2023 HONG KONG OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, August 18th – Sunday, August 20th
- Victoria Park Swimming Pool
- LCM (50m)
- Results
The 2023 Hong Kong Open Swimming Championships are taking place this weekend, with the 3-day affair having kicked off yesterday from Victoria Park Swimming Pool.
On day two, former University of Michigan Wolverine Siobhan Haughey fired off a new national record in the women’s 50m freestyle.
25-year-old Haughey scorched a lifetime best of 24.44 to take the domestic gold. That outing overtook her own previous Hong Kong standard of 24.56 put on the books earlier this year at the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour.
Haughey’s 50m free stunner comes just weeks after she earned silver in the 100m freestyle at this year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. And, her result here sets the stage for what could potentially take place at the Asian Games which begin next month in Hangzhou, China.
Haughey said after her 24.44 national record-setting performance, “I have been back from Japan for two weeks and so far I’ve had really good training. If I can keep up the same preparation, I’m sure I can do well in Hangzhou.”
The two-time Olympic silver medalist is slated to race the 50m free, 100m free, 200m free and 50m breaststroke individual events in addition to relays at the Asian Games.
“Both the 100-metre and 200-metre free are definitely my favourite events but you can never know who will suddenly swim really fast, or predict how other people will do. I am focusing on myself and seeing what I can do,” Haughey said after her race. (South China Morning Post)
Zhang Yufei is standing as a roadblock in the 50 free but Haughey is well on her way to winning Hong Kong’s first Asian Games swimming Golds in the 100 and 200
Hopefully she’ll win 50-100-200 in Asian Games.
A shame that she’s peaking when Australian girls are also peaking.
The fact that someone as talented as Siobhan is ‘only’ a 24.4 while being 52.2 and 1:53.9 shows how amazing Sjostrom’s range was/is to go 23.6, 51.7 and 1:54
Haughey swam a 1:06.77 breast split in 4×100 Medley relay too! That’s 0.7s faster than what she split in last month’s worlds, and a great boost for HK team