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Lars Hamer

Hong Kong triathlete Cade Wright will this weekend have the incentive of reaching a continental showpiece in her hometown as she builds on what her coach considers “world-class” potential.
The Asia Triathlon Cup in Malaysia offers Wright an opportunity to earn a berth at the Asia Sprint Championships, which Hong Kong will host in April.
It could also continue a rise that has taken her to the brink of the world’s top 200. That is not bad going for someone who as a child was “not interested in swimming at all”.
The 21-year-old is one of four elite women joining the seven-strong men’s team in Malaysia on Saturday. If she finishes in the top 10 individually and is one of the first three Hong Kong women home, she will clinch a spot at the sprint championships.

Born to an English father and a Hong Kong mother, Wright started as a runner, breaking multiple junior records and winning 1500 metres gold at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships.
“I grew up [running at] 26 Coaching,” Wright said, referring to the youth programme founded by Andrew Wright – no relation – who is now Hong Kong triathlon head coach.
Her sisters Tallulah and Roxanne also made their way as runners before joining the city’s triathlon set-up.
“I remember my dad told [Andrew Wright] that we were not interested in swimming at all,” Cade Wright said.
“I’ve got a cousin who used to swim professionally and went to the Commonwealth Games, and she would say how hard swimming was and told us to avoid it.”
Wright started swimming training aged 12, but said her early focus contrasted with that of most Asian counterparts, who were stronger in the water than on the road.
Her running prowess was on show at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon this month when she was the second woman to finish the 10km race, in a personal best time.
“When I started representing Hong Kong in triathlon at 16, I was still considered a runner because I was part of the athletics team,” she said.
“The Asian female swimmers are so strong – a lot of them have swimming backgrounds – so I noticed I was lacking in that part.”
But Wright has begun to assert herself, and is ranked No 205 in the world and 29 in Asia – Hong Kong’s third-highest woman behind Bailee Brown and Hilda Choi Yan-yin.
Despite a recurring stomach injury during the 2024 season, Wright ended the year on a high at the Asia Triathlon Junior, U23 & Mixed Relay Championships in Saudi Arabia. She finished second in the women’s under-23 race and contributed to victory in the mixed relay.

“I’ve only recently started getting my results up, so I’d say last year’s performance in Saudi Arabia was my peak,” she said.
Andrew Wright said he believed that she could challenge Brown in the local standings.
“No doubt in my mind that [Cade] has the talent and potential to be world-class,” he said.
She will push alongside the likes of Brown and Choi for one of the three women’s spots at this year’s National Games.
“There’s a real buzz around the National Games because it’s only every four years,” she said. “The build-up is huge.
“And the fact that it’s in Hong Kong as well – there’s the pressure to perform.”


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She is tipped as potentially world-class, having transformed herself from a runner who was ‘not interested in swimming at all’


She is tipped as potentially world-class, having transformed herself from a runner who was ‘not interested in swimming at all’.


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