https://www.scmp.com/rss/523323/feed The latest news and top stories on Hilda Choi Yan-yin, a Hong Kong triathlete. She achieved her first ITU elite senior victory in 2015 and secured a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She represented Hong Kong in numerous international competitions, including Asia Triathlon Cups and World Triathlon Cup events. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com 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 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 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 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing has a weakness for cheesecake, while for rugby sevens star Cado Lee Ka-to it’s double cheeseburgers and sprinter Alton Kwok Chun-ting just loves a milkshake. Hong Kong’s elite athletes have to consume lots of the right foods – meat, vegetables and so much rice – when they are training or in competition, but when they can “cheat” for a day, the options are endless. And unlike tennis star Novak Djokovic, who famously limited himself to one square of chocolate as a treat... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331911/national-games-hong-kong-athletes-reveal-their-diets-and-their-cheat-foods?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331911/national-games-hong-kong-athletes-reveal-their-diets-and-their-cheat-foods?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:13 +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 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 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 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