Asia Triathlon Cup: Hong Kong’s Robin Elg on podium but missed Olympics chance for Jason Ng, Bailee Brown
- City’s star duo Ng and Brown suffer in season-ending event as bad luck is added to effects of a tough itinerary
- Brown has ‘shocking swim’, according to head coach, but Elg grabs third in men’s elite race
Leading Hong Kong triathletes Jason Ng Tai-long and Bailee Brown missed opportunities to gain ground over their Olympic qualification rivals, after a “brutal” schedule took its toll at the season-ending Asia Triathlon Cup races in mainland China.
There was a third place over the standard-distance course in Xiamen on Saturday for Robin Elg, their in-form teammate and reigning Asian Under-23 champion.
Ng and Brown, both members of Hong Kong’s Asian Games bronze-medal mixed relay team, had achieved podium finishes at the high-calibre Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships in Saudi Arabia a fortnight ago.
But Ng failed to finish in Xiamen after suffering a flat tyre on the bike leg, while Brown produced strong riding and running legs yet suffered from a poor start and was seventh.
Brown, 24, confessed she was fighting fatigue after her third place in the ATC race staged in Hong Kong a week ago, while Ng, who was second in his home event, was similarly drained following an elongated campaign.
