https://www.scmp.com/rss/519372/feed The latest news on Ariarne Titmus, Australian competitive swimmer and Olympian, including competition news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Mollie O’Callaghan and Kaylee McKeown launched Australia’s post-Ariarne Titmus era in style by smashing short course world records at the World Cup meet in Westmont, Illinois. Olympic 200m freestyle champion O’Callaghan swam one minute, 49.77 seconds for victory in the same event, eclipsing the previous mark of 1:50.31 set by Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey in 2021. McKeown then held off fierce rival Regan Smith to win the 200 backstroke in 1:57.87 on the final night of the meet on Sunday, erasing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329613/ocallaghan-shatters-haugheys-200m-freestyle-record-mckeown-sets-new-200m-backstroke-mark?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3329613/ocallaghan-shatters-haugheys-200m-freestyle-record-mckeown-sets-new-200m-backstroke-mark?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:32:34 +0000 Reuters Reuters Canadian three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh set a world record in the women’s 400 metres freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday. The 18-year-old clocked three minutes and 54.18 seconds to better Australian Ariarne Titmus’ mark of 3:55.38 set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. “Going into tonight, I knew that my training has been really good these past few months, and I knew that I could do something special,” McIntosh told... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3313536/canadian-swimming-teen-summer-mcintosh-shatters-400-metres-freestyle-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3313536/canadian-swimming-teen-summer-mcintosh-shatters-400-metres-freestyle-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jun 2025 07:53:02 +0000 Magic Monday? Medal Monday? Hong Kong will hope one of those phrases applies after day three of the Paris Olympics. It’s a day stacked with the city’s biggest hitters. Both of its flag-bearers, in fact, in the shape of Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey. Fencer Cheung may, by the early hours of Tuesday back home, be on the podium again, having stood on its top step when winning gold at the last Games in Tokyo three years ago. Almost simultaneously, swimmer Haughey will aim to achieve similar by... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272248/paris-olympics-can-cheung-haughey-give-hong-kong-magic-monday-5-watch-day-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272248/paris-olympics-can-cheung-haughey-give-hong-kong-magic-monday-5-watch-day-3?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jul 2024 04:30:11 +0000 Siobhan Haughey is bracing herself for a “huge challenge” on Monday but feels she is “in a great place”, her coach said after she secured her place in the Olympic 200 metres freestyle final. The Hongkonger finished third in her semi-final in a time of one minute, 55.51 seconds to qualify fourth fastest for a showdown with two of the greatest swimmers in history. Ariarne Titmus, who beat Haughey to gold in Tokyo three years ago, won the pair’s semi-final in 1:54.64. Fellow Australian flier Mollie... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3272239/paris-olympics-siobhan-haughey-ready-huge-challenge-against-fierce-aussie-duo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3272239/paris-olympics-siobhan-haughey-ready-huge-challenge-against-fierce-aussie-duo?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jul 2024 01:40:08 +0000 The second full day of the Paris Olympics ended with a witching hour to savour for those awake in Hong Kong, and ensured pleasant breakfast reading for those who were not. It was nearly 4am when swimmer Siobhan Haughey qualified for the final of the 200 metres freestyle, rounding off a Sunday in which table tennis mixed doubles duo Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem also got within reach of a podium. Medals could be clinched on what threatens to be a magical Monday, with fencer Cheung Ka-long,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272235/while-you-were-sleeping-5-things-know-after-haughey-earns-medal-shot-paris-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272235/while-you-were-sleeping-5-things-know-after-haughey-earns-medal-shot-paris-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:33:15 +0000 The Australian golden girls rivalling Siobhan Haughey for Olympic 200 metres freestyle prizes have warned they are only just getting started in Paris. Haughey qualified fifth fastest for the semi-finals and was not expected to encounter any problems confirming her place in a talent-packed final on Monday. The Hongkonger said she was swimming in second gear when clocking one minute, 56.38 seconds to finish second behind Li Binjie of China in her heat. “I’ve been preparing for a long time and my... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272222/paris-olympics-australians-throw-down-gauntlet-hong-kongs-haughey-200m-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272222/paris-olympics-australians-throw-down-gauntlet-hong-kongs-haughey-200m-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:46:07 +0000 The Paris Olympics enters its second official day of competition on Sunday and after a whirlwind start, the events will again come thick and fast. As Hong Kong basks in the glory of its first gold of the Games – meaning the city has won a medal in consecutive Olympics for the first time – attention turns to who might be next. Long before Vivian Kong Man-wai’s historic achievement, Sunday had been ringed in the diary as the first appearance of potentially the city’s strongest podium hope, Siobhan... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3272170/paris-olympics-5-watch-day-2-siobhan-haughey-swims-us-enter-fray-basketball?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3272170/paris-olympics-5-watch-day-2-siobhan-haughey-swims-us-enter-fray-basketball?