https://www.scmp.com/rss/519380/feed The latest news on Nic Fink, American 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 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 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 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 Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho Yentou narrowly missed out of the men’s 50m freestyle final at Friday’s swimming’s short-course World Championships in Melbourne. Ho clocked in a time of 21.04 seconds to finish in fourth place in the second semi-final of the day. Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands and Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud set the quickest time heading into the finals, which takes place Saturday evening. It was also a bittersweet day for Hong Kong’s Adam Chillingworth, who set yet another... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203541/swimming-world-championships-adam-chillingworth-sets-record-hong-kong-ian-ho-makes-50m-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3203541/swimming-world-championships-adam-chillingworth-sets-record-hong-kong-ian-ho-makes-50m-freestyle?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Dec 2022 06:25:30 +0000 SCMP Reporter,Agencies SCMP Reporter,Agencies China dominated the 200 metres freestyle in the absence of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey at the World Aquatics Championships, as Yang Junxuan won the gold and Tang Muhan the bronze. Haughey had pulled out of the championships in Budapest because of an ankle injury that she sustained when she slipped on the poolside last month. The mishap denied the 24-year-old a chance to become Hong Kong’s first long-course world champion. She won a short-course world title last December over the same distance,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3182629/siobhan-haugheys-mishap-chinas-gain-world-200m-freestyle-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3182629/siobhan-haugheys-mishap-chinas-gain-world-200m-freestyle-final?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:19:17 +0000