陳一樂

English

Chan Yat Lok is a Hong Kong male sprinter specialising in the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres relay, and one of the younger runners to emerge in the Hong Kong athletics squad in recent years. Born on 6 January 2007, he was still 16 when he ran the first leg for Hong Kong at the Guangzhou athletics relay open meet in 2023, saying afterwards that the team would focus on preparing for the Hangzhou Asian Games; that year he was also named in the Hong Kong, China delegation for the athletics events at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, one of the youngest members of the squad. The relay has long been a target for Hong Kong athletics in Asia. In 2025 Chan represented Hong Kong, China at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, where a men's 4x100 metres relay quartet of Chan, Ng Kwan-ho, Kwok Chun-ting, Lee Hong-kit and Ma King-yeung took bronze in 39.10 seconds, a highlight of the team's campaign. The same year he helped Hong Kong to a bronze in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the Asian Relay Championships, and he ran the preliminary round of the men's 4x100 metres relay at the 15th National Games alongside Lee Hong-kit, Kwok Chun-ting and Chung Tsz-shing in 39.79 seconds. He received a junior scholarship from the Hong Kong Sports Institute for the 2024/25 season. In 2026, at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships held at Kai Tak in Hong Kong, he clocked 10.34 seconds in the 100 metres semi-finals to set a Hong Kong U20 record and finished sixth in the final, saying afterwards that after more than two years of struggle he had finally lowered his personal best. Still a junior, he is regarded as part of the next generation of Hong Kong relay runners, and his personal bests and competition record are as published by the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates.