Hong Kong triathlon coach’s Hyrox fear, as World Cup arrives in city

South China Morning Post · Paul McNamara · 2026-11-06 14:00 UTC

Andrew Wright concerned over trend of triathletes drifting towards fast-growing indoor fitness race series.

Andrew Wright fears that leading triathletes could desert the sport to compete in “simpler and easier” Hyrox, which this week inched closer to Olympic recognition.

Hong Kong head coach Wright, whose team are set for a World Cup leg on Central Harbourfront this weekend, did not, however, share the concerns of triathletes who have voiced concerns over Hyrox potentially ousting their sport from the Games programme, after it announced a strategic partnership with World Triathlon.

Max Stapley, Great Britain’s World No 42 triathlete, called the alliance an “attack on our existence”, while Christian Toetzke, who co-founded the wildly-popular indoor fitness race series, has targeted inclusion in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as a test event. It had been thought that Triathlon’s T100 format would make its Games debut Down Under.

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