Lead: Hong Kong's triathlon scene

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Lead: Hong Kong's triathlon scene
Triathlon clubs offer a chance for amateur athletes and children to train with champions

To the casual observer, a triathlon seems like a torture fest. It's an exhausting combination of swimming, cycling and running, interrupted by a flurry of transitions.

But that hasn't fazed the thousands of Hongkongers who take part in triathlons each year. Hong Kong's triathlon association has 2,500 members and is growing, says Fenella Ng, executive committee member of the Hong Kong Triathlon Association.