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South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong triathletes put friendships on hold as National Games selection gets serious
As Hong Kong's triathletes prepare to suspend friendships in the name of a National Games selection fight, head coach Andrew Wright admitted on Wednesday that it was not ideal for them to be 'training under one roof'. Advertisement The city team will have eight men and three women in Saturday's Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, which is doubling as a selection race for November's Games. While Cade and Tallulah Wright have travelled to the mainland from Edinburgh, where they had university exams, the rest of the squad have been preparing cheek-by-jowl at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Wright said he had not noticed relationships growing frosty, but acknowledged 'there are some disadvantages' to them being in such proximity. 'Part of that is they get to see each other's training, which can be strange,' Wright said. Advertisement 'They're teammates, so they have to get on and create a good environment, but it's an individual sport and they have to beat each other, so that's pretty hard.
South China Morning Post
19-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
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
- 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
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.
