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Hong Kong Marathon: youngster Hanniel Chow makes a statement – now he has to be wooed full-time

  • The 21-year-old student beats experienced local runners with an outstanding time of 2:25:57
  • Steeplechase record holder may target the 2024 Paris Olympics if he decides to continue in marathon

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Hanniel Chow Hon-nip celebrates his performance as the best local runner at the Hong Kong Marathon. Photo: SCMP

Debutant Hanniel Chow Hon-nip announced himself as a future marathon star on Sunday.

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Now athletics chiefs have to convince him to start training full-time.

Chow, 21, emerged from a strong field of local runners to become the best finisher at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday.

His finishing time of two hours, 25 minutes and 57 seconds was also the best result of any Hong Kong runner in the event’s history.

Chow finished only 14 minutes behind record-breaking winner Barnabus Kiptum, of Kenya, who blitzed the field in 2:09:21.
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“I am super happy with the result,” said Chow, who last month broke the Hong Kong 3,000-metre steeplechase record.

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