https://www.scmp.com/rss/523338/feed The latest news and top stories on Oscar Coggins, a professional triathlete from Hong Kong. A Tokyo Olympian, he finished 33rd at the 2020 Games. Coggins won two Junior Asian Championships, the 2018 Asia Cup and the 2019 ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships elite men's gold. He also secured the 2022 Asia Under-23 Championships. 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 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 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 Jiang Chuqin Jiang Chuqin Hong Kong’s athletes have had a historically good National Games, winning more golds, nine, and more medals (19) across more sports (six) than ever before. The first two golds came before the opening ceremony and there was success on an almost daily basis after that, be it breaking long-standing city records or adding titles in events and sports for the first time. From sailor Nicholas Halliday, who got things rolling on the sea, to the men’s foil team who grabbed a first fencing gold on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3333743/meet-hong-kongs-history-making-medal-winners-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3333743/meet-hong-kongs-history-making-medal-winners-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Andrew Wright has said Hong Kong triathlon would be revolutionised overnight if the effort that went into staging the National Games races was now invested in wider development. Head coach Wright was satisfied that medals for Oscar Coggins and the city’s mixed relay team have shown the standard in Hong Kong had never been as high. “Previously it was always one athlete carrying the programme,” he said. Also referencing some promising recent youth and junior international performances, Wright said... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333092/hong-kong-triathlon-coach-spies-potential-overnight-revolution-after-games-double-joy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333092/hong-kong-triathlon-coach-spies-potential-overnight-revolution-after-games-double-joy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:18 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing and swimmer Ian Ho Yentou added two more gold medals to Hong Kong’s already historic National Games tally on Sunday, and the only surprise is that there was not a third. Cheung Ka-long’s uncharacteristic meltdown in the semi-finals of the men’s individual foil event meant the two-time Olympic champion had to settle for bronze. Still, the city’s triathletes had earlier grabbed silver in the mixed relay race, and with Siobhan Haughey having two cracks at gold on Monday... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333007/lee-ho-power-hong-kong-golden-heights-national-games-haugheys-double-shot-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333007/lee-ho-power-hong-kong-golden-heights-national-games-haugheys-double-shot-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:31:26 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong went into the National Games with high hopes, fortified by the success it has enjoyed in international sports events in recent years. The city, a co-host for the first time along with Guangdong and Macau, has made good use of home advantage, with cheering fans spurring its athletes on. There are still a few days to go, but Hong Kong already has a record haul of gold medals, following impressive showings in the Summer Olympics in Paris last year and the Asian Games in 2023. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3332997/hong-kong-must-ensure-momentum-national-games-maintained?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3332997/hong-kong-must-ensure-momentum-national-games-maintained?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:03:12 +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 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport No sooner has one of Hong Kong's record-breaking Olympians delivered, than another enters the National Games fray. Cheung Ka-long will on Sunday try to emulate Siobhan Haughey’s feats of recent days when he competes in fencing’s individual foil competition. And he’ll have Ryan Choi Chun-yin for company. Elsewhere, the home team has a chance of glory at Hong Kong Golf Club, while a triathlon quartet and a cycling duo are fancied to challenge, too. Here’s our guide to what could be a chaotic and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332952/national-games-fencers-cheung-and-choi-golf-triathlon-relay-what-watch-day-7?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332952/national-games-fencers-cheung-and-choi-golf-triathlon-relay-what-watch-day-7?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:00:14 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Hong Kong has got used to its athletes making history at major sporting events in the past, but even by those lofty standards, Saturday at the National Games was something to behold. Siobhan Haughey won her second gold medal in the space of 48 hours, becoming the first Hongkonger to win two at a single China Games and taking the city’s tally to five. If that was not enough, Aaron Ho Sze-long’s silver in the men’s sabre on Saturday was the first medal of any colour the city’s fencers have won in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332949/hong-kongs-history-makers-raise-standards-national-games-gold-silver-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332949/hong-kongs-history-makers-raise-standards-national-games-gold-silver-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:22:02 +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 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 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Oscar Coggins has said the lessons learned since he quit his Asian Games triathlon two years ago have enabled him to reach “the best condition of my life” for the National Games races this weekend. The Hongkonger revealed how he emerged from the swimming leg of that 2023 race in Hangzhou in “really bad mental shape”, and subsequently sank into “a black hole of disappointment and frustration”. Now rehabilitated, reinvigorated and looking supremely fit following a hard five-week camp in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332270/hong-kong-triathlete-coggins-escapes-black-hole-ready-peak-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332270/hong-kong-triathlete-coggins-escapes-black-hole-ready-peak-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:30:00 +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 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 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 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