On June 18, 2026, the HYROX World Championship was in full swing in Stockholm, Sweden. Just before the start of the Elite 15 race, organizers issued major news: the 2027 HYROX World Championship will be held in Hong Kong, China, from June 10 to 13, 2027.

This will be the first time since HYROX began staging the World Championship in 2019 that the event is set in Asia. The five World Championships before Stockholm were held in Oberhausen, Germany; Las Vegas and Chicago, USA; Manchester, UK; and Nice, France.

Notably, HYROX first held an Asian event in 2022 — also in Hong Kong, China — and Hong Kong has once again become an important Asia-Pacific outpost for HYROX.

As HYROX has surged in popularity worldwide, both event organization and participation in Asia have been rising. This year’s Hong Kong event drew more than 20,000 participants, and over the past two years HYROX races in mainland China, Japan and South Korea have also begun to emerge. It’s likely that next year’s HYROX World Championship in Hong Kong will lift the sport’s profile across Asia to a new level.

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