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Rising stars learn tricks of the trade

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Yu Ting-yue and Tsang Hin-ying showed excellent form during first- round action of the 2009-2010 Hong Kong Inter-school BMX League. The competition was held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club International BMX Park in Kwai Chung last Saturday.

Ting-yue, from Sheung Shui Government Secondary School, won the gold medal in the boys' Grade A group while Hin-ying, from HKCWC Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School, took the championship in the secondary school girls' section.

Ting-yue, a Form Four student, had been practising BMX tricks for more than two years, but this was his first taste of BMX racing.

'I first got to know about BMX racing after doing volunteer work at the Hong Kong East Asian Games BMX competition,' he said.

'Speed racing is very different from doing tricks - you need power and stamina to win a competition while doing tricks depends a lot on body control.'

To train for the tournament, Ting-yue rode his BMX from Sheung Shui to Ma On Shan and back.

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