https://www.scmp.com/rss/517636/feed A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over Sprint, Olympic and Ironman distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the disciplines included. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Oscar Coggins delivered an “outstanding” display on Saturday to finish 15th in a heavyweight World Triathlon Cup leg on Hainan Island. Oliver Conway, the exceptional 20-year-old Briton, pipped 2024 Olympic mixed relay gold medallist Tim Hellwig to victory, with Hugo Milner claiming third. In the women’s race, Bailee Brown was Hong Kong’s best performer in 23rd. Diana Isakova emerged victorious from a neck-and-neck battle with Sophie Malowiecki, ahead of third-placed Sian Rainsley. Competing for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347423/hong-kong-triathlete-oscar-coggins-world-cup-display-sends-message-asian-games-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347423/hong-kong-triathlete-oscar-coggins-world-cup-display-sends-message-asian-games-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:45:22 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Robin Elg will have to bury his competitive spirit on Saturday when he withdraws from the World Triathlon Cup leg in Haikou after the swim and bike legs. Returning to competition following a stress reaction in his shin, Elg is set to compete for the first time since November’s National Games, where he was part of the city squad’s mixed relay silver medal quartet. But Andrew Wright, the head coach, is loath to rush an athlete who is expected to vie for honours at this year’s Asian Games, so Elg... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347235/hong-kong-triathlete-returns-action-set-withdraw-during-world-cup-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347235/hong-kong-triathlete-returns-action-set-withdraw-during-world-cup-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes put in one of their worst performances “in a long time” at last weekend’s Asia junior and under-23 championships, and senior team head coach Andrew Wright believes the city’s training policies are to blame. The city’s squad managed just one medal from a series of races in Wan Chai, and ahead of Saturday’s World Cup stop in Haikou, a “pretty disappointed” Wright said he hoped the sub-par displays would be a catalyst for change at the Triathlon Association of Hong Kong,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347104/hong-kongs-triathlete-association-found-out-poor-junior-results-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347104/hong-kongs-triathlete-association-found-out-poor-junior-results-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:05:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Andy Wong Nok-hei confirmed his enormous potential, and the “pretty stoked” Cade and Tallulah Wright bid a triumphant farewell to age-group competition as Hong Kong claimed mixed relay bronze from the CBB International Asia Triathlon Junior and U23 Championships on Sunday. Devastated after he finished fourth in Saturday’s junior individual race, the 18-year-old Wong delivered a fine second leg after he got the nod over more senior teammates to join the Wright sisters and Nick Yip Tak-long in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346671/hong-kong-triathlon-quartet-claim-asia-bronze-teenage-gem-confirms-potential?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346671/hong-kong-triathlon-quartet-claim-asia-bronze-teenage-gem-confirms-potential?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:32:06 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Cade Wright lamented a “pretty mediocre result” on Saturday after she finished fifth in the women’s under-23 race, as Hong Kong drew a blank on the opening day of the CBB International Asia Triathlon Junior and U23 Championships on sun-drenched Central Harbourfront. Tallulah Wright came home ninth, acknowledging that losing ground on the swim had left her “in no man’s land” and out of podium contention. Nick Yip Tak-long was “a bit disappointed” after his sixth place in the men’s race. The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346593/hong-kong-draw-asia-triathlon-blank-star-laments-pretty-mediocre-result?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346593/hong-kong-draw-asia-triathlon-blank-star-laments-pretty-mediocre-result?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:47:48 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Tallulah Wright will take a break from her 15,000-word dissertation on Saturday to try to upgrade the Asian under-23 triathlon silver medal she won last year. Reaching the end of her international relations degree at The University of Edinburgh, Wright landed in Hong Kong at 6pm on Tuesday. Forced to scrap plans to layover in Doha by the conflict in the Middle East, Wright, who is “not the biggest fan of long-haul travel”, flew direct from London armed with neck pillow, eye mask, sleeping... