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Hong Kong’s Ian Ho says training with Siobhan Haughey has helped for world championships and Asian Games preparation

  • The 24-year-old has been in top form this season, eyeing a potential butterfly debut in Budapest and top eight finish in Hangzhou
  • ‘It’s inspiring to see someone like that get up and crush a hard set after hard set’ says Ho of record-breaking teammate Haughey

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Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho Yentou after his men’s 50m freestyle qualifier event at the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Japan. Photo: Instagram / Ian Ho
Andrew McNicol

Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho Yentou’s lead-up to this year’s world championships and Asian Games is going exceptionally well after beating seven-time Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel to a podium spot at the TYR Pro Swim Series on Tuesday.

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The 24-year-old Virginia Tech student-athlete, who secured four personal bests (PB) at the FINA world championships in UAE last December, clocked 22.22 seconds to finish second in the men’s 50 free finals in Westmont, California.

Ho was only beaten by former world junior record-snatcher Michael Andrew (21.73), while multiple world record-holder Dressel was pipped to third place by Ryan Held (22.29).

The key, Ho said, was training for and competing at last year’s Tokyo Olympics with two-time silver medal-winning teammate Siobhan Haughey.
 

“That’s some of the best training I’ve ever done in my entire life. Swimming next to a world champion and world record-holder,” said Ho, whose fledgling career is being aided by a Panasonic Sports Scholarship.

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