Tokyo Olympics: Siobhan Haughey creates history with silver medal in 200m freestyle

Name: Hong Kong’s most successful Olympics ever as swimmer Siobhan Haughey wins silver at Tokyo 2020
Uploaded: 2021-07-28T01:49:12.000Z
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Description: Hong Kong’s most successful Olympics ever as swimmer Siobhan Haughey wins silver at Tokyo 2020

Haughey secures Hong Kong’s first ever medal in swimming, setting Asian record and smashing her personal best

The 23-year-old led at the final turn but was pipped to gold by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus

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Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong competes during the women’s 200m freestyle final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Photo: Xinhua

Jonathan Whitein Tokyo

Published: 9:49am, 28 Jul 2021Updated: 1:09am, 29 Jul 2021

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Siobhan Haughey made history with Hong Kong’s first ever Olympic medal in swimming after taking silver in the women’s 200m freestyle final at the Tokyo 2020 Games on Wednesday morning.

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Hong Kong’s most successful Olympics ever as swimmer Siobhan Haughey wins silver at Tokyo 2020

The 23-year-old Haughey finished 0.42 seconds behind Australia’s golden girl Ariarne Titmus, with a time of 1:53.92 – a new Asian record, which knocked almost a second off her personal best.

Penny Oleksiak won bronze with a time of 1:54.70 to become Canada’s all-time most decorated Summer Olympian with six medals.

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong poses with her silver medal. Photo: Reuters

“I’m really happy and really excited. I worked hard for this for the last five years – I made the semi-finals five years ago [at the Rio 2016 Games],” Haughey said.

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