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Hong Kong’s Stone Tsang Siu-keung made it look easy in his backyard and Veronika Vadovicova broke the women’s course record in the 19km races at the Goodman Healthy Hike & Run.
Having previously been postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event went ahead at Tai Lam Country Park in Hong Kong’s New Territories on Sunday, and it was worth the wait for Tsang, who was running in his first proper race since 2019.
He was trailing Leung Siu-pang around the 16km mark but timed his run to perfection, winning in 1 hour, 41 minutes and 46 seconds.
“This is my backyard … I live close by and train here,” Tsang said. “I really enjoyed today with good weather and nice course design. I believe this is my first real race in three years.”

The women’s title went to Slovakian-born Hong Kong resident Vadovicova in 1:44:50.
“[The] course was really nice, very runnable and very fast,” she said. “We were lucky not to have sun.
“I’m so happy to be racing again after such a long time because of Covid-19.”
There were more than 200 entrants across the three race categories, over 5km, 13km and 19km. After heading into the country park, the three routes went separate ways with all of them looping back to the Yuen Tun trail and finishing where the race began. The 19km course included a loop all the way around the majestic Tai Lam Chung reservoir.
Hong Kong’s Leung finished second in 1:43:15, with Matt Leng of Cambodia third in 1:44:50, Bernard Lee of Hong Kong fourth in 1:45:34 and Jason Jia of Australia fifth in 1:46:25.
Wang Yuen-suen from Hong Kong took second in the women’s race in 2:09:28, with Australia’s Sherrin Loh third in 2:14:27, Kam Hay of Hong Kong fourth in 2:15:47 and Leung Woon-ping fifth in 2:17:24.


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Local knowledge pays off for Tsang in his first race since 2019
Vadovicova triumphs in women’s race, setting a new course record



Local knowledge pays off for Tsang in his first race since 2019, while Vadovicova triumphs in the women’s race, setting a new course record.


Hong Kong trail runner Veronika Vadovicova smashes women’s 19km record as Stone Tsang wins Goodman Healthy Hike & Run

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Local knowledge pays off for Tsang in his first race since 2019

Vadovicova triumphs in women’s race, setting a new course record