City’s team pip New Zealanders to claim victory in Japan, but their coach issues National Games warning
Hong Kong claimed mixed relay gold at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Japan on Sunday, but were still told they had room for improvement before this year’s National Games.
Bailee Brown, Oscar Coggins, Hilda Choi Yan-yin and Robin Elg combined to finish in one hour, 27 minutes and 17 seconds in Gamagori, three seconds ahead of runners-up New Zealand. Third-placed China were way back in 1:30.34.
However, head coach Andrew Wright’s message to his victorious quartet was that they could do better still if they could stamp out some mistakes in time for the Games in November.
Wright felt that Hong Kong’s performance “exposed a few skill-based errors, mainly on the transitions”.
