Hong Kong triathletes put friendships on hold as National Games selection gets serious
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The city team will have eight men and three women in Saturday's Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, which is doubling as a selection race for November's Games.
While Cade and Tallulah Wright have travelled to the mainland from Edinburgh, where they had university exams, the rest of the squad have been preparing cheek-by-jowl at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.
Wright said he had not noticed relationships growing frosty, but acknowledged 'there are some disadvantages' to them being in such proximity.
'Part of that is they get to see each other's training, which can be strange,' Wright said.
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'They're teammates, so they have to get on and create a good environment, but it's an individual sport and they have to beat each other, so that's pretty hard.
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