Triathlete, 59, who started swimming during amber rainstorm warning found dead
A 59-year-old triathlete died after going missing during the swimming leg of a competition in Hong Kong held during an amber rainstorm warning. Experts are now calling for stricter safety protocols for outdoor sporting events during extreme weather.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the increasing risks posed by climate change and extreme weather to public safety and the necessity for updated event management regulations.
A 59-year-old swimmer in a Hong Kong triathlon who went missing during an amber rainstorm has been found dead, prompting an expert to call for such events to be suspended when the relevant warning is in force, citing increasingly unpredictable extreme weather.
Police told the South China Morning Post that Fire Services Department officers found the man at around 3.17pm on Sunday. He was sent to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead at 3.33pm.
The force had earlier received a report at 7.57am that a male participant of the 2026 Summer Triathlon Challenge at Tai Mei Tuk Water Sports Centre in Tai Po had entered the water for the swimming leg but failed to resurface.
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