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Hong Kong Athletics Championships: hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu smashes personal best twice in one day

  • Asian Games bronze medallist Lui clocks 13.29 seconds in the heats, before trimming another 0.02s off later in the final
  • “I am confident I will be able to break my PB again in Hangzhou,’ the 28-year-old says

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Vera Lui Lai-yiu during the Hong Kong Athletics Championships women’s 100m hurdles at Wan Chai Sports Ground. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong’s top women’s hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu is confident she will be able to smash her personal best again at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, after doing so twice at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships at Wan Chai Sports Ground on Saturday.

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Lui ran 13.29 seconds in the 100-metre hurdles heats, slashing 0.03 seconds off her previous best – set at the Asian Championship in 2019 – before trimming another 0.02 seconds off her mark three hours later.

Shing Cho-yan, who also improved her personal best with 13.65s in the heats, finished as runner-up with 13.53 seconds – another personal best – and Ivy Liu Hoi-yan was third in 14.02s.

Lui, who clocked 13.59s in her last appearance at the Hong Kong Athletics Series in April, said her aim was to “run faster than her previous race” after the heats.

She did it twice, in a day.

Vera Lui Lai-yiu celebrates at Wan Chai Sports Ground. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Vera Lui Lai-yiu celebrates at Wan Chai Sports Ground. Photo: Jonathan Wong

“Being able to run 13.28 proved this is what I’ve got, it was not pure luck,” the 28-year-old said. “I was not thinking about another PB after the heats.

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