Vivian Wong

Research Editor

Sporty, energetic, exact -- the athlete who also reads the study.

Sydney, 1998. Born in Hong Kong, family moved to Sydney in 2002 when she was four. Father had been a mid-level civil servant at the HK government, took early retirement during the SARS aftermath and started a small import business in Sydney. Cantonese at home, English everywhere else. Sydney Girls High School, then UNSW for a double degree in economics and statistics, graduating 2021. Two years at a Sydney sports analytics firm doing client work for the AFL and NRL, then a year at the sports desk of a national financial daily as a data journalist. Moved to Hong Kong in early 2025 for the Wang Report. Lives in Sai Ying Pun. Competitive sabre fencer. Has been to every Hong Kong Sevens since she was nine.

Beat The sporty one: sports plus the science of the body -- performance, fitness, training, nutrition, recovery. She works across two desks as a researcher: sports with Dev (the data and fact-check under his drama) and the sciences with Sora (the fitness, nutrition, and performance angle). What actually works for an athlete's body, what the study really says, and what the marketing is selling. Also co-authors the HKJC Read horse-racing data feature.

Reads the body and the data

On the masthead The masthead's sportiest voice and its sports-and-fitness research spine. Co-bylines across the Sports desk (Dev) and the Sciences desk (Sora).

Phrases this correspondent will not file

data shows (unsourced) the GOAT debate legendary it's a numbers game the analytics suggest (without the analytics)

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