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2024 04:30:10 +0000 Swim star Ariarne Titmus said she is in better shape now than when she won Olympic 200m and 400m freestyle gold in Tokyo. The Australian, who beat Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey into silver at the last Olympics, heads to Paris on the back of shattering the 200m world record last month and clocking the second quickest 400m of all time, behind only her own world best. It makes her the red-hot favourite in both disciplines, with her task in the 200m made easier by key rivals, American great Katie... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3270972/paris-olympics-siobhan-haugheys-200m-rival-ariarne-titmus-says-shes-best-shape-ever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3270972/paris-olympics-siobhan-haugheys-200m-rival-ariarne-titmus-says-shes-best-shape-ever?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:11 +0000 Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey could face world record holders in both the 100 metres and 200m freestyle events at the Paris Olympics, but her path towards a medal could be easier, with some stars opting not to compete. The official entry list for the Games’ swimming events, which will take place from July 27 to August 4, has been released and confirmed that Haughey would only compete in two individual events. Haughey, who had also qualified for the 50m and 400m freestyle and the 100m breaststroke,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3270774/paris-olympics-haugheys-path-glory-still-clear-despite-sjostroms-100m-shock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3270774/paris-olympics-haugheys-path-glory-still-clear-despite-sjostroms-100m-shock?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:30:09 +0000 Australian swimmer Sam Short is chasing glory at the Paris Olympics only two years after a skin cancer diagnosis, but said he would have welcomed the opportunity to take on China’s controversial Sun Yang. Triple gold will be the target for Short, 20, when he competes in the 400, 800 and 1500 metres freestyle at the Games, whereas Sun, the 1500m world record-holder, will not be present despite his second career ban for doping-related violations ending in May. Sun was previously labelled a “drug... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3270072/facing-chinas-sun-yang-olympic-gold-wouldve-been-cool-australias-sam-short-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3270072/facing-chinas-sun-yang-olympic-gold-wouldve-been-cool-australias-sam-short-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:15:09 +0000 Siobhan Haughey has set herself the target of swimming faster than ever before at the Paris Olympics, and said success for Hong Kong could have an inspirational impact on the city. Three years after Haughey twice put Hong Kong on the podium at the Tokyo Games, she is aiming to again fly its flag with distinction on sport’s biggest stage in France. The 26-year-old will be a medal contender in the 100 and 200 metres freestyle, having won silver in both in 2021. And she said she hoped to help spark... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3269079/siobhan-haughey-makes-paris-olympics-promise-give-hong-kong-people-sense-pride?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3269079/siobhan-haughey-makes-paris-olympics-promise-give-hong-kong-people-sense-pride?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:00:15 +0000 The coach inspiring Siobhan Haughey’s Olympic medal quest has outlined the Hong Kong swimmer’s fast-starting blueprint for Paris success this month. Tom Rushton also said Haughey was embracing the “intense rivalry and competitiveness” from podium favourites Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan, who swam inside the previous 200 metres freestyle world record at last month’s Australian Olympic trials. Rushton said Haughey was not adopting a “gold medal or bust” outlook after her two silvers at the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3268621/paris-olympics-coach-reveals-hong-kong-star-siobhan-haugheys-blueprint-games-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3268621/paris-olympics-coach-reveals-hong-kong-star-siobhan-haugheys-blueprint-games-success?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:00:10 +0000 Siobhan Haughey eased to victory in another 200m freestyle event on Friday, then revealed she was competing for the last time until the Paris Olympics next month. The Hong Kong star cruised home in a time of one minute, 55.35 seconds at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, almost 1½ seconds slower than her personal best of 1:53.92, which she set on her way to winning silver at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada finished second in 1:56.38, with Britain’s Freya Colbert,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3267648/paris-olympics-haughey-signs-200m-free-win-rome-games-draw-near?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3267648/paris-olympics-haughey-signs-200m-free-win-rome-games-draw-near?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jun 2024 06:58:20 +0000 Olympic 100m freestyle champion Emma McKeon will not defend her title in Paris after missing out on qualifying on Friday with Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack securing the two Australian slots at stake. O’Callaghan surged home on day five of the Australian trials in Brisbane in 52.33 seconds, with Jack (52.72) second ahead of a top-class field. No other country, including the United States, can boast such depth over the distance, with seven of the eight finalists under the qualifying time. Meg... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3266696/paris-olympics-australias-emma-mckeon-fails-qualify-defence-100m-freestyle-gold-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3266696/paris-olympics-australias-emma-mckeon-fails-qualify-defence-100m-freestyle-gold-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:30:09 +0000 Ariarne Titmus smashed the 200 metres freestyle world record on Wednesday in one minute 52.23 seconds at the Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane, shaving 0.62 seconds off the previous mark set by her friend and compatriot Mollie O’Callaghan. In an enthralling race, O’Callaghan finished second in 1:52.48, also blitzing through the world record time she set at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Aussie Lani Pallister hit the wall in 1:55.57 to seal third place. Titmus is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3266345/siobhan-haughey-rival-ariarne-titmus-smashes-world-200-metre-free-mark-australian-trials?