World Aquatics Championships: 4x100m relay record for Siobhan Haughey and Hong Kong, after Australia end China diving monopoly
- Quartet of Haughey, Camille Cheng, Tam Hoi-lam and Stephanie Au set city best yet miss out on place in final in Fukuoka
- China had won 12 gold medals out of 12 in the diving competition, only for Cassiel Rousseau to win the 13th and last event for Australia
Siobhan Haughey and her Hong Kong teammates began their World Aquatics Championships in Japan with a city record in the women’s 4x100 metres freestyle relay – but it was still not enough to get them to the final on day one in the pool.
The quartet of Haughey, Camille Cheng Lily-mei, Tam Hoi-lam and Stephanie Au Hoi-shun came fifth in their heat in three minutes, 39.93 seconds as swimming events got under way on Sunday.
That was one hundredth of a second under their previous best – set by a team featuring three of the same swimmers, in Haughey, Au and Cheng, at the 2014 Asian Games. It placed them 12th overall among the 18 teams in Fukuoka.
Haughey will swim in the heats of the individual 200m freestyle on Tuesday.
In other Hong Kong results, Adam Chillingworth finished 39th overall in the 100 metres breaststroke in 1:02.43, Ian Ho Yentou was 49th in the 50 metres butterfly in 24.20 seconds, and Chloe Cheng came 32nd in the 200 metres individual medley in 2:21.25.
