold of the week, while Rico Cheung and Shing Cho-yan win bronzes in the sprint hurdles.
City wins nine medals in the first two days of the Thailand Open Track and Field Championships, with all three first places coming in long jump and high jump.
‘Our base in the grassroots disappeared,’ long-serving coach says, as Hong Kong athletics chief asks the government to discuss the problem.
Distance runner Wong Wan-chun, who holds four Hong Kong records, hopes to smash two more in 2022 after being sidelined with swollen feet – caused by excess proteins in the urine.
Race organisers in talks with the government and are pushing for 3,000 runners, after taking heart from the snooker Masters and rugby’s Hong Kong Sevens.
The 23-year-old smashed all her personal records at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground on Sunday, leaping well ahead of her nearest competitors.
Education University postgraduate student Vincent Wong claims title after city’s fastest man over distance Wong Wan-chun drops out before halfway.
‘Popping’ in Cecilia Yeung Man-wai’s knee was an anterior cruciate ligament injury that left the Hongkonger’s athletics future in doubt.
After five long years, Chan Ming-tai leaps 8 metres once again at Resisprint International, as work with new French coach begins to pay dividends.
Hong Kong record had been 30 minutes and 41 seconds, but it is now 29.27 after Wong’s stunning race in Gold Coast, Australia.
Cecilia Yeung pulls out during warm-up after popping in her problem knee, but Tiffany Tang is second only 3 days after leaving quarantine, where she had to prepare by watching footage.
Chan clears 12.73 metres to win title at Tseung Kwan O, weeks after breaking the Hong Kong record, and wants to see more people taking up her discipline.
Mui Ching-yeung races to victory in 110m hurdles at Hong Kong Athletics Championships just two days after leaving quarantine.
Chan wins women’s 100 metres in 12.14 seconds after clocking 12.07 in heats as 22-year-old confident of regaining best form.
Sprinter Ng will sit out Hong Kong Athletics Championships after failing to recover from injury, but hurdler Rico Cheung is ready to steal the show in Tseung Kwan O.
Ng finishes third in men’s 200m in a pedestrian 21.98 seconds at Athletics Series 2, says benefits of training with Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian will take time to show themselves on the track.
Hong Kong 100m record holder Ng Ka-fung hopes to make a splash in his home city this weekend before heading to the US to train with Asia’s fastest man.
