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South China Morning Post
11-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong triathletes set National Games glory target, as China show run power
Head coach Andrew Wright has warned the leading Hong Kong male triathletes they have six months to make significant running improvements, or risk waving goodbye to National Games glory. Advertisement None of the city's men or women met the Games selection criteria at Saturday's Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, where Jason Ng Tai-long's 26th place was the best of it for Hong Kong. Wright said he will investigate why Oscar Coggins was off-colour, after the Tokyo Olympian recorded a heart rate 30-beats-per-minute lower than in his two previous races, and 'blew to pieces' on the running leg before a 40th-place finish. Robin Elg, who was hoping to receive his passport in time to compete in November's Games, finished 28th – six seconds slower than Ng's time of one hour, 41 minutes and 35 seconds. 'Robin was our stand-out performer,' Wright said. 'He ran a big personal best after coming back from a stress fracture. He'd have probably been top-20 if the race hadn't come together on the bike, which was a big disadvantage for him, because he's a swim-biker.' Advertisement Only one Chinese athlete, 16th-placed Fan Junjie crossed ahead of Ng and Elg, in a race won by 20-year-old Reese Vannerson, of the USA, on his Olympic-distance debut.
South China Morning Post
22-02-2025
- Sport
- 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.
