Hong Kong’s bad day at Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships sparks National Games warning
Jason Ng and Cade Wright both come ninth, as city fails to have any finishers inside top eight for first time since 2021
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.
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.
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.