- Just days after taking silver in 200m freestyle, the star swimmer has made it to the 100m freestyle finals
- Earlier in the week, fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long won the city’s first gold medal in more than 20 years
Siobhan Haughey already won one medal this week - will she make it two? Photo: ReutersHong Kong’s star swimmer Siobhan Haughey has made it to the 100m freestyle finals at the Tokyo Olympics, raising hopes for a third medal for the city’s Olympic delegation in Japan.
The 23-year-old finished in 52.40, breaking the Asian record of 52.70 she had set just the day before. She was the second fastest in the race, right after Australia’s Emma McKeon, who clocked 52.32.
She faces a tough battle on Friday at 9.59am, going up against McKeon, who holds the Olympic record of 52.13, and Sweden’s Sarah Sjoestro, who holds the world record of 51.71.
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Earlier in the week, Haughey won a silver medal in 200m freestyle, carving out her place in history as one of the world’s finest in the sport. But her journey to the medal podium is the result of years of endless training and sacrifices as she struggled to balance swimming and her studies.
In her final years of secondary school, she even had to wake up at 3am to do revision for her DSE exams before her 5am swimming sessions, and then going to school.
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On Monday, Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long also took gold in individual foil at the Tokyo Games.
The city has so far won a total of five Olympic medals in its history.