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346357/hong-kong-triathlon-star-aiming-asian-glory-dissertation-deadline-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346357/hong-kong-triathlon-star-aiming-asian-glory-dissertation-deadline-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:30:08 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Hong Kong’s rising triathlon stars are preparing to compete at the final Youth Olympics qualifying event on home soil next weekend, as they look to end a years-long absence from the Games. The CCB International Asia Triathlon Junior and Under-23 Championships will be the last opportunity for the region’s hopefuls to earn qualifying points for this year’s Olympics in Dakar before the window closes at the end of March. Traditionally, Hong Kong has sent one male and one female triathlete to the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345759/hong-kong-triathletes-out-make-home-advantage-count-race-reach-youth-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345759/hong-kong-triathletes-out-make-home-advantage-count-race-reach-youth-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:00:53 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes were served an early warning over the scale of their Olympic qualifying task at an unusually competitive Asia Triathlon Cup in Malaysia on Saturday. Bailee Brown came home fourth in a women’s race won by Lin Xinyu, the silver medallist from last year’s National Games and a top-30 finisher at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hilda Choi Yan-yin was 10th. In the men’s event, Oscar Coggins had to settle for seventh despite delivering a quick closing run leg. He crossed 25 seconds... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342750/hong-kong-triathletes-served-early-olympic-warning-bailee-brown-hits-form-malaysia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342750/hong-kong-triathletes-served-early-olympic-warning-bailee-brown-hits-form-malaysia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 06:30:09 +0000 Sasha Gonzales Sasha Gonzales Hong Kong actors Chow Yun-fat, 70, Kent Cheng, 74, Lau Kong, 79, and Paw Hee-ching, 76, made headlines in January for being among the oldest participants in the 10km event at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2026. In 2025, the then 69-year-old Chow ran the half-marathon at the event, completing the 13.1-mile (21km) race in two hours, 24 minutes and 33 seconds. Recently, a growing number of people in their sixties, seventies, eighties and older have been in the news for taking part in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3342586/how-people-70-year-old-chow-yun-fat-keep-pushing-their-endurance-limits-they-age?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3342586/how-people-70-year-old-chow-yun-fat-keep-pushing-their-endurance-limits-they-age?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:45:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Asia Triathlon Cup races might inhabit the lowest rung of the competitive ladder, but Andrew Wright has told his Hong Kong squad that Saturday’s event in Malaysia is “as serious as they come”. Oscar Coggins and Bailee Brown will lead the city’s charge in Putrajaya, as the pair begin working towards an Asian Games in September that could shape their 2028 Olympic hopes. Wright’s athletes will have a sterner test at next month’s World Cup leg on Hainan Island, but the head coach said: “Any race... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342491/hong-kong-squad-warned-asia-triathlon-cup-races-are-serious-they-come?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342491/hong-kong-squad-warned-asia-triathlon-cup-races-are-serious-they-come?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:00:15 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong triathlon has started to enjoy “huge” legacy benefits from hosting last year’s National Games races, although head coach Andrew Wright cautioned that “we are only scratching the surface” of the sport’s potential. The city team claimed two medals, bronze for Oscar Coggins in the men’s individual race and silver in the mixed relay, over two days of high-level, compelling racing on Central Harbourfront last November. Ahead of the Games, Wright had urged government and triathlon officials... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340521/hong-kong-triathlon-seeing-national-games-legacy-benefits-rule-out-siobhan-haughey-move?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340521/hong-kong-triathlon-seeing-national-games-legacy-benefits-rule-out-siobhan-haughey-move?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:00:09 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Andrew Wright is set to issue a warning to his Hong Kong triathletes: ‘Do not squander your potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to qualify for an Olympics’. Head coach Wright will address the city squad on Friday to map out their route to the 2028 Games and underline that “there has never been a better time to be a Hong Kong triathlete aiming to qualify for the Olympics”. His message will be delivered with the heavy caveat that any athlete trying to juggle qualifying with university... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3339903/hong-kong-triathlon-coach-lay-down-key-olympic-games-message-signpost-los-angeles-route?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3339903/hong-kong-triathlon-coach-lay-down-key-olympic-games-message-signpost-los-angeles-route?