Lui Lai-yao Shines at Hong Kong Athletics Series 2024, Narrowly Misses Record

[Naidheachdan Spòrs]The “Hong Kong Athletics Series 2024” staged a series of dramas at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Complex on Sunday (5th). 13.15 seconds in the women’s 100m preliminary race in the morning crossing the line first in the group, she narrowed the gap between her best time (PB) and the Hong Kong record to just 0.01 seconds with a time of 13.27 seconds, and she emphatically stated that she believed she had made the right choice to change.

Lui Lai-yao (left) ran a PB in the opening race, just 0.01 seconds shy of the Hong Kong record

Tseung Kwan O did not receive continuous heavy rain as the first day of the event on Sunday. Lui Lai-yao, who had been training abroad earlier, returned to Hong Kong specifically to participate in this annual local track and field event. Same event last year. She ran 13.27 seconds in the final in the afternoon Although she could not change the Hong Kong record, it was enough for her to win the gold medal.

Lu Liyao (centre) failed to break through again in the finals, but still won the gold medal.

Lu Liyao (right)

Lu Liyao was very happy after achieving good results in the morning. Mei, and secondly, I don’t feel very good about the center she pointed out her performance in the later It’s a little less than ideal, but I don’t feel too disappointed about About: “Obviously, we are doing the things we should do, we just need to correct the parts that were not done well in the subsequent games.

Lui Liyao (left) said that a training camp in the United States provided healthy competition and helped her develop.

After the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year, Lu Liyao went to the east coast of the United States to train with Lin Yuwei and other climbers have developed a lot of healthy competition and being ‘ encourage each other, the good feeling will help him perform well this season: “I did very well during the indoor season. The 60-meter hurdles have always been the weakest point. in one competition after another to find the competition many decisions made for hurdles in the past year, she said that today’s results let her know that she had to choose the right path and continue on this difficult road.

Lu Liyao (center) will return to the United States after the game to continue preparing for the off-season and strive for good results.

This competition has given Lui Li-yao many Olympic points, making her one of the most popular candidates in the Hong Kong team to participate in this year’s Paris Olympics. When talking about her expectations for Olympic qualifications, Lu Liyao said that she would not think too much: “I believe that every athlete wants to participate in the Olympics, but there are too many uncontrollable factors. I try to run every shot well last week. After you just returned to Hong Kong, she revealed that she will fly back to the United States to prepare for the next outdoor season. But it is still unknown which events she will compete in in the future and she still has to wait for the coach’s arrangement.

Chen Mingtai’s performance in the Hong Kong Championship was not as good as expected.

The men’s long jump final held in the afternoon on the same day gathered many experts Unfortunately, Hong Kong team representatives Chen Mingtai (Artest) and Gao Haolong did not perform as well as expected. and the latter finished miserably with a “hard neck fourth” with 7.58 meters. Wen Huayu from Chinese Taipei and Janry Ubas from the Philippines won first and third place respectively. Artest has been training abroad for a long time in the last few years experts from the Sports Institute gave up their holidays to record data for all the athletes. Unable to perform well in front of the home crowd, Artest couldn’t help but sigh after the game: “Alas! Of course, it’s not quite ‘Tart Q’. I’m in good shape, but it’s sad that I’m just He can’t understand.” He revealed that he will be fine after a day’s rest. He will leave for Europe and play games in Greece , Cyprus and other places in Hong Kong in two weeks.

Photos and text: Li Keyi

This article was written by “Sports road“Originally published in”Hong Kong Athletics Championships ｜ Lui Lai-yao set a PB in the preliminary round after the 100 hurdles heat, just 0.01 seconds away from the Hong Kong record」