South China Morning Post - Hong Kong Sport

Hong Kong fencer Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan achieved her best result at the Asian Fencing Championships after winning the épée individual silver medal in India on Sunday. Ranked No 17 in the world, Hsieh won all six of her pool stage bouts to reach the main draw, and received a bye to the second knockout round. From there, she beat Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman of Singapore and Lee Hye-i...

Hong Kong foil head coach Greg Koenig said he was proud of all four team members after Daphne Chan Nok-sze won the city’s first women’s individual bronze medal at the Asian Championships. The Frenchman also hoped the quartet could maintain the same level of performance and mentality for the team event, which begins on Monday. Foilists Chan, Valerie Cheng Hiu-wai, Zareena Leung Y...

At Sha Tin Racecourse, a roar erupts from the stands as horses and jockeys near the winning post. All eyes are on the flying turf, the frantic whips and the Thoroughbreds thundering towards the finish. And less than a kilometre away, in quiet concrete stables, an invisible team watches the action on small television screens in their breakroom. There are no champagne celebrations...

Hong Kong will stage next year’s Hyrox World Championships, officials announced in Stockholm on Thursday. The sport’s pinnacle event will be held at the AsiaWorld-Expo in June, and organisers said it marked a “full-circle moment for the sport”. Four years ago, the city was the stage for the first Hyrox event in the Asia-Pacific region, attracting fewer than 1,000 competitors. In...

China’s Wu Yanni is one of Asia’s most recognisable athletes, a hurdler known for her speed, confidence and trademark race-day make-up. Less well known is the person behind her rise: Hong Kong coach Ivan Ho Kwan-lung, who has worked as Wu’s strength and conditioning coach since 2023, and also oversees the development of several of the city’s brightest young sprinters. Ho, a form...