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:00:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Bailee Brown said she had suffered from “insane” nerves before claiming silver with the Hong Kong mixed relay team following a roller coaster race on Sunday. Shandong emerged victorious from a monumental battle for gold, finishing 11 seconds quicker than the city quartet in one hour, 24 minutes and five seconds. Robin Elg, who delivered Hong Kong’s quickest leg going second, said the result had validated the coaching methods of Andrew Wright, the head coach “who has had a lot of criticism from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332994/hong-kong-triathlete-suffers-insane-nerves-city-team-claim-national-games-silver?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332994/hong-kong-triathlete-suffers-insane-nerves-city-team-claim-national-games-silver?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:48:29 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After taking a “step in the right direction” in the National Games individual races, Hong Kong’s triathletes have targeted a significant leap forward in the mixed relay on Sunday. In a “brutal” men’s event, Oscar Coggins claimed a redemptive bronze, the first major Games medal of his career. Running on empty towards the end, Robin Elg eased off to conserve energy for the relay. Wong Tsz-to was 18th, as an unforgiving sun and exacting course left 20 of the 48 starters unable to finish. Earlier on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332924/hong-kong-triathletes-hungry-more-national-games-joy-after-oscar-coggins-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332924/hong-kong-triathletes-hungry-more-national-games-joy-after-oscar-coggins-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:00:10 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong fencer Aaron Ho Sze-long had to settle for a silver medal at the National Games on Saturday after suffering defeat by Shandong’s Wei Zhenhao in the men’s sabre final. But Ho, 30, still earned the distinction of making history, becoming the first Hong Kong sabreist to win a medal at the Games, and the achieving the joint-highest Games finish of any Hong Kong fencer, matching the 2017 foil silver of Nicholas Edward Choi. It came on a day when Hong Kong’s Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan won bronze... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332900/national-games-day-6-wright-narrowly-misses-out-triathlon-he-wins-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332900/national-games-day-6-wright-narrowly-misses-out-triathlon-he-wins-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:20:36 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong’s triathletes have returned from a pre-National Games training camp in “great shape” and with head coach Andrew Wright bullish about their prospects. The team – Oscar Coggins, Robin Elg, Wong Tsz-to, Baille Brown, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Cade Wright – spent five weeks at high altitude in Yunnan, in southwestern China, working on their endurance and getting ready to take on the country’s best. And Andrew Wright, who is no relation to Cade Wright, said over the past six months his team... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331941/twists-and-turns-bike-leg-could-decide-national-games-triathlon-hong-kongs-wright-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331941/twists-and-turns-bike-leg-could-decide-national-games-triathlon-hong-kongs-wright-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:00:15 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Where National Games triathlon medals were once “not exceptionally hard to get”, a change in mindset in mainland China has significantly raised the bar for the Hong Kong athletes who will compete on Central Harbourfront in November. And whereas before the country had “two or three good athletes in total”, Andrew Wright, the Hong Kong head coach, now expects every province to come armed with three high-calibre men and women. According to Wright, an ailing China Triathlon Sports Association was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328681/2025-national-games-politics-performance-leaves-hong-kong-danger-triathlon-failure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328681/2025-national-games-politics-performance-leaves-hong-kong-danger-triathlon-failure?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A swimming club where she did not like the atmosphere, an inspirational high school coach, bucketloads of perseverance and no little talent have combined to propel Hilda Choi Yan-yin to her home National Games triathlon start line. After a serious hand injury ruled her out of the Asian Games in 2023, Choi parked thoughts of retirement and internally vowed to come back and represent Hong Kong on a similarly grand occasion. She went on to earn her spot by finishing eighth in the Asia Championships... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328081/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-aiming-turn-asian-games-woe-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3328081/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-aiming-turn-asian-games-woe-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:30:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong claimed mixed relay gold at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Japan on Sunday, but were still told they had room for improvement before this year’s National Games. Bailee Brown, Oscar Coggins, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Robin Elg combined to finish in one hour, 27 minutes and 17 seconds in Gamagori, three seconds ahead of runners-up New Zealand. Third-placed China were way back in 1:30.34. However, head coach Andrew Wright’s message to his victorious quartet was that they could do better still if... