How Hong Kong proves a dynamic sporting venue for the world
- The city’s annual calendar includes international events such as the iconic Hong Kong Sevens, showjumping, motor racing and elite trail running
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Hong Kong is often seen as a metropolitan city, harbour-fronted commercial port and global financial centre, full of luxury shops, hotels and restaurants, bounded by hills peppered with sparkling skyscrapers.
Yet the millions of the city’s annual tourists and its 7.46 million residents know differently.
Away from the main housing areas, large parts of the territory’s 2,755 square km (1,064 square-mile) area feature unspoilt hills and mountains, country parks and nature reserves; residents head for the great outdoors – to connect with nature – whenever they have free time.
Steve Brammar, race director of this weekend’s ultra-endurance race, the Vibram Hong Kong 100 Ultra Trail Race – one of the world’s top trail competitions – says: “Many runners come back every year … but we also have runners visiting Hong Kong and the region for the first time.
“It’s great to see their reaction when they realise Hong Kong is not just shopping and skyscrapers, but also has breathtakingly beautiful scenery.”
The city centre holds many top-quality annual international sporting events featuring leading sportsmen and women, as well as those open to amateur athletes from Hong Kong and all over the world.
