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Hong Kong high jump prodigy Phoebe Chung Wai-yan continues winning streak in Wan Chai

  • Hong Kong No 1 Chung heads into her first Asian Indoor Championships next month with a timely confidence booster from preseason trials
  • Teen sprinter Lou Tsz-yuen steals the show on Sunday as she finishes first in women’s 100m in with a personal best of 11.98 seconds

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High jump athlete Phoebe Chung Wai-yan during the Hong Kong pre-season athletics trials at Wan Chai Sports Ground. Photos: Edmond So

Hong Kong high jump No 1 Phoebe Chung Wai-yan continued her winning streak at the city’s preseason trials on Sunday at Wan Chai Sports Ground.

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The victory will give her a timely confidence booster in her bid to finish in the top three at her first Asian Indoor Championships next month.

The 24-year-old Chung, who has a personal best of 1.80 metres, easily cleared her first three jumps at 1.68m, 1.71m, and 1.75m. She then cleared 1.77m on her third try, before falling short at 1.81m.

Toby Lai Yan-hei, a University of California, Berkeley student who competed in the meet during her break in Hong Kong, finished second on her first try at 1.75 before falling short on 1.77, and Sharon Wong Yuen-nam finished third in 1.68.

“I’m quite happy with my results today with the strong headwind, and I also got Covid-19 last week. I could not do anything the whole week except physical training at home,” Chung said.

(Left to right) High jump athletes Sharon Wong Yuen-nam, Phoebe Chung Wai-yan, and Toby Lai Yan-Hei pose for a picture at Wan Chai Sports Ground.
(Left to right) High jump athletes Sharon Wong Yuen-nam, Phoebe Chung Wai-yan, and Toby Lai Yan-Hei pose for a picture at Wan Chai Sports Ground.

Chung has been unbeaten since last November, when she took first place with a personal best at a local club meet, followed by a gold medal at the Thailand Open Championships in Bangkok with 1.78m.

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