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326287/hong-kong-beat-china-and-new-zealand-take-asia-triathlon-cup-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326287/hong-kong-beat-china-and-new-zealand-take-asia-triathlon-cup-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:06:38 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Andrew Wright said he was living on his nerves as Hong Kong’s leading triathletes tackled a treacherous course in the Asia Triathlon Cup in Japan on Saturday. The sprint race in Gamagori, which doubled as a test event for next year’s Asian Games, was the city team’s last run-out before they head for a five-week altitude camp in Yunnan to prepare for the National Games in November. After falling off her bike in last month’s Asia Championships in Istanbul, Bailee Brown survived the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326242/asia-triathlon-cup-hong-kongs-national-games-squad-survives-tricky-japanese-test?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326242/asia-triathlon-cup-hong-kongs-national-games-squad-survives-tricky-japanese-test?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:02:15 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes are poised to relocate to rival territory to apply the finishing touches to their bid for National Games glory. The city’s head coach Andrew Wright began accelerating preparations after Hong Kong’s six-strong squad for November’s Games was confirmed on Tuesday, with the southwestern mainland province of Yunnan central to those plans. The head coach said the headline omission of Paris Olympian Jason Ng Tai-long, in favour of Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg, showed that “we... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3325043/why-chinas-yunnan-province-key-hong-kong-triathletes-bid-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3325043/why-chinas-yunnan-province-key-hong-kong-triathletes-bid-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:33:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Jason Ng Tai-long has been omitted from Hong Kong’s National Games squad barely one year after he was the city’s sole Paris Olympic Games triathlon representative. The 25-year-old Ng appears to have paid for finishing down in 18th at last month’s Asia Championships in Istanbul. Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg, who finished fourth and fifth in that race respectively, have been chosen to join Wong Tsz-to in the men’s team for the Central Harbourfront race on November 15. Wong secured automatic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3324920/paris-olympian-excluded-hong-kong-triathlon-squad-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3324920/paris-olympian-excluded-hong-kong-triathlon-squad-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:35:17 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Oscar Coggins believes Hong Kong’s best Asia Triathlon Championships performance has established the blueprint for delivering home National Games joy in November. The Tokyo Olympian overcame numerous setbacks on the 50-kilometre Istanbul course to finish fourth on Saturday, one position ahead of teammate Robin Elg. Neither has automatically qualified for their city’s Games team, but Coggins said he was “pretty confident” the pair would get the nod over Jason Ng Tai-long to join Wong Tsz-to in a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3324172/hong-kong-olympian-oscar-coggins-says-he-has-formula-national-games-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3324172/hong-kong-olympian-oscar-coggins-says-he-has-formula-national-games-success?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:30:09 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes put in a “heroic effort” on Saturday to secure the best finish ever by the men at an Asia Championships, and “fired warning shots” at their mainland rivals ahead of the National Games. Oscar Coggins, the Tokyo Olympian, finished fourth in Istanbul, with Robin Elg one place behind. Mainland China’s Zhang Xiriu, who won the Games test event in Hong Kong in March, was second, behind winner Takumi Hojo of Japan. Uzbekistan’s Jeremy Quindos came third. It was a tougher day for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323807/hong-kong-triathletes-fire-national-games-warning-shots-asia-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323807/hong-kong-triathletes-fire-national-games-warning-shots-asia-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:08:06 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Andrew Wright has told Hong Kong’s triathletes that “the pressure is on” to deliver at this weekend’s Asia Championships in Istanbul. The city squad are assembling in the Turkish city after around six weeks scattered at various training bases, with Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg last to arrive on Thursday from their altitude camp in France. Wright described his athletes’ overseas training blocks as “a breath of fresh air”, but said results were typically bad “between