La Salle College's Ricco Chan Ye-ko achieved a perfect ending to his outstanding junior campaign by winning last weekend's OSIM 2006 Hong Kong ITU Triathlon Asian Cup.
Organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the two-day event was held at Tai Mei Tuk, Tai Po, and attracted more than 1,000 athletes.
Ricco, a Form Seven student, competed in the male elite junior category, which required athletes to swim 750 metres, cycle 20 kilometres and run 5km.
He clinched the title with a time of 1 hour, 6 minutes, 23 seconds - 16 seconds ahead of first runner-up Ivan Lo Ching-hin of YCH Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School. Ho King-fun of TWGH Kap Yan Directors' College came third in 1:07:05. Ricco was pleased with his time.
'I was quite relaxed and was leading from the beginning,' said the former South China Morning Post Student Sportsperson of the Year.
'It was a perfect farewell to the junior category. I'll be competing in the under-23 category next year.'
In the female elite junior race, Joyce Cheung Ting-yan of Kau Yan College took the crown in 1:16:56. The sixth former was 38 seconds ahead of Vincci Hui Wai-sum, a Form Three student at Diocesan Girls' School.