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athlete of the week

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Name Lily Li Lai-kuen
School TWGHs Chen Zao Men College
Grade Form Five
Sport Basketball, athletics, cross-country

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Achievements Lily, 18, plays as a forward for Hong Kong youth girls' basketball team. She represented Hong Kong at the seventh National Intercity Games in Jiangxi last October. She is preparing for the Schools Interport Basketball Championships, which will run from March 30 to April 2. Last year Lily also played in the Nike All-Hong Kong Youth League.

She's captain of her school team, which lost to eventual champions Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School in the Grade A quarter-finals at the Kwai Tsing Inter-school Competition.

In cross-country running, she was the Grade A girls' second runner-up in 2010-11. She won this season's Kwai Tsing Inter-school Cross-Country Competition.

She also clinched a silver medal in the Grade A girls' 400m run in the 2010/11 Kwai Tsing Inter-school Athletics Championships.

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Soundbite: 'I used to compete in the 100m sprint when I was in primary school. In secondary school, a teacher suggested I also compete in 1,500m since I am a basketball player and this can help with my fitness,' Lily says.

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