days four and eight after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323592/asia-triathlon-championships-pressure-squad-perform-hong-kong-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323592/asia-triathlon-championships-pressure-squad-perform-hong-kong-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:00:10 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hongkongers have been urged to unite behind the city’s athletes and “cheer them to greatness” in this year’s National Games. Eight events are being staged in the city as it jointly hosts the 15th edition of the Games along with Guangdong and Macau. With excitement mounting as the November 9 start date speeds into view, leading figures from cycling and triathlon said fervent support from the locals would “make all the difference” in their hunt for medals. More than 300,000 tickets are set to be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322033/hong-kong-public-urged-come-and-cheer-city-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322033/hong-kong-public-urged-come-and-cheer-city-national-games-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:55:48 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong head coach Andrew Wright has hailed an “awesome” development after his athletes were granted unlimited access to a high-performance altitude centre in the mainland Chinese province of Yunnan. Wright’s bosses this week penned a memorandum of understanding with the Yuxi Municipal Education and Sports Bureau, which established a training site roughly 1,630 metres (5,350 feet) above sea level for Hong Kong. Chau Chiu-nam, president of the Triathlon Association of Hong Kong, China, said... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321272/hong-kong-link-mainland-chinese-province-chase-games-triathlon-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321272/hong-kong-link-mainland-chinese-province-chase-games-triathlon-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:30:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Asian under-23 triathlon champion Robin Elg has said training alongside British and Japanese rivals will help him reach his potential at China’s National Games in November. Elg has overcome numerous health issues, including a worrying heart problem that was detected in 2022, to become Hong Kong’s brightest young prospect. And ahead of a season-defining three months, he has set up an “insanely good” base at altitude in Font-Romeu, alongside rivals from Great Britain including 2024 Olympic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3320965/british-japanese-rivals-key-hong-kong-triathletes-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3320965/british-japanese-rivals-key-hong-kong-triathletes-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:00:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara One of Hong Kong’s best triathletes will not make the city’s squad for the National Games, and head coach Andrew Wright said they only had themselves to blame. While Wong Tsz-to and Bailee Brown secured automatic qualification at this weekend’s China National Triathlon Championships, Jason Ng Tai-long, Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg all failed to meet the required standard. That leaves Wright having to decide who to take in a six-strong squad of three men and three women for the competition in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3316262/hong-kong-triathlon-big-guns-condemned-nervous-national-games-selection-wait?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3316262/hong-kong-triathlon-big-guns-condemned-nervous-national-games-selection-wait?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:00:15 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes have been told to prepare for a stern test of their National Games medal credentials when they face the cream of the mainland crop in this weekend’s China National Championships. Andrew Wright, the city’s head coach, said he expected “all the top Chinese” to be in a crowded field in Xuzhou. And he warned his athletes that their rivals would be more fired up than they were for a Games test event in Hong Kong in March, when the city’s contenders trailed in the wake of their... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315533/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-rehearsal-chinese-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315533/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-rehearsal-chinese-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:30:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s mixed relay team earned a surprise bronze medal at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Sunday, thanks to the disqualification of one of the teams ahead of them. Crossing the line in fourth, the quartet of Wong Tsz-to, Nick Tsang Cheung-sing, and Cade and Tallulah Wright were bumped up a spot after Sichuan failed to serve a race penalty. Shandong took gold in 1:35.07, ahead of Liaoning (1:36.30), with Hong Kong clocking 1:37.33. Despite the podium finish, head coach Andrew Wright... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314523/hong-kong-claim-relay-bronze-asia-triathlon-cup-coach-says-race-not-significant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314523/hong-kong-claim-relay-bronze-asia-triathlon-cup-coach-says-race-not-significant?