High jump star Cecilia Yeung begins long road to Asian Games at Hong Kong Athletics Championships

The 23-year-old is working her way back from a thigh injury and says it will take some time to reach the heights of 2017

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Hong Kong high jump ace Cecilia Yeung is looking to return to top form in 2018. Photo: Chan Kin-wa

Published: 3:30pm, 3 May 2018Updated: 7:26pm, 11 Jul 2018

High jump star Cecilia Yeung Man-wai is feeling the pressure as she prepares for her first meet of the season at this weekend’s Hong Kong Athletics Championships.

After an extraordinary 2017 when she set a Hong Kong record of 1.88 metres and clinched a silver medal at the Asian Championships, the 23-year-old sensation will be under added pressure at the event at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, which will feature all of Hong Kong’s top track and field athletes.

The two-day event will provide a glimpse of Yeung’s form with the Jakarta Asian Games less than four months away.

“I’m a bit nervous about this first race as I have not been competing for a while,” said Yeung, who has spent the last few months recuperating from a left thigh injury sustained in an Asian Games test event earlier in the year.

Cecilia Yeung competes in the 2017 Hong Kong Athletics Championships. Photo: Handout

“I have only had four training sessions in high jump recently because of the injury as I have had to spend time on other training areas, such as fitness, conditioning and injury prevention.

“The result therefore may not be the most important as I am trying to pick up my form and get back the feeling of competition. I would not set the target too high and would be happy with over 1.8m.”