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Hong Kong economy
Cashing in on fitness: how Hyrox race is opening doors for Hong Kong businesses
Local boutique gyms, studios, freelance trainers and brands are tapping opportunities as competition grows in popularity.
23 Nov 2024 - 8:42AM
Hong Kong sports
A taste of training for Hyrox in Hong Kong
23 Nov 2024 - 11:02AM
Fame and celebrity
8 celebrities who run marathons, from Oprah and Diplo to Pippa Middleton
1 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM
Nepal
Nepal record-setting teen climber returns home to hero’s welcome
The 18-year-old, who has scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks, said Sherpas ‘are not just guides, we are trailblazers’.
14 Oct 2024 - 6:02PM
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Nepal
At just 18, he’s already climbed all the highest peaks on Earth
Nepali teen Nima Rinji Sherpa is no stranger to the world’s high places, hailing from a family of record-holding mountaineers.
9 Oct 2024 - 2:22PM
Marathons
Hong Kong bridge half-marathon returns, bosses address food, water, delay issues
Second edition to be held in January, and race chief says improvements have been made since the first race.
5 Jul 2024 - 10:09PM
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Finland
F1 star Bottas among those embracing fast-growing sport of gravel riding
Thirty-four cyclists competed in the first edition of Dirty Kanza in 2006 – this year 5,000 riders started the race, now renamed Unbound Gravel, with many more left out.
24 Jun 2024 - 3:08PM
Japan
Britain laces up for a Japan-style 116km relay race as the emperor visits
The inaugural UK ‘ekiden’ will mark the 100th anniversary of Japan’s storied long-distance relay to coincide with the royal couple’s visit.
16 Jun 2024 - 4:00PM
Climbing and mountaineering
Nepal’s ‘Everest man’ reaches peak for record 30th time
Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, first scaled Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. He has since climbed the mountain almost every year.
23 May 2024 - 1:18AM
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Nepal
Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?
Thousands of tonnes of waste have been left on the world’s highest mountain over the years. Some working on the clean-up say the only way to stop more piling up is putting curbs on expeditions.
19 May 2024 - 6:15PM
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Nepal
Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ notches record 29th summit of world’s highest mountain
Kami Rita Sherpa first reached the top of Mount Everest in 1994. Since then he has climbed the 8,849-metre peak almost every year, guiding clients.
13 May 2024 - 8:24PM
Hong Kong athlete who broke record for ‘planet’s hardest triathlon’ eyes bigger goal
Hong Kong lawyer Mayank Vaid once held the record for the Enduroman Arch 2 Arc and in August will become the first person to attempt double that race.
6 May 2024 - 4:59PM
Lunar
How Hong Kong entrepreneur Vriko Kwok went Further than she had ever been
The Brazilian jiu jitsu athlete went from 0 303.313km in under a year at the Lululemon challenge to prove wrong those who thought it was beyond her.
17 Apr 2024 - 6:38PM
Trail running and hiking
Nepal racer wins by smallest of margins, edges out China’s Xiang Fuzhao
Sunmaya Budha says ‘thinking about past is not enough for me’ as she rises from rural Nepal to ultra stardom, and wants to continue to support her family.
9 Apr 2024 - 2:00PM
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Wellness
If exercise helps depression more than counselling, this woman is living proof
A study finds that physical activity is more effective than counselling or leading medications for improving depression, anxiety and distress symptoms – as shown by a runner who says it saved her life.
29 Mar 2024 - 6:26PM
Antarctica
How to get to South Pole? 1 record-breaking woman started by googling it
Preet Chandi, appearing in Hong Kong on International Women’s Day, reveals how being told to get married and conform to expectations ‘lit a fire’ in her and fuelled her three Antarctic expeditions.
13 Mar 2024 - 12:32PM
Wellness
Only 2 women finished this year’s Hong Kong ultra trail race. Meet the first
Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.
5 Mar 2024 - 9:18AM
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Triathlete Cheng sets 2024 goals after ‘empowering’ Ironman World Championship
Ruby Cheng is chasing more competitive highs in 2024, after a stellar performance at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, where she relived her Olympian mum’s swimming success
14 Feb 2024 - 6:30PM
Trail running and hiking
From talking to monkeys to finding inner peace on Hong Kong’s four trails
Tsang Wai-fung gets used to running without headphones but first experiences highs and lows of solitary adventure that takes runners 298km across the city.
2 Feb 2024 - 8:41AM
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Trail running and hiking
Hong Kong triathletes stall in Olympic hunt after paying for ‘brutal’ schedule
Jason Ng and Bailee Brown miss chance to gain ground over Paris 2024 qualification rivals at the season-ending Asia Triathlon Cup in mainland China.
25 Nov 2023 - 3:25PM
Marathons
Hong Kong half marathon chiefs sorry as cracks appear in ‘perfect’ bridge race
Runners complain about lack of food, delays and drink and toilet shortages, while HKAAA offers ‘sincere apologies’ for finish line error and says the event’s bridge location ‘raised difficulties’.
22 Nov 2023 - 5:15PM
Marathons
8,000 run ‘perfect’ inaugural Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Half Marathon
Actor Chow Yun-fat steals the show at Sunday morning’s event, as organisers tout success but also target improvements for next year.
19 Nov 2023 - 5:10PM
Marathons
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge half marathon organisers target annual event
Sunday’s inaugural event will see 8,000 runners traversing 55km bridge, with athletics hoping ‘more distances and quotas become available too’.
17 Nov 2023 - 8:55PM
Triathlon
Triathlon boss blames Coggins’ struggles on pandemic, ‘partly down to me’
Hong Kong triathlon officials investigating effects of Covid-19 vaccine on the 24-year-old with blood tests – ‘in the past two years when he got sick, it really whacked him’.
9 Nov 2023 - 11:43AM
Triathlon
Hong Kong head coach hails triathlon chance, ‘we need depth and accountability’
The head coach of Hong Kong Triathlon says the forthcoming Asia Triathlon Cup in Central has the potential to deliver immediate and far-reaching gains for the sport in the city.
8 Nov 2023 - 7:30AM
Breakdancers bring a dramatic ending to Hong Kong tournament
The four breakers who competed for the city at the Asian Games all reach their finals at the Hong Kong Breaking Team Qualifier.
8 Nov 2023 - 12:00PM
The Arctic Rower
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Cheating death and polar bears on record-setting trip along Northwest Passage
Mark Agnew, Eileen Visser, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste have become the first team to kayak all the way from Baffin Bay to the Beaufort Sea.
25 Oct 2023 - 1:10PM
Hong Kong sports
Hong Kong’s Anna Fisher rows her way to 5 gold medals at world masters regatta
The 32-year-old athlete says she feels happy her training paid off and that she has something to show for it.
4 Oct 2023 - 11:00AM
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