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:22:59 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Bailee Brown made a determined return at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Saturday in her first race since a serious finger injury last December, but was forced to withdraw late in the run. Brown kept pace early, finishing the opening 1.5 kilometres swim just three seconds behind eventual winner Huang Anqi in her first race for eight months. On the bike leg, Brown rode with fellow Hong Kong athlete Cade Wright in a group of three before dehydration forced her to stop 3km from the finish of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314462/bailee-brown-makes-comeback-hong-kong-triathletes-compete-taizhou-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314462/bailee-brown-makes-comeback-hong-kong-triathletes-compete-taizhou-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:32:37 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Bailee Brown has been cleared to return from her injury nightmare and join a 16-strong Hong Kong contingent at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Saturday. While the men’s big three of Jason Ng Tai-long, Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg will skip the event, some of their teammates competing on the mainland this weekend have been warned they are fighting for their international futures. The luckless Brown needed three operations since badly damaging a finger in December. However, head coach Andrew... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314302/hong-kong-triathlete-bailee-brown-set-return-injury-ordeal-mainland-china-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314302/hong-kong-triathlete-bailee-brown-set-return-injury-ordeal-mainland-china-race?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:28:47 +0000 Bhakti Mathur Bhakti Mathur A month after his 35th birthday, Nidhin Valsan received unwelcome news: a diagnosis of late-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. The senior officer with the Indian Police System was shaken, but he steeled himself for the fight of his life. He would undergo gruelling treatment – and afterwards, train to complete his first triathlon: the Ironman 70.3 Goa. He chronicles his return to wellness in his memoir Cancerman to Ironman: A Police Officer’s Journey of Arresting Illness. It... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3313682/after-cancer-diagnosis-35-and-rapid-weight-gain-survivor-fights-claim-first-ironman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3313682/after-cancer-diagnosis-35-and-rapid-weight-gain-survivor-fights-claim-first-ironman?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was spotted competing in a triathlon last weekend in the coastal city of Durban, 12 years after murdering his girlfriend and a year after his release on parole. Pistorius, 38, was freed from jail in January 2024 after completing more than half his sentence and is on parole until his sentence expires in 2029. Singabakho Nxumalo, spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, said Pistorius had approval to attend the race,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3313233/oscar-pistorius-competes-triathlon-12-years-after-murdering-girlfriend?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3313233/oscar-pistorius-competes-triathlon-12-years-after-murdering-girlfriend?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:16:25 +0000 Mabel Lui Mabel Lui Sophia Lai Chi-lok is among Hong Kong’s most accomplished amateur triathletes. The 41-year-old investment banker has trained with the Hong Kong Triathlon National Squad and made the podium at 10km (6.2-mile) running races, triathlons and aquathlons – which comprise a swim and a run. She was the second woman across the finish line in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 10km race in 2022, and the 2023 Hong Kong Aquathlon Championship women’s champion. That year, she also took part in the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3312276/running-swimming-are-meditative-hong-kong-triathlete-and-open-water-swim-organiser?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3312276/running-swimming-are-meditative-hong-kong-triathlete-and-open-water-swim-organiser?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 May 2025 23:45:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Andrew Wright has warned Hong Kong’s male triathletes that they have six months to make significant running improvements or risk waving goodbye to National Games glory. None of the city’s men or women met the Games selection criteria at Saturday’s Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, where Jason Ng Tai-long’s 26th place was the best of it for Hong Kong. Wright said he would investigate why Oscar Coggins was off-colour, after the Tokyo Olympian recorded a heart-rate 30 beats per minute lower... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309897/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-glory-target-china-show-run-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309897/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-glory-target-china-show-run-power?