"The competitive trail ultramarathon racing season kicked off at the 2026 Hong Kong 100k on Saturday, January 24. While the weather was relatively cool, competition was hot, featuring many of the top runners from the global East. In the women's race, Vietnam's Hậu Hà and Veronika Leng, who is from Slovakia but lives in Hong Kong, finished in a tie, while China's Gui-Du Qin dominated the men's race in an emotional win."
"The 100k event is the season opener for the World Trail Majors series, and this year's course covered 93 kilometers (58 miles) with 5,073 meters (16,644 feet) of elevation gain. Changes to this year's course made the race shorter and therefore faster than usual. The course uses many sections of Hong Kong's iconic Maclehose Trail and finishes with a celebratory 4-kilometer descent from Hong Kong's highest peak, Tai Mo Shan."
Vietnam's Hậu Hà and Veronika Leng of Hong Kong finished in a tie for the women's 100k victory, while China's Gui-Du Qin took an emotional win in the men's race. The Hong Kong 100k concluded three days of racing that also featured 30k and 50k events and a Grand Sam triple-event challenge named after Sam Tam. The 100k served as the World Trail Majors season opener and covered 93 kilometers with 5,073 meters of elevation. Course changes made the route shorter and faster, using sections of the Maclehose Trail and finishing with a 4-kilometer descent from Tai Mo Shan. Most climbing occurs in the race's latter half.
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