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The Hong Kong Athletics Championships are the city's premier track and field competition and are held annually at Wan Chai Sports Ground.
The 10th Hong Kong Masters Athletics Championship took place over the weekend at Wan Chai Sports Ground. Photo: Sun Yeung
2025 National Games

Hong Kong must act to stop athletics talent drain, says former record holder

Alan Cheung, who broke the city 110m hurdles record in 1996, then quit the sport, wants more government backing for track and field.

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Hong Kong hurdler Rico Cheung to take aim at city record at National Games

2025 National Games

Hong Kong teenage sprinting hope Chloe Pak targeting National Games relay record

World Athletics Championships

Lui’s dream comes true after shock World Athletics Championships call-up

The 30-year-old, who becomes the first hurdler from the city to take part in the event in 14 years, got a wild card late last month.

Vera Lui will race in the 100m hurdles at the world championships on Sunday but her eyes are on the National Games in November. Photo: EPA-EFE
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5 things to watch for during the 2025-26 Hong Kong racing season

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Meet Hong Kong’s father-daughter duo out to make National Games a family affair

Long jumper Tiffany Jia is hoping to make the track and field squad, while father Jia Dong-jin is a coach for the men’s handball team.

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2025 National Games

Priscilla Cheung chasing city record and Hong Kong glory as Games debut nears

Priscilla Cheung will compete for the city at the World University Games next month, and should also be part of National Games squad.

Hong Kong high jumper Priscilla Cheung has her sights set on raising the bar over the next several months. Photo: Edmond So
2025 National Games

Hong Kong sprinter Leung holds back tears of disappointment despite 100m win

The 24-year-old university student fails to clock the 11.80-second time that would have won her a spot in the National Games squad.

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How Hong Kong’s speediest teen went from hating school to the fast lane

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Taiwanese sprinter Yang Chun-han shocked by reaction to him in Hong Kong

Yang is centre of attention as he runs in Hong Kong Athletics Championships at Wan Chai Sports Ground.

Yang Chun-han (right) runs in the 200m at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships on Sunday. Photo: Mike Chan

Why Hong Kong could see boom in athletics for veterans who won’t stop competing

City expects to send large team of senior track-and-field competitors to World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu next year.

Hong Kong’s Aldo Kriel (left) won bronze in the 200m for men aged 45-49 at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Florida last month. Photo: Handout
Trail running and hiking

Clean air and empty runway offer elite women chance to break 10km world record

The race on the new tarmac will be held in November, with organisers hoping to attract 12,000 runners, including 50 of the world’s top women.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong sprinter Felix Diu to make Paris Games team at expense of Tiffany Yue

The 100-metre specialist would become the third athlete from the city to benefit from the wild card entry, after long jumper Theo Chan Ming-tai and 110m hurdler Arenas Chan Chung-wang.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong’s 50-year-old 1,500m athletics record finally broken by amateur runner

The previous record, set by Dave Gibson in Manila in 1972, is broken during a competition in Tokyo.

Wesley Chan Wai-chung broke the city’s 52-year-old men’s 1,500 metres record in Japan on Saturday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong Olympian saddled with medical bills after athlete funding cut off

Distance runner told her expenses for compulsory medical screening could not be reimbursed after paperwork was not done in time.

Hong Kong’s Christy Yiu was prevented from having medical bills reimbursed for several weeks. Photo: Xinhua
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hurdler Lui close to 30-year-old record at Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Vera Lui says she has worked on her technique since last year’s Asian Games and is heading ‘in the right direction’.

World Athletics Championships

Long jumper Yue’s Paris Olympics tall order: just match her personal best 3 times

The 26-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist hopes to become the first female long jumper from Hong Kong to compete at the Games.

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Mongolian trail runners face 50 degrees Celsius drop at Lantau 50 race

Local runners joined by overseas contenders for 16km, 27km and 51km races, scaling Lantau Peak and Sunset Peak.

Athletes are arriving from overseas for the annual Lantau 50 Asian Skyrunning Championship. Photo: Handout

Long jumper Ko joins ‘8-metre club’ with Hong Kong Athletics Championships win

The 24-year-old Ko Ho-long is ‘so happy’ after smashing personal best twice at Wan Chai Sports Ground on Saturday.

Asian Games 2023

Hurdler Lui smashes personal best twice at Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Asian Games bronze medallist Vera Lui clocks 13.29 seconds in Saturday’s heats, before trimming another 0.02s off later in the final.

Top track and field athletes to feature at Hong Kong Championships

Organisers invite overseas athletes to help push performance as Asian Games entry deadline looms, with long jumper Chan Ming-tai competing at home for first time in 2 years.

Chan Ming-tai wins the long jump in the Athletics Series 2 at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground. Photo: HKAAA
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Race walker Ching, long jumper Chan take home best Hong Kong athlete awards

Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates hosts awards ceremony for first time in 3 years, and also names hurdlers Cheung Siu-hang and Chloe Pak as best junior athletes.

Award winners (from left) Jessica Ching, Cheung Siu-hang and Chloe Pak at the HKAAA prize presentation. Photo: Handout
Cecilia Yeung Man-wai

High-jumper Yeung back in race for Asian Games but must be in Hong Kong’s top 2

She targets a comeback in June, when the city’s best will gather for a pre-Games camp – so will need to prove herself quickly after overcoming her ACL injury.

Schoolboy long-jumper wins adult competition at Hong Kong Athletics Series

Lin Ming-fu triumphs despite being fatigued after his efforts in a recent schools meet, and is eager to start training full-time.

No 1,500m record for Khan, but athletics prodigy says it’s a matter of time

The 21-year-old records personal best at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, but still falls short of 50-year-old record.

Kamran Khan after setting a personal best in the 1,500 metres at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. Photo: Chan Kin-wa

Top high-jumper aims for Wan Chai podium after narrow miss in Astana

This weekend’s Hong Kong Athletics Series 1 kicks off packed six months for Phoebe Chung Wai-yan, who finished fourth at the Asian Indoor Championships.

High jumper Phoebe Chung Wai-yan in action at the Hong Kong Athletics Series 4 at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground in October. Photo: Shirley Chui

High jump prodigy Chung continues winning streak in Wan Chai

Hong Kong No 1 Phoebe Chung Wai-yan will head into her first Asian Indoor Championships next month with a timely confidence booster from preseason trials.

In-form athlete Chung looks for breakthrough year as pre-season trials loom

Phoebe Chung tipped to win high jump at Sunday’s competition in Wan Chai after impressive recent form.

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