Siobhan Haughey makes short work of it at Victoria Park as she shatters second Hong Kong record
- She improves the city’s 200m individual medley record by more than 2 seconds, a day after breaking the 100m mark
- Stephanie Au says she plans to keep competing at least until next year’s Asian Games
Siobhan Haughey shattered the Hong Kong short-course record by more than two seconds in the 200 metres individual medley on Sunday – her second city best in successive days.
The 24-year-old set her second record of the Age Group Time Trial with a time of two minutes 8.03 seconds at Victoria Park Swimming Pool, beating the previous best of 2:10.9 set last year by Chloe Cheng.
Haughey’s latest record also achieved the “A” qualifying time for the World Championships in Melbourne in December, a day after the double Olympic silver medallist also did so in the 100m individual medley with a Hong Kong record.
She was unavailable for comment afterwards, signing autographs and taking photos with the other participants for more than half an hour before telling the waiting media she was in a rush and leaving the venue.
Hong Kong head coach Chen Jianhong said there was plenty more to come from Haughey this year.
“Even if she broke two Hong Kong records, she still has plenty in hand before preparing for Melbourne,” Chen said.
The city’s star swimmer had said previously that she would rejoin her professional team Energy Standard for an overseas training camp in September before taking part in the World Cup series in Europe and North America as part of her build-up for the short-course worlds.