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Yau competes at the ISN competition in France in July. Photo: Yau Ka-wing
Wellness

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

Yau Ka-wing went from ‘nerd’ to ripped Hong Kong representative at contests in Asia and Europe. He shares why callisthenics is so accessible.

Wellness

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

Nepal

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

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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.

Su Yiming has performed several world firsts on a snowboard. Photo: Xinhua
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.

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.

Members of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC), Alastair Kelly (left) and Doug Irwin will tackle the Noman Mediterranean Ocean Rowing Races. Photo: Tomoaki Katsuba
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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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.

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.

Vicky Li freediving in the ocean. Photo: Handout
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.

Sunmaya Budha on her way to a nine-second victory in the 70km Wenling Golden Coast Trail Race in mainland China last year. Photo: Naden81
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.

France

Woman brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong

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

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.

A Four Peaks Race crew member wrestles with one of his yacht’s sails during the race. Photo: Alexander Mak
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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Mak Chun-kong travelled from his home in the Czech Republic to compete at the World Championships in northern Italy. Photo: Mak Chun-kong
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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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

Unregulated weight loss camps on the rise in China as country grapples with obesity crisis
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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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Hong Kong sports

Video | A taste of training for Hyrox in Hong Kong

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 …

From Diplo and Pippa Middleton to Gordon Ramsay, which celebrities have run marathons? Photos: @diplo, @allaboutgordon/Instagram; @runnersworld/X;
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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Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reacts as he arrives in Kathmandu on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE/
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.

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.

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.

When Valtteri Bottas is not driving his Formula One car, he can often be found racing on his gravel bike. Photo: EPA
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.

Runners set off on the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone ekiden in 2020. The 219km (136-mile) race celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. Photo: Kyodo
Climbing and mountaineering

Nepal’s ‘Everest man’ reaches peak for record 30th time

Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, first scaled Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. He has since climbed the mountain almost every year.

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Nepal

Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?

Thousands of tonnes of waste have been left on the world’s highest mountain over the years. Some working on the clean-up say the only way to stop more piling up is putting curbs on expeditions.

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