Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey shatters 100m breaststroke time, claims double gold at Toyota US Open
- Haughey claims 100m breaststroke and 200m freestyle titles at Greensboro Aquatic Centre
- Hongkonger knocks more than two seconds off personal best in taking breaststroke title
Siobhan Haughey has laid down another marker ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics, winning twice inside 20 minutes at the Toyota US Open.
The Hongkonger slashed more than two seconds off her personal best on the way to taking the 100-metre breaststroke gold, an event she rarely swims, moments after setting a championship record in the 200m freestyle.
Haughey’s time of one minute, 54.20 seconds took the new mark under 1:55 for the first time, bettering Katie Ledecky’s 1:55.47 from 2021 by some margin.
Ledecky finished second in 1:56.29 at Greensboro Aquatic Centre on Friday night, with Simone Manuel third in 1:57.37.
“I’m really happy with it,” Haughey said. “Going into this meet, I didn’t really have a lot of expectations. We just came off a really hard altitude training. I’m also doing a lot of events here, so to me it’s just a training meet. I think this a really good time for me, so hopefully that means a best time is coming soon.”
A quarter of an hour later the 26-year-old Haughey was back at it, this time seeing off the challenge of Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Lydia Jacoby to win the 100m breaststroke in 1:06.05, knocking a huge 2.33 seconds of her previous personal best.
