World Aquatics Championships: Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey happy with ‘nice collection’ of medals after 100m silver
- Haughey denied a second gold medal of the championships, two days after her historic victory in her other favoured event, the 200m freestyle
- Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands wins in eighth-fastest time ever, while Chinese teen Dong Zhihao makes stunning comeback to win men’s 200m breaststroke
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey said it was “great to go home with some hardware” after completing a hat-trick of medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
The 26-year-old took silver in the 100 metres freestyle in the early hours of Saturday, Hong Kong time, leading at halfway before falling agonisingly short of a second gold of the competition.
It was the second year in a row Haughey had been kept off the top of the podium in the 100m. Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan denied her last time, and here it was Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands, who required the eighth fastest time in history to do so.
Haughey’s week in Qatar has nonetheless yielded a gold, a silver and a bronze.
“I didn’t think I was going for all three colours, but I guess now I have them and it’s a nice collection,” Haughey said afterwards. “It’s definitely great to go home with some hardware.”
