Asian Games: Hong Kong high jump queen Cecilia Yeung apologises after fifth-place flop in Indonesia

Cecilia Yeung Man-wai apologised for her disappointing performance in the Asian Games after the star high jumper managed a fifth place in Jakarta.

Targeting a medal in her maiden Asiad appearance, the 23 year-old failed to clear 1.84 metres after three attempts, leaving her only a mediocre result of 1.80 metres, a distance from her Hong Kong record 1.88 metres set last year.

In a long confession passage posted on her Facebook after the defeat, Yeung apologised three times in hashtag “Sorry”, “Sorry coach” and “Sorry for all people who have been supporting me”.

Yeung said she felt good during the warm-up ahead of the 14-athlete event and was well on her way to challenging for a medal. But she cracked under pressure when the real medal contention came.

“I felt I still have a lot more to offer when reaching the stage for medal contention, but then the pressure came out from the bottom of my heart,” she said.