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Triathlon

Triathlon
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over Sprint, Olympic and Ironman distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the disciplines included.
Bailee Brown competing during the Asian Beach Games individual aquathlon race on Thursday. Photo: Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China

Coach queries relevance of Hong Kong’s first 2026 Asian Beach Games medal

Aquathlon mixed relay quartet of Bailee Brown, Wong Tsz-to, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Mark Yu Shing-him take silver behind China.

Robin Elg

Hong Kong’s Oscar Coggins’ World Cup effort sends message to Asian Games rivals

Andrew Wright

Hong Kong triathlete set to withdraw during World Cup race in China

Andrew Wright

Hong Kong’s triathlete association ‘found out’ by poor junior results, coach says

Senior team head coach Andrew Wright wants policy change after under-23 and junior squad return one medal from Asian Championships.

Athletes enter the water at the start of the under-23 mixed team relay at the Asian Triathlon Championships. Photo: Karma Lo
Cade Wright

Hong Kong triathlon quartet claim Asia bronze as teenage gem confirms potential

Junior Andy Wong joins Cade Wright, Tallulah Wright and Nick Yip to help city team reach podium; Japan win gold and silver goes to China.

Tallulah Wright

Hong Kong draw Asia triathlon blank as star laments ‘pretty mediocre result’

Cade Wright delivers honest verdict despite delivering best city finish, while Nick Yip was sixth in men’s race after rivals’ late burst.

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Tallulah Wright

Hong Kong triathlon star aiming for Asian glory as dissertation deadline looms

Tallulah Wright juggling closing months of international relations degree with quest to improve on Asian under-23 silver she won last year.

Tallulah Wright on her way to finishing fifth in last year’s National Games test event in Hong Kong. Photo: Elson Li

City’s triathletes out to make home advantage count in race to Youth Olympics

Hong Kong will stage the Asia Triathlon Junior and Under-23 Championships next weekend, with 2026 Games qualification points on the line.

Robin Elg

Hong Kong triathletes served early Olympic warning, as Bailee Brown hits form

Head coach satisfied with ‘good hit out’ to start year, but Putrajaya event serves as reminder over Los Angeles 2028 qualifying challenge.

Wellness

How people like 70-year-old Chow Yun-fat keep pushing their endurance limits

Chow ran a half-marathon last year, while silver stars like Natalie Grabow, Jeannie Rice and Hiromu Inada are breaking records. Here’s how.

Actor Chow Yun-fat (middle) runs in the 10km event at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2026. The 70-year-old is part of a growing number of older people competing in endurance races. Photo: Eugene Lee
Andrew Wright

Hong Kong squad warned Asia Triathlon Cup is ‘as serious as they come’

Head coach Andrew Wright tells triathletes they owe it to taxpayers to take their ‘A’ games to Malaysia, as launch pad to 2028 Olympics.

Bailee Brown (far left) and Oscar Coggins (second right), here with Robin Elg and Cade Wright after claiming National Games silver, will lead the Hong Kong charge in Malaysia on Saturday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong triathlon seeing National Games legacy benefits, rules out Haughey move

Sport introduced to school programmes and competitor numbers increase, but head coach Andrew Wright issues note of caution.

Andrew Wright

Hong Kong triathlon coach to lay down key Olympics message, signpost LA route

Andrew Wright urges talented city squad to take advantage while going is good – ‘we don’t know what future looks like’.

2025 National Games

Hong Kong triathlete’s ‘insane’ nerves before city team’s National Games silver

Bailee Brown helps hosts to second spot after engrossing duel with favourites Shandong, validating head coach Andrew Wright’s methods.

Bailee Brown (righjt) stays focused as Yang Yifan spills her bike in the final transition area. Photo: Eugene Lee
2025 National Games

Hong Kong triathletes hungry for more National Games joy after Coggins’ bronze

City quartet aiming high for mixed relay on Sunday, after Olympian Coggins claims first major Games medal.

Oscar Coggins (left) and coach Andrew Wright on the triathlon podium after Saturday’s individual race. Photo: Eugene Lee
2025 National Games

National Games, day 6: fencer Ho wins historic sabre silver, Hsieh épée bronze

Aaron Ho equals the best finish of any Hong Kong fencer at a National Games and is the city’s first sabreist to win a medal.

Hong Kong sports

Video | Post reporter trains with Hong Kong triathlon team

Athletes from Hong Kong’s triathlon team are expected to medal at National Games races on November 15 and 16.

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2025 National Games

Twists and turns of bike leg could decide National Games triathlon, Wright says

Triathlete Cade Wright believes compact course on city’s harbourfront could give Hong Kong team an advantage against mainland rivals.

The Hong Kong National Games triathlon squad (from left) Wong Tsz-to, Oscar Coggins, Robin Elg, Hilda Choi, Bailee Brown and Cade Wright. Photo: Handout
2025 National Games

National Games: politics of performance leaves Hong Kong facing triathlon failure

Head coach Andrew Wright says city is leaving talent untapped by not following mainland China’s lead in how to develop athletes.

2025 National Games

From nearly losing a finger to chasing National Games glory for triathlete Choi

Having bounced back from devastating blow on eve of 2023 Asian Games, Choi has unfinished business for Hong Kong.

2025 National Games

Hong Kong beat China and New Zealand to take Asia Triathlon Cup gold

City’s team pip New Zealanders to claim victory in Japan, but their coach issues National Games warning.

(From left) Oscar Coggins, Hilda Choi, Bailee Brown and Robin Elg speak after the race. Photo: TAHKC
2025 National Games

Hong Kong’s National Games triathletes survive tricky Japanese test

Head coach Andrew Wright relieved as city squad emerge from sodden Asia Triathlon Cup intact, Robin Elg and Oscar Coggins impress again.

Oscar Coggins navigates a tricky bike course on his way to finishing sixth in the Asia Triathlon Cup. Photo: TAHKC
2025 National Games

Why China’s Yunnan province is key to Hong Kong triathletes’ National Games bid

Head coach finalising plans for closing stages of Games preparation, including heading to a high-altitude training site in the province.

2025 National Games

Paris Olympian excluded from Hong Kong triathlon squad for National Games

Coaches reveal which six athletes will compete at city’s Harbourfront in November, as well as a high-profile omission.

2025 National Games

Hong Kong Olympian Oscar Coggins says he has formula for National Games success

Triathlete confident over selection following stellar Asia Championships effort, eyeing medal shot on home soil.

Oscar Coggins in action during April’s Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships in Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong
2025 National Games

Hong Kong triathletes fire National Games warning shots at Asia Championships

Oscar Coggins finishes fourth in Istanbul, with Robin Elg one place further back. Japan’s Takumi Hojo claims gold ahead of Zhang Xiriu.

Oscar Coggins is in pole position for National Games selection after finishing fourth in the Asia Triathlon Championships. Photo: Jonathan Wong
2025 National Games

Asia Triathlon Championships: ‘pressure is on’ Hong Kong to perform, coach says

Andrew Wright acknowledges athletes must deliver after separate training camps in the US, France, Thailand and mainland China.

2025 National Games

Public urged to ‘push Hong Kong to victory’ at National Games

Local support could make the difference, coaches and bosses say as they predict ‘unforgettable atmosphere’.

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