Siobhan Haughey can win Olympic Games medal, says Claudia Lau after passing on Hong Kong torch
Swimming team return from Budapest after their most successful world championships
Claudia Lau Yin-yan believes Siobhan Haughey can go one better at the world championships – and even make the podium at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Haughey, 19, became the first swimmer from Hong Kong to reach a world championship final in Budapest in the women’s 200-metres freestyle, where she finished fifth.
“I am very happy to see Siobhan’s achievement in Budapest and it won’t surprise me if she wins a medal in the world championships or even the Olympic Games in the future,” Lau told the Post at Hong Kong International Airport upon the team’s return from Hungary.
“But the most important thing is she can continue to make breakthroughs in her career and keep enjoying the sport.
“She is a talented but also hard-working swimmer. She takes swimming very seriously and knows how to take care of her body and conditions, always comes to the pool early before the race to perform a series of warm-ups and stretching movements and possibly that’s why she can be so successful.”
