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South China Morning Post
17-04-2025
- Sport
- 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
11-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong sport should be run like HSBC, be more professional, triathlon coach says
Hong Kong's sporting bodies should be run in the unforgiving image of big business, according to Andrew Wright, the city's triathlon head coach. Advertisement Triathlon's Tier A status means its athletes receive between HK$35,450 (US$4,600) and HK$41,740 per month from Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), funded by the taxpayer. Wright, though, insisted on raising the minimum benchmarks needed for his athletes to keep that support this year, having decided the previous yardsticks were 'substandard'. 'These sports need to be run like big businesses,' Wright said. 'If you were working for HSBC and not performing, the same would happen. 'It's doing an athlete a favour, because [not reaching benchmarks] shows triathlon is not what they should be doing with their time. It's fair to them, and it's fair for everyone else.' Jason Ng Tai-long transitions to bike during the Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships. Photo: Eugene Lee None of Wright's squad gained automatic qualification for November's National Games after underwhelming performances in last Saturday's Hong Kong-hosted Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships.
South China Morning Post
05-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's bad day at Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships sparks National Games warning
Head coach Andrew Wright lamented a 'pretty bad day all round', and sent a stark warning over Hong Kong's 2025 National Games prospects, after a series of sub-par performances in Saturday's Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships. Advertisement The city's best performers, Jason Ng Tai-long and Cade Wright, finished ninth in their respective men's and women's races on a wet course at the Central Harbourfront. Any home top-five finishers would have secured Games qualification, but with only two more selection races remaining, in Chengdu and Samarkand next month, it is possible that Hong Kong's triathletes will have to rely on discretionary picks. 'We made selection hard but achievable, and if no one gets it, it would be pretty disappointing,' Andrew Wright said. There was a show of power from female mainland China athletes ahead of November's event, which will be staged in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's Jason Ng runs down the Victoria Harbour waterfront during the elite men's race. Photo: Eugene Lee Lin Xinyu and Yang Yifan, the winner of last month's test event, came home first and second in 59 minutes and seven seconds, and 59.19, respectively. Their compatriot, Lu Meiyi, was seventh in 1:00:13.