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 May 2025 07:00:22 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara As Hong Kong’s triathletes prepare to suspend friendships in the name of a National Games selection fight, head coach Andrew Wright admitted on Wednesday that it was not ideal for them to be “training under one roof”. The city team will have eight men and three women in Saturday’s Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, which is doubling as a selection race for November’s Games. While Cade and Tallulah Wright have travelled to the mainland from Edinburgh, where they had university exams, the rest of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309444/hong-kong-triathletes-put-friendships-hold-national-games-selection-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309444/hong-kong-triathletes-put-friendships-hold-national-games-selection-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 May 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Cade Wright and Hilda Choi Yan-yin paid for delivering “chronic” swimming performances, as the Hong Kong pair finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday. Of the city’s five men, Wong Tsz-to delivered the best effort to finish 12th. While Wong and his colleagues are fighting to retain their Hong Kong Sports Institute full-time status, head coach Andrew Wright said the need for Cade Wright and Choi to improve in the water was growing urgent. “Their swims... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307166/hong-kong-pairs-chronic-asia-triathlon-cup-swims-leave-coach-national-games-fear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307166/hong-kong-pairs-chronic-asia-triathlon-cup-swims-leave-coach-national-games-fear?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:30:11 +0000 While most leading Hong Kong competitors skip the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday, Hilda Choi Yan-yin has opted to compete in a bid to boost her National Games medal chances. The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist will join Cade Wright in a skeleton women’s city team in mainland China this weekend. A five-strong men’s quota will not feature any of top trio Oscar Coggins, Robin Elg or Jason Ng Tai-long, who are all being held back for a World Cup race in Chengdu next month. “Racing would... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306976/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-looks-asia-cup-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306976/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-looks-asia-cup-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Hong Kong’s sporting bodies should be run in the unforgiving image of big business, according to Andrew Wright, the city’s triathlon head coach. Triathlon’s Tier A status means its athletes receive between HK$35,450 (US$4,600) and HK$41,740 per month from Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), funded by the taxpayer. Wright, though, insisted on raising the minimum benchmarks needed for his athletes to keep that support this year, having decided the previous yardsticks were “substandard”. “These... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306155/hong-kong-sport-should-be-run-hsbc-be-more-professional-triathlon-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306155/hong-kong-sport-should-be-run-hsbc-be-more-professional-triathlon-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Triathlete Robin Elg said his parents struggled to accept his decision to relinquish his French passport, but the Asian under-23 champion decided to take up Hong Kong citizenship for the benefit of his career. Elg is in a race against time to be eligible for November’s National Games, having begun his passport application process at the turn of the year. On current and recent form, Elg, who was part of Hong Kong’s Asia Sprint Championships bronze medal relay team last weekend, would almost... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306060/triathlete-wants-repay-hong-kong-after-giving-french-passport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306060/triathlete-wants-repay-hong-kong-after-giving-french-passport?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:45:07 +0000 Hong Kong’s triathletes have set themselves the objective of overtaking mainland China, after the city team claimed relay bronze at the Asia Sprint Championships on Sunday. The dominant Chinese, whose team included Lin Xinyu and Yang Yifan, the women’s gold and silver medallists from Saturday’s individual race, crossed in one hour, 31 minutes and four seconds, after leading from the start on Central Harbourfront. Their men, Fan Junjie and Zhang Xirui, had been third and fifth, respectively, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305409/hong-kong-triathletes-earn-sprint-relay-bronze-say-phenomenal-china-now-team-beat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305409/hong-kong-triathletes-earn-sprint-relay-bronze-say-phenomenal-china-now-team-beat?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:55:57 +0000 Head coach Andrew Wright lamented a “pretty bad day all round”, and sent a stark warning over Hong Kong’s 2025 National Games prospects, after a series of sub-par performances in Saturday’s Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships. The city’s best performers, Jason Ng Tai-long and Cade Wright, finished ninth in their respective men’s and women’s races on a wet course at the Central Harbourfront. Any home top-five finishers would have secured Games qualification, but with only two more selection races... