Hong Kong triathlete suffers ‘insane’ nerves before city team claim National Games silver
Bailee Brown helps hosts to second spot after engrossing duel with favourites Shandong, validating head coach Andrew Wright’s methods
Bailee Brown said she had suffered from “insane” nerves before claiming silver with the Hong Kong mixed relay team following a roller coaster race on Sunday.
Shandong emerged victorious from a monumental battle for gold, finishing 11 seconds quicker than the city quartet in one hour, 24 minutes and five seconds.
Robin Elg, who delivered Hong Kong’s quickest leg going second, said the result had validated the coaching methods of Andrew Wright, the head coach “who has had a lot of criticism from people not happy with how they were being trained”.
“This same team two years ago would not have been on the podium but because of Andrew’s training we fought with the strongest teams,” Elg said.