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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.
South China Morning Post
19-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Siobhan Haughey notches second win at Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Monaco
Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey rounded off the first leg of the Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Monaco on Sunday with her second gold medal in as many days, winning the 100 metres freestyle. Advertisement Haughey finished in 53.58 seconds, just ahead of Milou van Wijk, the world relay gold medallist from the Netherlands, who clocked in at 53.76. Italy's Sara Curtis rounded off the podium with a time of 54.69. Four-time Olympic medallist Haughey was more than 1.5 seconds slower than her best time of last year, 52.33, which she swam at the Paris Olympics to win bronze in July. However, she had not competed internationally since last December, with Monaco representing her first significant meet since returning from a four-month break. The three-leg Mare Nostrum resumes in Barcelona on Wednesday before finishing in Canet-en-Roussillon at the weekend. The 27-year-old Haughey is expected to compete in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday and the 200m event the next day. More to follow … Advertisement
