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South China Morning Post
23-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Siobhan Haughey adds second silver to Mare Nostrum medal haul, faces fight to retain title
Siobhan Haughey has won her second silver medal in as many days at the Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Barcelona, coming second in the women's 200 metres freestyle final on Thursday. Advertisement The Hongkonger's time of one minute, 57.38 seconds was almost 1.5 seconds slower than her training partner Barbora Seemanova, who took gold in 1:55.85. Rounding off the podium was Portugal's Francisca Martins in 1:59.54. Haughey's time was her slowest in the 200m freestyle, an event for which she is the world champion, in almost three years. The 27-year-old also took part in the 50m freestyle, finishing fourth in 25.19, in a race won by Milou van Mijk in 24.56. The Dutch swimmer also bested Haughey in the 100m final on Wednesday, meaning the quadruple Olympic medallist has it all to do if she is to retain her Mare Nostrum crown. Swimmers at the three-leg series accumulate points based on the events they swim and their final position. For the past two years, Haughey has swept the 100m and 200m freestyle events at all three legs, en route to winning the overall title and the €7,000 (HK$62,000) prize. Advertisement This year's Mare Nostrum is Haughey's first international meet since the World Aquatics Swimming Championships last December. It is also the first time she has raced in two finals in one day since November.
South China Morning Post
22-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Mare Nostrum Swim Tour: Siobhan Haughey beaten to gold, but 2 medals for Hong Kong
Siobhan Haughey has finally been beaten at the Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Barcelona, but Hong Kong won two medals in a day for the second time at this edition as she and Ian Ho Yentou bagged silvers. Haughey came second in the women's 100 metres freestyle final on Wednesday behind 20-year-old Dutch swimmer Milou van Wijk. The Hongkonger clocked 53.88 seconds, which was 0.32 seconds slower than Van Wijk's 53.56 and reversed their positions last Sunday in the first leg in Monaco. Third was Haughey's training partner, Czech swimmer Barbora Seemanova, who finished in 54.25. It represented a rare pause in Haughey's dominance at the tour, albeit at a time when she is at an early stage in her comeback from a four-month break. She was the overall women's winner of the past two Mare Nostrums, sweeping both the 100m and 200m freestyle in both years. In the men's 50m freestyle, Ho, Haughey's fellow Olympian, punched the wall in 22.15 seconds to pick up his first medal of the three-leg event. He was second to Egypt's Abdelrahman Elaraby's time of 21.94. Two swimmers tied for third, as Spain's Sergio de Celis and Piotr Ludwiczak from Poland both finished in 22.48.
