Hong Kong’s Oscar Coggins is “super motivated” after returning to training, but is still struggling with illness. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Olympics ruled out for triathlete Oscar Coggins despite coach’s positive update

12 Mar 2024 - 7:30AM

Coggins is back in training but has been advised to focus his sights on the 2025 National Games, while Hilda Choi Yan-yin is set to return after injuring a finger before the Asian Games.

Hong Kong’s Oscar Coggins is “super motivated” after returning to training, but is still struggling with illness. Photo: Xinhua

Olympics ruled out for triathlete Oscar Coggins despite coach’s positive update

Coggins is back in training but has been advised to focus his sights on the 2025 National Games, while Hilda Choi Yan-yin is set to return after injuring a finger before the Asian Games.

12 Mar 2024 - 7:30AM

How to get to South Pole? 1 record-breaking woman started by googling it

Preet Chandi, appearing in Hong Kong on International Women’s Day, reveals how being told to get married and conform to expectations ‘lit a fire’ in her and fuelled her three Antarctic expeditions.

13 Mar 2024 - 12:32PM

The new Hong Kong trail that adds swimming, waterfalls to 100km trek across city

Founders of the The Argyle Ross Trail say it could take six to seven days to complete the 100km route across the New Territories.

7 Mar 2024 - 1:19PM
Preet Chandi undertook a trio of epic Antarctic expeditions in the space of two years. Photo: Instagram/@polarpreet

How to get to South Pole? 1 record-breaking woman started by googling it

Preet Chandi, appearing in Hong Kong on International Women’s Day, reveals how being told to get married and conform to expectations ‘lit a fire’ in her and fuelled her three Antarctic expeditions.

13 Mar 2024 - 12:32PM
Trail running and hiking

The new Hong Kong trail that adds swimming, waterfalls to 100km trek across city

Founders of the The Argyle Ross Trail say it could take six to seven days to complete the 100km route across the New Territories.

Founders of the The Argyle Ross Trail say it could take six to seven days to complete the 100km route across the New Territories.

7 Mar 2024 - 1:19PM
Wellness

Only 2 women finished this year’s Hong Kong ultra trail race. Meet the first

Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.

Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.

5 Mar 2024 - 9:18AM

China has its first Olympic surfer as Yang, 14, becomes youngest Paris qualifier

Teenager ‘super-excited’ and admits she was initially unaware that her World Surfing Games results had clinched her a ticket to Tahiti, where the Paris Games’ surfing events will be held.

2 Mar 2024 - 8:15PM
China has its first Olympic surfer as Yang, 14, becomes youngest Paris qualifier

One man’s voyage of discovery along the Ganges was 20 years in the making

Rency Thomas tackles mountainous waves, money troubles and long days during 2,750km journey.

27 Feb 2024 - 2:10PM
One man’s voyage of discovery along the Ganges was 20 years in the making

Only 2 women finished this year’s Hong Kong ultra trail race. Meet the first

Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.

5 Mar 2024 - 9:18AM

China has its first Olympic surfer as Yang, 14, becomes youngest Paris qualifier

Teenager ‘super-excited’ and admits she was initially unaware that her World Surfing Games results had clinched her a ticket to Tahiti, where the Paris Games’ surfing events will be held.

2 Mar 2024 - 8:15PM

One man’s voyage of discovery along the Ganges was 20 years in the making

Rency Thomas tackles mountainous waves, money troubles and long days during 2,750km journey.

27 Feb 2024 - 2:10PM

Salomon more popular than Hoka One One with trail runners, new survey says

The International Trail Running Association has released a survey of 9,514 runner in 104 countries, revealing the latest trends.

The International Trail Running Association has released a survey of 9,514 runner in 104 countries, revealing the latest trends.

8 Jul 2022 - 1:40PM

Ultra Trail running legend’s top tips to speed up your game

From finding the perfect shoes to intermittent fasting and coping with stress, former world champion and coach Gediminas Grinius is here to help you master the trails.

From finding the perfect shoes to intermittent fasting and coping with stress, former world champion and coach Gediminas Grinius is here to help you master the trails.

11 Jun 2022 - 12:23PM

5 fantastic Asian bike adventures to gear up for

As many countries in Asia open their doors wider to inbound travel, here are some spectacular regional cycling adventures to target.

As many countries in Asia open their doors wider to inbound travel, here are some spectacular regional cycling adventures to target.

24 Apr 2022 - 6:57PM

Salomon more popular than Hoka One One with trail runners, new survey says

The International Trail Running Association has released a survey of 9,514 runner in 104 countries, revealing the latest trends.

The International Trail Running Association has released a survey of 9,514 runner in 104 countries, revealing the latest trends.

8 Jul 2022 - 1:40PM

Ultra Trail running legend’s top tips to speed up your game

From finding the perfect shoes to intermittent fasting and coping with stress, former world champion and coach Gediminas Grinius is here to help you master the trails.

From finding the perfect shoes to intermittent fasting and coping with stress, former world champion and coach Gediminas Grinius is here to help you master the trails.

11 Jun 2022 - 12:23PM

5 fantastic Asian bike adventures to gear up for

As many countries in Asia open their doors wider to inbound travel, here are some spectacular regional cycling adventures to target.

As many countries in Asia open their doors wider to inbound travel, here are some spectacular regional cycling adventures to target.

24 Apr 2022 - 6:57PM
Outdoor | OPINION
10km runners on the Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge during the Hong Kong Streetathon. Photo: May Tse

Opinion | Streetathon’s U-turns tested us, then they sent us to McDonald’s to refuel

Marathon takes in Cross-Harbour Tunnel on way to Kai Tak, but not all its promised Christmases come at once, with runners hitting traffic and finishers sent to McDonald’s to refuel.

17 Dec 2023 - 7:31PM

The Arctic Rower | Cheating death and polar bears on record-setting trip along Northwest Passage

Mark Agnew, Eileen Visser, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste have become the first team to kayak all the way from Baffin Bay to the Beaufort Sea.

Mark Agnew, Eileen Visser, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste have become the first team to kayak all the way from Baffin Bay to the Beaufort Sea.

25 Oct 2023 - 1:10PM
Cheating death and polar bears on record-setting trip along Northwest Passage

View From The Edge | Sevens will show absurdity of Covid-19 rules that axed Trailwalker, marathon

Trailwalker axed for a fourth year in a row, with government citing Covid-19 risk while eating and drinking, yet thousands will congregate, and drink, at the Sevens.

Trailwalker axed for a fourth year in a row, with government citing Covid-19 risk while eating and drinking, yet thousands will congregate, and drink, at the Sevens.

26 Sep 2022 - 5:50PM
Sevens will show absurdity of Covid-19 rules that axed Trailwalker, marathon

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