Hong Kong triathletes Oscar Coggins and Bailee Brown failed to secure Asian Games qualification at the Lianyungang Asia Triathlon Cup. Coggins finished 12th and Brown ninth, with head coach Andrew Wright attributing their performance to fatigue and illness.
No Hong Kong athlete managed to secure Asian Games selection but there was more to like than not from a trio of encouraging World Triathlon Cup performances in Chengdu on Saturday. Oscar Coggins delivered the best swim and run legs of his career but had to settle for 41st despite finishing just 66 seconds behind winner Luke Willian. In the women’s race, Bailee Brown was also 41st, with Tallulah Wright seven places back; efforts that Andrew Wright, the head coach, said showed the pair had made...
Hong Kong won silver in the aquathlon team event at the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, Hainan Island, with a time of 1:02:35. The quartet of Bailee Brown, Wong Tsz-to, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Mark Yu Shing-him finished behind China (1:01:44) with Japan taking bronze (1:03:54). Head coach Andrew Wright acknowledged the achievement despite noting lack of significant funding for the sport.
Hong Kong claimed their first medal at the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China, winning silver in the aquathlon mixed relay. The quartet of Bailee Brown, Wong Tsz-to, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Mark Yu Shing-him finished in 1:02:35, behind China's winning time of 1:01:44. Japan took bronze with a time of 1:03:54.
Hong Kong won their first medal at the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, taking silver in the aquathlon mixed relay with a time of 1:02:35. China dominated to win gold in 1:01:44, while Japan claimed bronze in 1:03:54.
Hong Kong triathlete Bailee Brown produced the city’s best result so far at the 2026 Sanya Asian Beach Games on Thursday, finishing fifth in the women’s individual aquathlon. With athletes tackling a 6km course made up of a 2.5km run, a 1km swim and a final 2.5km run, Brown completed the race at Sanya Bay Photography Base in Hainan in 33 minutes 37 seconds. Teammate Hilda Choi Yan-yin placed eighth in 34:18. China’s Lin Xinyu won gold in 31:34, with Cambodia’s Garabedian Margot Morokot taking...
