Siobhan Haughey ‘can’t wait’ for Fina World Cup, after high-altitude training camp

Hong Kong’s double Olympic silver medallist returns to the international fold after a 10-month absence, with four races this weekend

The 24-year-old spent four weeks training at 2,320 metres in Sierra Nevada ahead of three-leg World Cup series starting in Berlin

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Siobhan Haughey at the Age Group Short Course Swimming Time Trial, in Victoria Park. Photo: Felix Wong

Published: 3:55pm, 19 Oct 2022Updated: 12:04pm, 22 Oct 2022

Siobhan Haughey will return to the international stage on Friday boosted by a high-altitude training camp, with Hong Kong’s double Olympic silver medallist set to compete at the Fina World Cup leg in Berlin.

The 24-year-old has not competed for her home city since the short-course World Championships in Abu Dhabi last December, where she won gold in the 100 metres and 200m freestyle – setting a short-course world record in the latter.

A poolside slip during a training session in Dubai in May saw her miss the summer’s World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. But she was back in the pool for the long course Hong Kong Open Championships in August, and September’s short course Age Group Time Trial at Victoria Park, where she broke multiple local records.

Haughey then returned to her professional team, Energy Standard, for a training camp at altitude in Spain’s Sierra Nevada under the guidance of Tom Rushton last month.

“Four weeks at 2,320m and we’re finally going back down to sea level for some oxygen. Cannot wait to race again,” Haughey recently posted on Instagram.

The three-leg Fina World Cup kicks off this weekend in Germany, followed by Toronto the following week and Indianapolis the week after.