https://www.scmp.com/rss/522623/feed The latest news and top stories on Wong Tsz-to. Known for his prowess in triathlon, he is a Hong Kong representative and a student at Hong Kong Baptist University. He recently utilised the high-performance altitude training centre in Yunnan, China, for summer training, enhancing his endurance. His accomplishments include securing a bronze medal in the Triathlon Mixed Relay at the Asian Games in both 2018 and 2023, and a silver at the Asian Under-23s Championships. Wong Tsz-to continues to... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong triathlete Bailee Brown produced the city’s best result so far at the 2026 Sanya Asian Beach Games on Thursday, finishing fifth in the women’s individual aquathlon. With athletes tackling a 6km course made up of a 2.5km run, a 1km swim and a final 2.5km run, Brown completed the race at Sanya Bay Photography Base in Hainan in 33 minutes 37 seconds. Teammate Hilda Choi Yan-yin placed eighth in 34:18. China’s Lin Xinyu won gold in 31:34, with Cambodia’s Garabedian Margot Morokot taking... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3351198/asian-beach-games-bailee-brown-produces-hong-kongs-best-finish-so-far-event-returns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3351198/asian-beach-games-bailee-brown-produces-hong-kongs-best-finish-so-far-event-returns?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:41:18 +0000 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 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Wong Tsz-to and Tsang Hiu-tung were the first men and women across the 10km finish line, each claiming their third title in this event and securing a sweep for the city at Sunday’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. Although neither runner beat their times from last year, they said they were satisfied with their performances. Hong Kong triathlete Wong finished just after 6am, clocking a time of 31 minutes 11 seconds to edge out runner-up Tse Chun-yin at the finish at Victoria Harbour... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340305/hong-kong-marathon-past-winners-wong-tsz-tsang-hiu-tung-claim-10km-races?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340305/hong-kong-marathon-past-winners-wong-tsz-tsang-hiu-tung-claim-10km-races?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:30:14 +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 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu While I maintain a regular functional fitness routine, let’s be honest – swimming, cycling and running have never been my strong suits. So when the chance came up to train for one of the toughest sports – triathlon – with an experienced coach right here in Hong Kong, I felt nervously excited. The opportunity presented itself last week when I met Andrew Wright, head coach of the Triathlon Association of Hong Kong, China, who has been training the city’s elite triathletes for the 15th National... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332879/anxiety-admiration-day-triathlon-trainee-hong-kongs-top-coach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332879/anxiety-admiration-day-triathlon-trainee-hong-kongs-top-coach?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 01:00:37 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Andrew Wright has conjured plans that give his triathletes the best chance of delivering results for Hong Kong, but the head coach acknowledged he was feeling the heat ahead of the marquee Central Harbourfront National Games races this weekend. The city squad have three men and three women competing in Saturday’s individual events, before six are trimmed to four for the mixed relay on Sunday. Wright said the men’s and relay races provided an equal chance of medals for Hong Kong, adding: “We know... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332763/hong-kong-triathletes-great-shape-aim-turn-national-games-pressure-positive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332763/hong-kong-triathletes-great-shape-aim-turn-national-games-pressure-positive?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:09 +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 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 Mike Chan Mike Chan A former world champion will spearhead Hong Kong’s challenge for tenpin bowling medals when the city hosts the sport’s National Games mass participation event at Kai Tak Sports Park later this month. Michael Mak Cheuk-yin, a member of the city’s men’s trio who triumphed at the 2017 World Championships in Las Vegas, will be part of a Hong Kong team comprising nine former full national players and one current national youth player that will tackle the lanes at Top Bowl in Kai Tak Mall 2 from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321474/all-china-looking-us-hong-kong-tenpin-bowlers-reunite-chase-games-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321474/all-china-looking-us-hong-kong-tenpin-bowlers-reunite-chase-games-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:30:08 +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