MIZUNO HONG KONG HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kan-Ho Chan, winner in 2011, went into the lead after 4km on this out-back course alongside the Plover Cove Reservoir and was never headed. American Michelle Lowry defended her title as Kit-Ching Yiu kept pace to 11km and went on to record a personal best.

The Championships, in their 20th edition, made great efforts towards inclusiveness and among the 3000 entrants were more than a dozen unsighted runners.

One of them was Galant Ng, guided over the course by the sighted but deaf runner Michael Ng.

MEN: 1  Ka-Ho CHAN                    HKG  1:13:24 2  Yiu-Cheong WUN               HKG  1:14:09 3  Darren BENSON                        1:14:36  WOMEN: 1  Michelle LOWRY              USA  1:20:10 2  Kit-Ching YIU                    HKG  1:20:28

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