Hong Kong Athletics Championships: quarantine can’t slow Mui as veteran hurdler shows young guns how it’s done
- Mui Ching-yeung races to victory in 110m hurdles just two days after leaving quarantine
- The 29-year-old has spent the past several months in Europe for training
Veteran hurdler Mui Ching-yeung made quite an entrance on Saturday just two days after leaving quarantine, winning the men’s 110 metres in the Hong Kong Athletics Championships at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.
The 29-year-old only returned to Hong Kong last Friday after finishing a three-month training stint in Europe, but his enforced seven-day stay did not seem to hurt him too much, as he clocked 14.10 seconds in the heats and 14.28 seconds in the final at the city’s athletics championships.
Two upcoming stars, Rico Cheung Siu-hang, 20, who was unbeaten this season, and Addis Wong Lok-hei, 21, finished in 14.45 seconds to share the second place.
“It appears that the seven-day quarantine has had little effect on me; it is a good time for me to adjust my jet lag,” Mui said.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, heats and finals at the championships have been condensed into a two-hour window, something Mui said his training in Europe helped prepare him for.
“Unlike in Hong Kong, where heats were held in the morning and finals in the afternoon, most meets in Europe are very condensed, with little time between heats and finals, so I found it very comfortable today,” he said.