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3266345/siobhan-haughey-rival-ariarne-titmus-smashes-world-200-metre-free-mark-australian-trials?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:54:45 +0000 Tom Bell Tom Bell Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong said she was glad the wait was over after she won a historic first gold medal for her city at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The 26-year-old dominated the 200 metres freestyle final in the early hours of Thursday, Hong Kong time, delivering a masterclass in her signature event to finish ahead of Erika Fairweather of New Zealand. It was her first global gold in an Olympic-standard 50m pool, following fourth-place finishes in the 2019 and 2023 editions, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3251986/world-aquatics-championships-hong-kongs-siobhan-haughey-wins-historic-gold-200-metres-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3251986/world-aquatics-championships-hong-kongs-siobhan-haughey-wins-historic-gold-200-metres-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:30:01 +0000 Sitting in the call room ahead of her 200 metres freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics, Siobhan Haughey looked at the swimmers assembled around her and had something of an epiphany. The Hong Kong star was moments away from winning a silver medal, but it was not until then, sitting next to the likes of Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky, that she realised she belonged. Haughey won the city’s first medal of any colour in the pool at an Olympics that day in Japan, and added a second in the 100m... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3249251/siobhan-haughey-reveals-her-light-bulb-moment-she-passes-swimming-insights-hong-kongs-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3249251/siobhan-haughey-reveals-her-light-bulb-moment-she-passes-swimming-insights-hong-kongs-next?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:45:15 +0000 Tom Bell Tom Bell Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey finished agonisingly outside the medals as Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia erased the oldest world record in the books to win the 200 metres freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships. Haughey had to settle for fourth place on Wednesday evening in Fukuoka, Japan, after O’Callaghan, her compatriot Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh of Canada – who had all qualified faster than her – held their ominous form. O’Callaghan’s winning time of one minute and 52.85 seconds... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229018/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-outside-medals-200m-freestyle-australias-mollie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229018/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-outside-medals-200m-freestyle-australias-mollie?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:26:54 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Siobhan Haughey will target the podium for Hong Kong on Wednesday after she swam her way into the 200 metres freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan. She finished second to Canadian 16-year-old Summer McIntosh in her semi-final on Tuesday evening, earning her place in the first of two finals she hopes to contest this week. In lane five, with McIntosh alongside, the 25-year-old clocked a time of one minute, 55.48 seconds in the first semi-final at Marine Messe Fukuoka. It was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228915/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-set-200m-freestyle-showdown-australias-ariarne-titmus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228915/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-set-200m-freestyle-showdown-australias-ariarne-titmus?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:00:18 +0000 Tom Bell Tom Bell China claimed gold in consecutive races at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday evening as Qin Haiyang won the men’s 100m breaststroke and Zhang Yufei the women’s 100m butterfly. Qin’s winning time of 57.69 seconds on day two of pool events in Fukuoka made him the second fastest in history, albeit some way off the 56.88 world record of Britain’s Adam Peaty. “That is a pretty good time,” Qin said. “That is my best time. But I can do better. I will catch up to the world record.” Italy’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3228772/world-aquatics-championships-back-back-china-golds-qin-haiyang-becomes-2nd-fastest-history-and-zhang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3228772/world-aquatics-championships-back-back-china-golds-qin-haiyang-becomes-2nd-fastest-history-and-zhang?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:55:43 +0000 Chan Kin-wa Chan Kin-wa Siobhan Haughey has some unfinished business with the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, where she will be attempting to win Hong Kong’s first medal at the long-course competition. A double Olympic silver medallist, short-course world champion and record holder, Haughey has yet to claim a medal at the championships after finishing fourth in 2019 and missing last year’s event in Budapest through injury. But the 25-year-old heads into the competition in Fukuoka on the back of an impressive... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228328/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-out-break-hong-kongs-long-course-medal-drought-fukuoka?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228328/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-out-break-hong-kongs-long-course-medal-drought-fukuoka?