How Hong Kong long jumper Tiffany Yue will leap to the Paris Olympics: match her personal best 3 times in the coming weeks
- The Asian Games bronze medallist is aiming to become the first woman from Hong Kong to compete in the long jump
- The 26-year-old will hope to at least match her best distance at the Hong Kong championships next week and events in Europe
Tiffany Yue Nga-yan knows exactly what she needs to do to become the first woman to represent Hong Kong at the Olympics in the long jump – and it will mean matching her personal best at least three times over the next several weeks.
As the 26-year-old enters the final stretch of a crucial qualifying campaign for the Summer Games in Paris later this year, her focus is entirely on breaking into the top 32 in the world.
Fortunately, Yue is not that far removed from the 6.50 metres with which she managed to win bronze at the Asian Games, a distance that, if repeated, should help her make history.
Yue, who has been training in London for the past five months, arrived back in the city on Wednesday and will compete in the Hong Kong Athletics Championships on May 4 and 5.
“It’s special to be at home and be competing in Hong Kong again; I’m really looking forward to the championships,” Yue said.
National Olympic Committees (NOCs) can send three athletes inside the world’s top 32 to the Paris Olympics. Taking into account the three-per-country rule, Yue is ranked 43rd.
