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Given Hong Kong’s location it is hardly surprising swimming is a popular pastime in the city, and success on the world stage has followed in recent years. Double Olympic silver medallist and short course world-record holder Siobhan Haughey is the best of Hong Kong’s athletes in the pool.
Nearly half of Hong Kong’s public swimming pools will be unable to fully open as government hiring campaign again falls well short of target.
Swimming star again does Hong Kong proud by following up her two silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics with two golds, a bronze and a world record in Abu Dhabi
- Africa Aquatics said Tunisian, 21, had declined to resume training in the United States where he was previously based
- Tunisian Olympic Committee and national swimming federation did not provide details on reasons for absence
Kregor Zirk had to pay €100 an hour to use pool in Estonia, so switched to Hong Kong, and believes he is giving Siobhan Haughey ‘a little spark’ in her Paris medal hunt.
Until this year, the sport was a women-only domain, but several men are clamouring to join the fray in Paris.
Intense training – and ripped bodies – are part and parcel of being a professional athlete … but after retirement, anything can happen, including new career and a quiet life
Parisians and tourists alike have long dreamed of swimming in the Seine, and that dream is finally within reach – a clean-up of the river is taking place to make it fit for the Olympic Games this summer.
Camille Cheng says becoming an Olympian created its own pressure of always having to perform at that level.
New Zealander Lewis Clareburt hopes his second Games will be remembered for the action in the pool as he bids for first Olympic medal.
Asian gold medallist Tang Qianting sets regional best twice in women’s 100m breaststroke event, while Pan Zhanle clocks third sub-47 second time in 100m freestyle.
Wada said on Thursday it would launch an independent review and send a compliance audit team to China to assess the nation’s anti-doping programme.
The primary school girl made the final of both the 400-metre IM and freestyle at the Chinese national championships but will not be at the Olympics.
The revelation 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug before the Tokyo Olympics has sparked a row over who knew, when they knew and what happens next.
Sport was rocked when revelations were made that 23 participants tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) but foreign ministry hit back.
Revelation that World Anti-Doping Agency knew 23 Chinese swimmers failed drugs test before the Tokyo Olympics, but let them compete anyway, has sparked fury in US.
Anti-doping body gave athletes permission to compete after accepting Chinese findings that tests had been contaminated.
Swimming sensation Siobhan Haughey takes the Post through the process that led to her becoming the most accomplished Hong Kong competitor of all time in the pool.
Ng Chee Soon, who at 60 was the oldest Singaporean to swim across the English Channel in a relay team, explains how he trained for swimming in the cold, the dark and more for the long-distance race.
Ikee earned a spot in the 27-member Japan team after being set to star at the Tokyo Olympics but being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2019.
Now retired from swimming, the record-breaking, multimillionaire former pro swimmer got married in 2015, has 4 sons and is a strong advocate for mental health – particularly among youth
Siobhan Haughey has to settle for second in the 100 metres freestyle final in Doha, two days after her historic gold in the 200m.
Siobhan Haughey reaches the 100 metres freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships, a day after becoming Hong Kong’s first ever gold medallist with her 200m win.
Siobhan Haughey is dominant in Doha to claim her first ever gold – and Hong Kong’s – in a global championships or Games held in the Olympic-standard format.
China’s Tang Qianting takes the title in Doha with Haughey finishing third in addition to qualifying for the final of her preferred 200m freestyle.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey is into the 100m breaststroke final in Doha and the semi-finals of the 200m freestyle, one of her more favoured events, as she starts her latest tilt at glory.
Pan Zhanle sets mark of 46.80 seconds swimming first leg of relay, knocking 0.06 seconds off previous best, as China claim 4x100m gold.
Lian Junjie and Yang Hao win their third straight world title in synchronised 10-metre platform diving, while twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi claim narrow victory in the duet free routine of artistic swimming.
She continues to broaden her repertoire as she adds the city’s 100m breaststroke record to her collection at Victoria Park, beating a mark that had stood since 2009.
The first trans athlete to win an NCAA college title has been barred from competing by World Aquatics, and she is now trying to take them to court
Siobhan Haughey reflects on her journey from ‘random girl’ to star, helped by a breakthrough realisation at the Tokyo Olympics, and gives demonstration in the pool at Swim to Dream event.
Over the past decade Hong Kong has invested tens of billions of dollars in its pursuit of sporting success. This series examines where that money has gone, whether it was spent well, and what comes next.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan claims 100m breaststroke in personal best time, minutes after winning 200m freestyle at Greensboro Aquatic Centre.
