GILLIAN Castka had a hand in four of the six medals won by Hong Kong at the World Veterans Athletic Championships, which ended yesterday in Miazaki, Japan.
Castka, a former British international runner who has run 49 marathons, won two individual silvers, a team silver and an individual bronze.
She was competing in the women's over-35s category and was one of a 30-strong Hong Kong squad at the 11-day championships which attracted 12,000 athletes from 78 countries.
Castka finished second in the 10-kilometre cross country event last Sunday to win silver medals in both the individual and team sections - teammates Sheila Purves (fourth) and Cory Caplan (10th) clinching the team silver.
Castka also won the silver in the 2,000 metres steeplechase, in only her second attempt at the discipline.
She dropped 10 seconds behind South African Marietjie Ceronio but managed to hold off American Kim Rupert to finish second in seven minutes, 57 minutes and 96 seconds.