Yiu Kit Ching
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Born | Hong Kong | 20 February 1988
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Country | Hong Kong |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | long-distance running |
Updated on 16 August 2016 |
Christy Yiu Kit-Ching (born 20 February 1988) is a Hong Kong long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Olympic Games.[1]
Yiu finished 39th in the women’s marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, setting a new personal best record with a time of two hours 36 minutes and 11 seconds.[2]
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.
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