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Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates

Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates
The latest news and top stories on the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA). A Hong Kong-based non-profit sports association, the HKAAA is dedicated to governing and promoting athletics. Its main areas of focus include organising major events, developing athlete training programmes and providing professional development for coaches and officials.
Tiffany Yue won a women’s long jump bronze medal in Hangzhou at the Asian Games in 2023. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong athletics team face make-or-break test after no medals at Asian Games

Failing to win a world championship medal next year, or not qualifying for the Olympics, could see the sport lose its Tier A status at HKSI.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong sport ‘sets bar low’, enables mediocrity with cash handouts: coach

Hong Kong Marathon

Hong Kong Marathon expects to welcome record number of runners after increasing quota

Wu Yanni

Hong Kong coach behind Wu Yanni aiming to develop city’s first sub-10s sprinter

Former Olympian Ivan Ho, who has been Wu’s strength and conditioning coach since 2023, says he wants to see how fast local sprinters can go.

Ivan Ho working with China’s multiple-time 100m hurdles champion Wu Yanni. Photo: Ivan Ho
Hong Kong Marathon

Priority-entry registration for Hong Kong bridge half-marathon opens on Thursday

Early registration for city’s highest-level road race is for those who meet specific qualifying times; public ballot begins a week later.

Vera Lui Lai-yiu

Hong Kong hurdler Lui under spotlight after winning Challenger event for Monaco

Asian Games bronze medallist wins 100m hurdles at European meet, says she complied with international rules, will never change nationality.

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Kai Tak Sports Park

More medals, records for Hong Kong on final day of Asian U-20 athletics event

City win one silver, one bronze and set two more Hong Kong records as China top medal table at end of four-day meet at Kai Tak Sports Park.

Hong Kong's 4x400m relay team of (from left) Chow Chi-kiu, Jane Karlsson, Lee Tsz-yiu and Cheng Tsz-yan won the bronze, behind India and Kazakhstan. Photo: Ada Li
Marathons

Hong Kong bridge half-marathon gets platinum status, now city’s top-ranked race

Global governing body World Athletics upgrades race on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge for 2026 season.

Hong Kong Marathon

Law urges caution over Hong Kong Marathon route change, 2-day event proposal

Organisers considering moving finish line to Kai Tak Sports Park with recommendation expected this month.

Hong Kong Marathon

Tourism carnival or elite-level race? What could be next for Hong Kong Marathon

Olympic gold medallist Vivian Kong tells Legislative Council race could mirror France’s famous wine run; sports minister details other options.

Runners in the 2026 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon arrive in Sheung Wan after passing through the Western Harbour Crossing. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong eyes bigger marathon with egg waffles and milk tea to cheer runners

Tourism chief Rosanna Law says government open to expanding Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon capacity or turning it into two-day event.

Athletes run along Island Eastern Corridor during the 10km race of the marathon. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong long jumper Tiffany Yue happy to deal with Asian Games funding pressure

Bronze medallist from 2022 Games among athletes set to shoulder burden of winning medals in Japan to help team retain HKSI Tier A status.

Hong Kong police

Police probe child abuse report after man runs with baby in Hong Kong Marathon

The force reached out to the runner and is arranging a time for him to return to the city to assist with investigation, an insider says.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Time for Hong Kong marathon to pick up the pace and evolve

With the popularity of the event growing and competition from other cities, organisers should be open to innovative ideas for improvement.

Athletes run along the Island Eastern Corridor during the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon’s 10km race on January 18. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong Marathon

Man running while carrying baby during Hong Kong Marathon stopped, told to leave

A widely circulated video on social media shows the man with a baby strapped to his chest running along the West Kowloon Highway.

A participant in the 2026 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon last Sunday sparked online discussion after being spotted carrying a baby while running, raising serious safety concerns. Photo: handout
Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong marathon sets record with 1 in 4 of 74,000 runners from outside city

Authorities warn road closures for Sunday’s marathon will affect services along 269 bus and 40 minibus routes, urge public to plan ahead.

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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Trail running and hiking

Hong Kong ultra-marathoner Ferdinand Tsang to sit out TransLantau this year

Last year’s 100km champ needs to ‘let my body rest’ after running at world championships with Tsang Chun-kit, who will run the 25km race.

Ferdinand Tsang wining the 2024 TransLantau 100km race last year. Photo: Handout
2025 National Games

National Games: the Hong Kong records that could fall at the athletics, swimming

Swimmer Adam Mak among those likely to rewrite the city’s record books, along with Olympian Siobhan Haughey and runner Kamran Khan.

2025 National Games

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

The model athlete and part-time model says he has ‘loaded all my bullets’ and hopes to give mainland China’s top runners stiff competition.

2025 National Games

Runner who once hid in a toilet to avoid a race is now chasing gold for Hong Kong

Kamran Khan was a Hong Kong champion at the age of 16 and then the trouble began. Now the 24-year-old has his eyes on National Games glory.

Kamran Khan is fiercely proud of running with the Hong Kong name on his vest. Photo: Handout
2025 National Games

Invited athletes don’t deserve Olympian tag, says Hong Kong athletics boss

Athletics association’s Simon Yeung says city’s young need to fully commit to sport, but ‘not my place’ to tell them to forgo higher education.

Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates senior vice-chairman Simon Yeung. Photo: Jonathan Wong
2025 National Games

Hong Kong athletics boss happy with National Games squad despite missing star

Senior vice-chairman Simon Yeung says local association waiting for answers from Wong Wan-chun, sets athletes personal best aim.

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