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305333/hong-kongs-bad-day-asia-triathlon-sprint-championships-sparks-national-games-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305333/hong-kongs-bad-day-asia-triathlon-sprint-championships-sparks-national-games-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Apr 2025 06:18:18 +0000 The Hong Kong head coach, Andrew Wright, has predicted an Olympics future where “spectator-friendly” sprint triathlon replaces standard distance races. Talking before Hong Kong hosts this weekend’s Asia Sprint Championships, Wright also tipped the 70.3-kilometre half-ironman discipline for Games inclusion. Hong Kong will have eight men and four women competing in Saturday’s Central Harbourfront races, which feature swimming, biking and running legs covering 750 metres (0.47 miles), 20 kilometres... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3304865/hong-kong-coach-sees-olympic-future-sprint-triathlon-team-get-set-asian-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3304865/hong-kong-coach-sees-olympic-future-sprint-triathlon-team-get-set-asian-event?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:30:08 +0000 Hong Kong triathlon head coach Andrew Wright has challenged his athletes to grab their places on the National Games squad when the city hosts the Asian Sprint Championships next month. Those who finish among the top five in the men’s and women’s individual races will earn automatic selection to the Games squad, limited to three men and three women for host city Hong Kong – which is exempt from the qualifiers required for all other mainland Chinese provinces, cities and autonomous regions. “We... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3302727/hong-kong-triathletes-challenged-book-national-games-spots-asian-sprint-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3302727/hong-kong-triathletes-challenged-book-national-games-spots-asian-sprint-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Oscar Coggins said Hong Kong’s triathletes were “embracing the pressure” of trying to deliver success in November’s National Games, as head coach Andrew Wright urged government officials to not blow their chance to create a meaningful legacy for triathlon in the city. The rejuvenated Coggins produced a consummate performance in Sunday’s Central Harbourfront relay test event, as he opened up a big lead over the field during his second leg. An otherwise understrength Hong Kong eventually finished... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300947/hong-kong-triathletes-embracing-national-games-pressure-coach-sends-warning-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300947/hong-kong-triathletes-embracing-national-games-pressure-coach-sends-warning-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:30:16 +0000 Two of Hong Kong’s best triathletes, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Jason Ng Tai-long, said during the weekend’s National Games test event that they had recovered their passion and motivation after surviving significant setbacks. Choi needed emergency surgery to save a finger on the eve of the delayed Asian Games in September 2023, after jamming the digit while reaching down to try to fix a part on her bike. She missed seven months, before returning for nine races last year. She began her 2025 with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300755/hong-kong-triathletes-hilda-choi-jason-ng-rediscover-passion-after-olympic-and-injury-woe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300755/hong-kong-triathletes-hilda-choi-jason-ng-rediscover-passion-after-olympic-and-injury-woe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:00:14 +0000 This year’s National Games triathlon in Hong Kong will offer the best course in the world, the city’s head coach Andrew Wright said after day one of the harbourfront test event on Saturday. Staging the event in November promised to do wonders for the sport locally, the coach suggested, while athlete Tallulah Wright anticipated a “phenomenal” Games and said a partisan crowd “pushed me harder” after her fifth place in Saturday’s women’s race. “The Games is going to be awesome,” Andrew Wright said.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300681/hong-kongs-triathlon-course-dubbed-best-world-national-games-test-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3300681/hong-kongs-triathlon-course-dubbed-best-world-national-games-test-event?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:50:31 +0000 Oscar Coggins sent an early-season warning to his 2025 National Games rivals after “cruising” to a second-placed Asia Triathlon Cup finish in Malaysia on Saturday. Tokyo Olympian Coggins came home in 53 minutes and 18 seconds, 55 seconds behind Max Studer, of Switzerland, who completed the closing five-kilometre run in a breakneck 15:07. Coggins’ fellow Hongkonger Jason Ng Tai-long was seventh after suffering a quadriceps cramp 2 kilometres from the finish line. Head coach Andrew Wright, who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3299748/hong-kong-triathlon-star-oscar-coggins-excels-malaysia-send-national-games-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3299748/hong-kong-triathlon-star-oscar-coggins-excels-malaysia-send-national-games-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 +0000