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Chin Man Kit is a Hong Kong race walker who specialises in the 20 kilometres walk and is one of the city's foremost figures in the event. Race walking is a niche discipline in Hong Kong, where competitors often train without close rivals, yet Chin has sustained a high level and repeatedly rewritten the Hong Kong record. In October 2017 he recorded 1:29:41 over 20 kilometres, and he later improved the Hong Kong record to 1:27:35. In 2018 he represented Hong Kong at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, finishing eighth in the men's 20 kilometres walk. At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023 he was again named in the Hong Kong, China delegation, completing the 20 kilometres walk in 1:37:43 for tenth place. In 2026 the Asian Race Walking Championships was held over the half-marathon distance for the first time, and Chin, representing Hong Kong, clocked 1:33:43 to finish seventh of eight entrants and set a Hong Kong record for the half-marathon walk. Long-distance walking demands exceptional fitness and technique, requiring athletes to maintain a specific gait over a sustained period with both endurance and discipline; Chin has long competed largely as an individual across local and Asian events, arranging his own training and racing. He currently holds the best Hong Kong marks in both the 20 kilometres walk and the half-marathon walk, making him a pioneer of the discipline in Hong Kong.