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Taking NSAIDs for issues like knee pain while running long distances could be bad news for runners as the painkillers place additional strain on the kidneys, experts say. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Why these common painkillers might be bad news for long distance runners

NSAIDs strain the kidneys, as does endurance running, and many race organisers advise against taking the anti-inflammatories during events.

Wellness

She broke Hong Kong powerlifting records. Now she’s battling bad health advice

Wellness

Hong Kong callisthenics athlete on the sport’s benefits for body and mind

Wellness

How running helped with a break-up and led to AI-backed Silk Road trek plan

Beijing-born Ria Xi turned her heartbreak into a new career and an inspiring mission to run from Russia to Portugal, using AI as her coach.

Ria Xi shows girls “they can go out and do hard things” on her run on the Sinai Trail in Egypt, in January 2025. Photo: Jack Lawes
Nepal

‘History has vanished with him’: last link to Everest’s first summit dies at 92

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the peak on May 29, 1953.

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

China’s Su Yiming ‘happy to be first in world’ to perform dual 1980-degree spins

Olympic champion snowboarder ‘still pretty dizzy’ as he posts footage of the spins at the Stomping Grounds Project in Switzerland.

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Eileen Gu

Skier Eileen Gu injured in ‘very terrible accident’ while training

Gu posted update on Weibo as she prepares to undergo tests which will reveal full extent of injury.

China’s Eileen Gu may be sidelined for some time following an injury she picked up during training in New Zealand. Photo: Handout
Wellness

What to do at Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo 2025, biggest yet

Among its many attractions, FWE Hong Kong 2025 will include Hyrox races featuring stars such as Physical 100’s Hong Beom-seok.

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Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong trio to tackle 300km row from Ibiza to Barcelona for cancer charity

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club members expect to battle Mediterranean Sea for five days.

Eileen Gu

Chinese Olympic champion skier Gu back into training, enjoys ‘first spa day ever’

US-born athlete posts video on Weibo showcasing her gym routine as she takes time to recover from injury, builds up to next Winter Games.

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Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu was left badly bruised from a fall during the Winter X Games, and then injured herself again while preparing for the World Cup. Photo: Getty Images
Wellness

From 0 to 300km in 1 year. How this non-runner conquered ultra-marathons

Hongkonger Vriko Kwok’s journey to ultra athlete is among stories in a new book that shows how female-specific training can help them excel.

Hongkonger Vriko Kwok (centre) takes part in Lululemon’s six-day ultra-marathon event “Further” with other runners in California in March 2024. Photo: Instagram/lululemon
Water sports

Amid freediving boom, Hongkongers hold breath for world title quest in Japan

City reflects freediving’s rapid growth in Asia, even if its divers often have to travel to Taiwan or the Philippines to train properly.

Profile

Ultra-marathon sensation Sunmaya Budha blazes a trail for women to follow

Not only has she taken the ultra-marathon world by storm, Nepali running star Budha has opened hearts and minds.

Wellness

The epic feats of Hong Kong ultrarunner who holds free classes in Central

Wong Chun-kiu has run from New York to Los Angeles, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, and around Taiwan – and is helping others to age well too.

Hong Kong ultrarunner Wong Chun-kiu poses on the Central Harbourfront before leading an AIA Vitality Hub running class on April 26, 2025. Wong has completed ultratrail races around the world, including in New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing. Photo: Jonathan Wong
France

Woman brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong

A nitrogen leak in a closed space could lead to oxygen depletion.

Cryotherapy uses vaporised liquid nitrogen or nitrous oxide to lower the skin’s surface temperature to below minus 100 degrees Celsius. File photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, a gruelling endurance event combines sailing and mountain running

Happy 40th anniversary to the Four Peaks Race, an exhilarating sailing and running competition drawing athletes of all ages and abilities.

Swimming

Ice swimmer will keep attending international meets to show ‘Hong Kong is here’

Mak Chun-kong, who left his baby behind to compete at the World Championships in Italy, says representing Hong Kong is ‘sentimental’ to him.

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Malaysia

Stateless to strong: Rohingya refugee chases bodybuilding dreams in Malaysia

Shot and exiled from his homeland by Myanmar’s military, Faruk Arian was tired of feeling powerless – until he turned his trauma into triumph.

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Rohingya refugee bodybuilder Faruk Arian poses at a gym in Bandar Utama, Malaysia. Photo: Faruk Arian
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How filming 298km Hong Kong ultra run was almost as hard as competing

Director talks about the stress of making the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge documentary and telling its runners’ stories.

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Health & Fitness

Video | Are weight loss camps the answer to China's obesity crisis?

Health experts call for more industry regulation as weight loss camps boom in China

Hong Kong economy

Cashing in on fitness: how Hyrox race is opening doors for Hong Kong businesses

Local boutique gyms, studios, freelance trainers and brands are tapping opportunities as competition grows in popularity.

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Billed as “a sport for every body”, Hyrox is an indoor race that is broken into eight exercises, each starting with a 1km (0.6-mile) run. Photo Caroline Wang
Hong Kong sports

Video | A taste of training for Hyrox in Hong Kong

Hyrox race draws record turnout and new business opportunities for Hong Kong fitness sector
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Fame and celebrity

8 celebrities who run marathons, from Oprah and Diplo to Pippa Middleton

From Kate Middleton’s sister Pippa to Ethan Hawke and ultrafit Gordon Ramsay, these are the celebs who committed to the cause and completed a full marathon …

Nepal

Nepal record-setting teen climber returns home to hero’s welcome

The 18-year-old, who has scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks, said Sherpas ‘are not just guides, we are trailblazers’.

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Nepal

At just 18, he’s already climbed all the highest peaks on Earth

Nepali teen Nima Rinji Sherpa is no stranger to the world’s high places, hailing from a family of record-holding mountaineers.

Nepali climber Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, atop Mount Makalu in May. Photo: Instagram/nimasherpa_official
Marathons

Hong Kong bridge half-marathon returns, bosses address food, water, delay issues

Second edition to be held in January, and race chief says improvements have been made since the first race.

Runners take part in the 2023 race on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: Handout
Finland

F1 star Bottas among those embracing fast-growing sport of gravel riding

Thirty-four cyclists competed in the first edition of Dirty Kanza in 2006 – this year 5,000 riders started the race, now renamed Unbound Gravel, with many more left out.

Japan

Britain laces up for a Japan-style 116km relay race as the emperor visits

The inaugural UK ‘ekiden’ will mark the 100th anniversary of Japan’s storied long-distance relay to coincide with the royal couple’s visit.

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