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Justina in gold strike at Darwin

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HONGKONG'S top woman sprinter Justina Ng Ka-yi bounced right back into form in Darwin, Australia with an impressive 200 metres win on the third day's athletics competition of the Arafura Sports Festival.

Clocking 24.68 seconds, the Watson's Water Elite Programme speedster was just eight hundredths of a second outside her Hongkong record of 24.60.

Ng also anchored the Hongkong women's 4 ? 400 metres relay squad to a bronze medal.

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The HKSI's veteran woman long distance running coach Winnie Ng also struck gold in the women's 3,000 metres, clocking 10 minutes 38.60 seconds .

Watson's Athletic Club's versatile all-rounder Anthea Li Chun-nei picked up her third gold medal in the competition, winning the long jump with a leap of 5.80 metres.

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Li who holds the Hongkong women's long jump record at 6.00 metres, set in Kuala Lumpur 18 months ago, also took silver in the javelin with a throw of 21.90 metres.

TCAA's equally versatile Cheung Suet-yee picked up another two silver medals when she finished second in the women's long jump behind Li and came second in the 400 metres hurdles.

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