High jump star Cecilia Yeung begins long road to Asian Games at Hong Kong Athletics Championships
The 23-year-old is working her way back from a thigh injury and says it will take some time to reach the heights of 2017
After an extraordinary 2017 when she set a Hong Kong record of 1.88 metres and clinched a silver medal at the Asian Championships, the 23-year-old sensation will be under added pressure at the event at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, which will feature all of Hong Kong’s top track and field athletes.
“I’m a bit nervous about this first race as I have not been competing for a while,” said Yeung, who has spent the last few months recuperating from a left thigh injury sustained in an Asian Games test event earlier in the year.
“I have only had four training sessions in high jump recently because of the injury as I have had to spend time on other training areas, such as fitness, conditioning and injury prevention.
“The result therefore may not be the most important as I am trying to pick up my form and get back the feeling of competition. I would not set the target too high and would be happy with over 1.8m.”