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:51:31 +0000 The biggest obstacle for Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey at swimming’s World Championships next month, Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia, has suffered a knee injury in training just weeks before the showpiece in Japan. Haughey is targeting her first long-course world titles in her favoured 100 and 200 metres freestyle, and recorded the year’s world-leading time in the 100m during last month’s Mare Nostrum Tour in Europe. O’Callaghan has since bettered Haughey’s 100m time and also holds the fastest... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3225697/swimming-world-championships-siobhan-haugheys-australian-rival-mollie-ocallaghan-has-knee-scare?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3225697/swimming-world-championships-siobhan-haugheys-australian-rival-mollie-ocallaghan-has-knee-scare?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jun 2023 06:51:26 +0000 Siobhan Haughey puts her unblemished 200m record on the line on Sunday at the Fina short course World Championships in Melbourne, with more gold in her sights. There are not many familiar faces on the starting blocks, with the noticeable absence of two Tokyo Olympic 200m freestyle medallists – Ariarne Titmus of Australia and Penny Oleksiak of Canada – leaving Rebecca Smith of Canada, the silver medallist at last year’s championships in Abu Dhabi, and Chinese newcomer Li Bingjie as Haughey’s main... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203701/hong-kongs-haughey-sets-sights-golden-finish-fina-world-championships-melbourne-puts-200m-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203701/hong-kongs-haughey-sets-sights-golden-finish-fina-world-championships-melbourne-puts-200m-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:00:15 +0000 Australian swim star Emma McKeon has became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history, by winning her 19th medal as Adam Peaty bounced back to win the 50m breaststroke. McKeon reached the landmark in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final in Birmingham on Tuesday – the final race of a pulsating night of action at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre – with Australia taking gold. The 28-year-old now has a total of 13 golds, five bronze medals and one silver across three Commonwealth... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187523/2022-commonwealth-games-australian-swimmer-emma-mckeon-makes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187523/2022-commonwealth-games-australian-swimmer-emma-mckeon-makes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Aug 2022 03:00:50 +0000 Swimmer Emma McKeon became the most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all-time on Sunday, leading an Australian sweep of the women’s 50 metre freestyle to claim a record 11th gold medal. It was a night of milestones at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre as moments earlier South African Chad Le Clos had joined shooters Michael Gault and Phil Adams as the most decorated Games athletes ever when he snatched his 18th medal by picking up a silver in the men’s 200 metres butterfly. Australia then... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187251/2022-commonwealth-games-mckeon-and-le-clos-make-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187251/2022-commonwealth-games-mckeon-and-le-clos-make-history?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Aug 2022 02:33:24 +0000 After her success at the world swimming championships in June, Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh triumphed again at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. The 15-year-old McIntosh, who became the first Canadian to win two gold medals at a single championship in Budapest, easily beat her opposition in the 400m individual medley. On a night when several Commonwealth Games records were set and the first positive doping test was announced – a boxer from Ghana has been suspended – McIntosh had a personal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187135/2022-commonwealth-games-mcintosh-wins-400-individual-medley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3187135/2022-commonwealth-games-mcintosh-wins-400-individual-medley?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Jul 2022 02:12:22 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Siobhan Haughey is expected to recover from an ankle injury and compete at the Fina World Championships in Hungary as planned, her Hong Kong team coach said on Friday. In the absence of Australian pair Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell, the double Olympic silver medallist is the favourite in the 100 metres and 2oom freestyle in Budapest. Three years ago in South Korea, Haughey became the first swimmer from the city to reach a final at the World Championships, when she finished fourth in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3182073/siobhan-haughey-has-good-chance-2022-fina-world-championships-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3182073/siobhan-haughey-has-good-chance-2022-fina-world-championships-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:36:06 +0000 Australia and the United States will revive the bilateral Duel in the Pool contest after a gap of 15 years in Sydney in August, Swimming Australia announced on Wednesday. The rivalry between the swimming powerhouses was revived at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where a resurgent Australia ran the United States close in the final medal tally. The three-day event at Sydney’s Olympic Park from August 19-21 will bring together 30 Olympic, Paralympic and national team swimmers from both countries,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3174866/duel-pool-between-us-and-australia-return-sydney-after-15-year-hiatus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3174866/duel-pool-between-us-and-australia-return-sydney-after-15-year-hiatus?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:07:10 +0000