Athletes of the year (from left to right) Chiang Wai-hung (men's senior), Wan Kin-yee (women's senior), Leung Hau-sze (women's junior) and Tang Yik-chun (men's junior) show off their Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association awards at the Metropole Restaurant, last night as sprinters swept the four main prizes.
Tang, who will be 20 in June and is already competing in the senior category, was delighted with his new silverware, which will sit nicely alongside Sports Stars Awards Athlete of the Year trophy he collected in February. 'I am very happy that my achievements in 2005 have been widely recognised and I will work hard in my first year as a senior athlete with the Asian Games in Doha as my target,' said Tang who won his second consecutive junior title last night.
Hong Kong's best junior sprinter of recent years, Tang won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the National Games and set a senior Hong Kong record in the 200m in 2005.
The men's senior winner Chiang is Hong Kong's 100m record holder, while his female counterpart Wan is holder of the SAR's 100m, 200m and 400m records. The 14-year-old Leung is a 100m and 200m specialist.
Chiang, 29, and Wan, 30, both have set their sights on December's Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, while Leung hopes to improve her personal bests.