https://www.scmp.com/rss/523325/feed The latest news and top stories on Tallulah Wright, a triathlete from Hong Kong. She is a key member of the Hong Kong Triathlon National Squad, regularly competing in elite women's international races and representing her country globally. She is the twin sister of Cade Wright, who is also a triathlete. 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 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 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 Bailee Brown has said she can laugh off a permanent loss of movement in her right index finger, as the Hongkonger pledged to make the most of her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for home National Games glory. Triathlete Brown had the last of four operations on the injured digit shortly after she finished fifth in June’s China National Triathlon Championships to book her Games spot. And the hospital visits left a lasting impression: the caring staff inspired Brown to start learning... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331825/how-caring-hong-kong-doctors-inspired-injured-national-games-triathlete-learn-cantonese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331825/how-caring-hong-kong-doctors-inspired-injured-national-games-triathlete-learn-cantonese?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 01:00:29 +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 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