Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts
Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts
Sport /  Hong Kong

How Hong Kong athletes Jake Smith and Wong Tsz-to went from arch rivals to Olympic hopefuls

  • Team GB half-marathon runner Smith recalls ‘always’ losing to Hong Kong triathlete Wong during interschool events
  • The pair are aiming for postponed Tokyo Olympics – ‘it proves that someone from Hong Kong can reach that level’

Topic |   Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Andrew McNicol
Andrew McNicol

Updated: 1:39pm, 30 Jul, 2020

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Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts
Hong Kong triathlete Wong Tsz-to and Great Britain half-marathon runner Jake Smith were rivals in school events. Photos: Handouts
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