李紫桃

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Li Tsz To is a Hong Kong sprinter specialising in the 100m and 200m. She attended HKUGA College, where she captained the track team, and made her mark in school athletics. She became the Hong Kong youth (under-18 and under-20) record holder for both the 100m and 200m, and set a schools' 200m A Grade record of 24.31. In 2022, at the Asian youth U18 championships in Kuwait, she ran 24.79 for 200m to win bronze. In 2023, at the Asian youth U18 championships, she won 100m bronze in 11.84 (+0.9), setting new Hong Kong U20 and U18 records, and clocked a Hong Kong U20 record of 24.27 for 200m. In August of that year she represented Hong Kong at the East Asian Youth Games in Ulaanbaatar, winning the women's 100m in 11.99 for Hong Kong's first gold of the Games and then adding 200m gold in 24.75 to become a double champion. She went on to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games in the 200m and the 4x100m relay, finishing fourth with her teammates in the relay final. Li has called herself a 'part-time athlete', putting her studies first and only intensifying training before competitions. One of the emerging generation of Hong Kong women sprinters, she earned multiple Hong Kong team selections at a young age and posted strong results at Asian and East Asian level, marking her out as an important new member of the relay squad. She made her Asian Games debut at just 17 and later spoke about the emotion of appearing at a major multi-sport Games for the first time.