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South China Morning Post
19-04-2025
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Hong Kong pair's ‘chronic' Asia Triathlon Cup swims leave coach with National Games fear
Cade Wright and Hilda Choi Yan-yin paid for delivering 'chronic' swimming performances, as the Hong Kong pair finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday. Advertisement Of the city's five men, Wong Tsz-to delivered the best effort to finish 12th. While Wong and his colleagues are fighting to retain their Hong Kong Sports Institute full-time status, head coach Andrew Wright said the need for Cade Wright and Choi to improve in the water was growing urgent. 'Their swims were chronic – losing two minutes is poor,' coach Wright added. 'There's still time to fix it … if we can't, there's no point entering the National Games individual race [in November].' Advertisement The duo, who were racing in Dexing primarily to work on their swimming legs, emerged from the water more than two minutes down on the leading group. Huang Anqi of China won the race in two hours, one minute and two seconds. Cade Wright came home in 2:06.52, while Choi finished in 2:07.40.
South China Morning Post
17-04-2025
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- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong triathlete Hilda Choi looks to Asia Cup in National Games quest
While most leading Hong Kong competitors skip the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday, Hilda Choi Yan-yin has opted to compete in a bid to boost her National Games medal chances. Advertisement The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist will join Cade Wright in a skeleton women's city team in mainland China this weekend. A five-strong men's quota will not feature any of top trio Oscar Coggins, Robin Elg or Jason Ng Tai-long, who are all being held back for a World Cup race in Chengdu next month. 'Racing would not be conducive to them delivering their best World Cup performance,' head coach Andrew Wright said. 'They need a consistent training block, with no travel, tapering or recovery.' After a continental sprint championships a fortnight ago in which Choi, 31, finished 24th in the individual race and struggled on her relay leg, Wright said his athlete 'had a bit of a shocker'. Cade Wright in action during this month's Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee 'She executes swims well in sessions, but not in races,' Wright said. 'It's productive to send her to every race where the swim is going to be fast. Advertisement 'For her and Cade, the biggest gap to the best National Games athletes is the swim. If they close it, they'll be in the race on the bike, then the run takes care of itself.'
South China Morning Post
03-03-2025
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- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong triathletes Hilda Choi, Jason Ng rediscover passion after Olympic and injury woe
Two of Hong Kong's best triathletes, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Jason Ng Tai-long, said during the weekend's National Games test event that they had recovered their passion and motivation after surviving significant setbacks. Advertisement Choi needed emergency surgery to save a finger on the eve of the delayed Asian Games in September 2023, after jamming the digit while reaching down to try to fix a part on her bike. She missed seven months, before returning for nine races last year. She began her 2025 with eighth place in the Asia Triathlon Cup in Malaysia last week, before coming sixth in Saturday's individual test event at Hong Kong's Central Harbourfront. The 31-year-old acknowledged her injury ordeal had been 'upsetting', but said she would now be retired if she had competed at her third Asian Games. '[The injury] was part of my journey and showed me what I want, and what I am passionate for,' Choi said. Jason Ng leads Shandong's eventual second-placed finisher Zhang Chi in Saturday's test race. Photo: Elson Li 'I'm mentally ready to challenge myself again and want to reach my full potential before I say I am done.
South China Morning Post
22-02-2025
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- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong triathlon star excels in Malaysia to send National Games warning
Oscar Coggins sent an early-season warning to his 2025 National Games rivals after 'cruising' to a second-placed Asia Triathlon Cup finish in Malaysia on Saturday. Tokyo Olympian Coggins came home in 53 minutes and 18 seconds, 55 seconds behind Max Studer, of Switzerland, who completed the closing five-kilometre run in a breakneck 15:07. Coggins' fellow Hongkonger Jason Ng Tai-long was seventh after suffering a quadriceps cramp 2 kilometres from the finish line. Head coach Andrew Wright, who attributed Ng's cramp to the 25-year-old 'not being fit enough for the pace they were running', said Coggins had 'exceeded expectations' in his season-opening event. 'He was back to his usual self,' Wright added. 'We knew he was fit and in good form, but to beat some very good athletes and come second in that field, while he was relatively cruising, is pretty impressive. We haven't done any race-specific work, so this is a very positive step.' Oscar Coggins steps across the finishing line after coming home second behind Max Studer. Photo: TRIHK Coggins and Ng's performances secured their spots for April's Asia Sprint Championships (ASC) in Hong Kong, which will double as a selection race for November's National Games.
South China Morning Post
18-02-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Asian sprint triathlon and National Games beckon for Hong Kong's Cade Wright
Hong Kong triathlete Cade Wright will this weekend have the incentive of reaching a continental showpiece in her hometown as she builds on what her coach considers 'world-class' potential. The Asia Triathlon Cup in Malaysia offers Wright an opportunity to earn a berth at the Asian Sprint Championships, which Hong Kong will host in April. It could also continue a rise that has taken her to the brink of the world's top 200. That is not bad going for someone who as a child was 'not interested in swimming at all'. The 21-year-old is one of four elite women joining the seven-strong men's team in Malaysia on Saturday, knowing a top-10 finish overall and placing inside the top three with Hong Kong's women's team will clinch her a spot at the sprint championships. Born to an English father and a Hong Kong mother, Wright started as a runner, breaking multiple junior records and winning 1500 metres gold at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships. 'I grew up [running at] 26 Coaching,' Wright said, referring to the youth programme founded by Andrew Wright – no relation – who is now Hong Kong triathlon head coach.
