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News.com.au
21-05-2025
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- News.com.au
All the latest on the Tassie Devils timeline
The coach for the Tassie Devils will likely be selected in the early parts of 2026.
South China Morning Post
11-05-2025
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- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong cycling body could be told to reopen Paris Olympics selection probe
Hong Kong's cycling association could be ordered to reopen an inquiry regarding last year's Paris Olympics after a renewed accusation about its selection of riders, a source has told the Post. Advertisement A complaint last October to the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) – subsequently investigated, with the findings leaked to media – claimed that an official at the Cycling Association of Hong Kong, China (CAHK) tried to manipulate selection when Hong Kong was allocated an extra Games place in the women's road time trial. International rules required those taking part in the time trial to also compete in at least one other event. It was claimed that an official suggested star rider Ceci Lee Sze-wing relinquish her spot in the road race, allowing Chloe Leung Wing-yee to be selected for both road race and time trial. Leung could then drop out of the road race citing illness to allow Lee, the better road racer, to step in as backup and reclaim her intended spot while Leung rode in the time trial, giving Hong Kong the extra rider over the two races, according to the leaked report. Lee, who besides the road race was riding in the omnium in the velodrome, wished to compete only in those, not the time trial, according to a report by CAHK honorary secretary general Simon Leung Chi-wa to the executive committee on December 18. Ceci Lee tackles the road race in Paris. Photo: SF&OC The alleged proposal was never carried out, after failing to gain enough support when the executive committee voted on it. Still, an anonymous complaint was made to the SF&OC, which told the CAHK to set up an 'independent investigation committee'.
South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
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- 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.
Times
07-05-2025
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- Times
A place for Henry Pollock but no Welshmen? Key Lions questions
The waiting is almost over. At 2pm on Thursday, the British & Irish Lions squad for this summer's tour to Australia will be announced at a public event in London. From settling on a captain to controversial final decisions — does Henry Pollock make it? Do any Welshmen? Where are all the full backs? — here is a look at the questions facing Andy Farrell, the Lions head coach, at the final selection meeting. All signs point to it being Maro Itoje. Andy Farrell insisted in March that he was considering five or six choices — perhaps from Caelan Doris, Itoje, Jamie George, Dan Sheehan, Jac Morgan, and Owen Farrell, his son— but it has always felt like a two-horse race between the Ireland and England captains, Doris and Itoje.
