High jumper Chen Long was one of 12 Chinese athletes who struck gold in
Hong Kong at the Asian Youth Championships, which concluded on Sunday
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Chen, the Youth Olympic champion, lived up to
expectation as he cleared every height on his first attempt, up to and
including his winning mark of 2.20m, smashing the championship record in
the process. He ended his series with three unsuccessful tries at a
would-be PB of 2.24m.
Compatriot Ma Jia finished second with 2.16m, also bettering the previous championship best of 2.15m.
Chen was one of 15 athletes to break a championship record in Hong Kong, nine of whom were Chinese.
Lu Jiawen completed a Chinese high jump double by winning the girls’ event with a championship record of 1.83m.
Wu Guohang came from behind to win the boys’
long jump. After Ho Kuei-Lin of Chinese Taipei took an early lead with
7.48m (2.3m/s), Wu consolidated his second-place position with 7.42m in
the penultimate round (3.3m/s).
Japan’s Ryutaro Tanaka then sprung a surprise
in the final round with 7.43m (2.3m/s) to move into second place. Now
in third, Wu sailed out to a championship record of 7.63m (0.5m/s) to
take the lead. Ho fouled his final attempt and had to make do with the
silver medal.
Jiao Shuangshuangled a Chinese 1-2 in the
girls’ 5000m race walk. She won in a championship record of 22:54.69
with compatriot Yin Lamei finishing a close second in 22:56.22.
Yang Xin and Chen Nuo replicated the feat in
the girls’ discus, Yang taking gold with a championship record of 49.69m
and fellow Chinese thrower Chen taking silver with 47.55m.
The boys’ 110m hurdles was one of the highest
quality track events of the championships. In a close finish,
Malaysia’s Mohd Irfan Izzan Fetry just got the better of Japan’s Kentaro
Soga, 13.60 to 13.64.
Mohammad Reza Rahmanifar was one of two
Iranian winners in the boys’ throwing events. He struck gold in the
discus with 60.24m while compatriot Arsalan Ghashghaei won the shot put
with 19.36m.
Championship records also fell in both
combined events competitions.
India’s Usaid Khan dominated the boys’
decathlon with 6952, while Kazakhstan’s Adina Makhsutova won the girls’
heptathlon with 5345.
Hong Kong’s Cade Wright was the sole gold
medallist for the host nation. She comfortably won the 1500m by two
seconds, crossing the line in 4:34.04.
