Yiu Kit Ching
Appearance
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Born | Hong Kong | 20 February 1988
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Country | Hong Kong, China |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | long-distance running |
Updated on 16 August 2016 |
Christy Yiu Kit-Ching (born 20 February 1988) is a long-distance runner from Hong Kong, China. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
Yiu finished 39th in the women’s marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, setting a new personal best and national record with a time of two hours 36 minutes and 11 seconds.[2]
Personal bests
- 5000 metres – 16:01.88 min, 07 May 2016, Nobeoka (JPN)
- 10,000 metres – 33:45.00 min, 16 July 2015, Abashiri (JPN)
- Half marathon – 1:12:57 hrs, 15 November 2015, Ageo (JPN)
- Marathon – 2:34:07 hrs, 07 July 2019, Gold Coast (AUS)
See also
References
- ^ "Women's marathon results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Porteous, James (15 August 2016). "Hot stuff: Christy Yiu Kit-ching beats the heat to run a PB but falls just short of Hong Kong's marathon record". South China Morning Post.
External links
- Yiu Kit Ching at World Athletics
- http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1785233/yiu-kit-ching-qualifies-2016-rio-olympics-and-world-championships
- http://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/1989085/road-rio-marathon-runner-christy-yiu-kit-ching-shares-how-her-husband-helped