Yiu Kit Ching
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
20 February 1988 Hong Kong |
| Sport | |
| Country |
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| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 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]
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]
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
- http://www.all-athletics.com/node/358223
- 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
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