It was an exciting day for triathlon lovers at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore. Athletes from the same continent came together to compete in the triathlon team relay last Thursday - the first time such a format had been used at the Olympic level.
Each team comprised two boys and two girls. Hong Kong representatives Vincci Hui Wai-sum and Timmy Law Leong-tim were in Team Asia 1 and Team Asia 2 respectively.
Hui, who finished eighth, said: 'It was fun to have a race with triathletes from different countries. It was even harder than an individual race as you needed to be at full speed when you started because of the shorter distance for all sections.'
In the team event, athletes swam for 250 metres, cycled for seven kilometres and ran for 1.7km. In an individual event, the distances are 750m, 20km and 5km, respectively.
After the race, Hui was randomly selected for the drug test but due to technical problems, it took her more than three hours to complete the test. It normally takes about 30 minutes.
'I had to keep eating and drinking; it was tiring,' she said.