2024 Hong Kong Short Course Age Group Swimming Championships
- February 2-4, 2024
- Hong Kong
- Short Course Meters (25 meters)
- Meet Results
In case anyone doubted whether Siobhan Haughey is taking the 100 breaststroke seriously, with the World Championships just over a week away, Haughey stopped in to race the 100 breaststroke at the 2024 Hong Kong Short Course Age Group Swimming Championships this weekend and came away with a new National Record in the event.
The meet is an age group championship – but one of those age groups is an 18 & over age group for swimmers like Haughey.
Haughey, an Olympic gold medal contender in the 200 free, revealed her abilities as a breaststroker during the unique format of the International Swimming League, and since then has continued to excel.
On day 2 of the meet on Saturday, she swam 1:04.48 to break the Hong Kong National Record of 1:05.92 that was set by Yvette Kong in 2009 during the supersuit era at a World Cup stop in Singapore.
Haughey now holds 24 different Hong Kong Records, including relays. Among those are also the 50 breaststroke (30.36, twice) and 100 breast (1:06.05 from December) in long course.
For next week’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she’s entered as the top seed in the 100 free (52.02), the top seed in the 200 free (1:53.96), and the 5th seed in the 100 breast (1:06.05).
“The main priority (at Worlds) is to get medals and win,” her coach Tom Rushton said. “She only has one (long course) Worlds medal, so we will see how it looks but right now the intent is to do both the 100 breast and 200 free.
“Just for fun,” he added as an emphasis.
Rushton says the event probably isn’t in the cards for the Paris Olympic Games because of conflicts in the Olympic schedule. The finals of the 100 breaststroke comes in the same session as the semi-finals of the 200 free, Haughey’s primary event. She is the 7th-fastest performer in the history of that event.
Haughey earned Olympic silver medals in Tokyo in 2021 in the 100 and 200 meter freestyles and at last summer’s World Championships in Fukuoka she took silver in the 100 free.
Best known as a freestyler, Haughey has steadily peeled back her layers to unveil a wide range of abilities, which includes a 58.12 in the 100 fly in April of last year.
She won a bronze medal in the 50 breaststroke at the 2023 Asian Games.
I completely missed the Short Course part and went full “The end is nigh” mode. Even then holy sheesh she’s turned into quite the Swiss Army knife, can’t wait to see her swim in Doha!
She went a what now?
Siobhan and Douglass are going to be stars at Worlds. They both love to race. It will be exciting to watch
Dropping a 1:04 one day then getting to meet David Beckham the next day?!?! I love her
She’s gone down in my estimation if she was happy to meet him!
The documentary on Netflix improved my impression of Beckham, He seems pretty down to earth considering what he has been through,
I would not watch it. I won’t forget his foul-mouthed rants about not getting a knighthood. Disgraceful.
That was a joke. Sort of.
I bet she could drop an absolutely nasty LC 200IM.
2:12.10 all the way back in 2017.
Extrapolating from all the other drops since 2017, she’d likely be at least a 2:08+ now.
58.1fly, 1:06flat breast, 52.0 free.
If her back was on par with Douglass’ you’d think her potential would be similar if not higher. I’d think she has a 2:07
I LOVE Siobhan Haughey.
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Gotta say I wonder what went through the mind of the person who downvoted this hahahah
It’s funny how great 200 free swimmers on the women’s side also make good sprint breastrokers
Charlotte Bonnet earlier and now Siobhan
A few do, but it’s very rare.
Freya Anderson also has a mean 50 brst!
Yes, PB of 31.90 LC in 2016, when she was 15. 30.13 SC in 2020.
Ah, a prime opportunity to insert the two nickels meme here.
Haughey actually started out as a breaststroker when she was an age grouper.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Siobhan swim the 100 breaststroke.