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Ariarne Titmus
Ariarne Titmus
The latest news on Ariarne Titmus, Australian competitive swimmer and Olympian, including competition news and updates.
Summer McIntosh broke the 400 metres freestyle world record in the Canadian trials on Saturday. Photo: Handout
Swimming

Canadian teen Summer McIntosh shatters 400 metres freestyle record

The 18-year-old Paris Olympics triple gold medallist breaks mark set by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus at 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: can Cheung, Haughey give Hong Kong a magic Monday? 5 to watch

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: Haughey ready for ‘huge challenge’ against mighty Australian duo

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after Haughey gets started at Olympics

Day two saw thrills and spills in the pool, a podium chance for Hong Kong in table tennis and varying basketball fortunes for US and China.

An underwater view shows Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey swimming in the 200m freestyle in Paris. Photo: AFP
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Australians throw down gauntlet to Hong Kong’s Haughey in 200m freestyle heats

Swimmer Haughey aiming to add medal to the gold won by fencer Vivian Kong, but faces battle royale in Paris pool.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

5 to watch on Olympics day 2 as Haughey swims and US basketball team enter fray

Our guide includes Haughey’s first race, China playing in women’s rugby and Hong Kong fencers following Vivian Kong’s golden footsteps.

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Haughey’s 200m rival Ariarne Titmus says she’s in best shape ever ahead of Olympics

The Australian arrives on the back of shattering the 200m world record last month and clocking the second quickest 400m of all time, only behind her own world best.

Ariarne Titmus (centre) will prove a huge obstacle to Siobhan Haughey (left), with the Australian setting the fastest 200m time ever. Photo: AFP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Haughey’s path to Olympic glory still clear, despite 100m Sjostrom shock

The swimming entries for this summer’s Games confirm Siobhan Haughey’s decision to only compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Facing China’s Sun Yang at Olympics ‘would’ve been cool’, Australia swimmer says

Sam Short, targeting podium two years after cancer diagnosis, is confident Games will not be tainted by controversy surrounding Chinese swimmers.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Exclusive | Haughey makes Paris Olympics promise to ‘give Hong Kong people a sense of pride’

Swimmer aims to show Hongkongers ‘we might be a small city, but we can do great things’ as she targets Games glory.

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Siobhan Haughey will be among Hong Kong’s strongest medal contenders in Paris. Photo: Handout
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Siobhan Haughey’s coach reveals Hong Kong star swimmer’s Olympic medal blueprint

Tom Rushton says Haughey, ‘one of the best people I’ve met’, is ready to confront ‘conflict in the pool’.

Siobhan Haughey has remodelled her technique in the quest for Paris Olympics glory. Photo: AFP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Haughey signs off with 200m free win in Rome as Paris Olympics draw near

Hong Kong swim star says Sette Colli Trophy will be last competition before she chases glory in the French capital.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Australia’s McKeon fails to qualify for defence of Olympic 100m freestyle title

The 30-year-old, who pushed Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey to silver in Tokyo, finished sixth while seven of the eight finalists finished under the qualifying time.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Haughey rival Titmus sets benchmark with world 200m free record at Aussie trials

Two Australian swimmers beat the old record at their Olympic trials, to throw down the challenge to Hongkonger Haughey.

A jubilant Ariarne Titmus after breaking the 200m freestyle world record at the Australian Swimming Trials on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Hong Kong’s Haughey says ‘finally!’ after winning historic world swimming gold

Siobhan Haughey is dominant in Doha to claim her first ever gold – and Hong Kong’s – in a global championships or Games held in the Olympic-standard format.

Gold medallist Siobhan Haughey stands on top of the Doha podium. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Haughey reveals her swimming epiphany as she gives insights to Hong Kong pupils

Siobhan Haughey reflects on her journey from ‘random girl’ to star, helped by a breakthrough realisation at the Tokyo Olympics, and gives demonstration in the pool at Swim to Dream event.

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Haughey 4th as Australia’s O’Callaghan takes world 200m gold and world record

Hongkonger’s time is her best of the season, but O’Callaghan finally takes Federica Pellegrini’s record that had stood since 2009 as she beats compatriot Ariarne Titmus.

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Haughey set for worlds 200m freestyle final with Australia’s Titmus, O’Callaghan

Hongkonger targets her first medal in the championships, but competition is fierce, with Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan leading the way and Haughey qualifying fourth fastest.

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey finishes second in her semi-final in Fukuoka. Photo: AFP
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China duo swim to world golds with Qin 2nd best ever and Zhang avenging Olympics

Qin Haiyang’s time puts him second only to Britain’s Adam Peaty, while Zhang Yufei beats Canada’s China-born Maggie Mac Neil in a reverse of Tokyo Olympics.

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Haughey out to break Hong Kong’s medal drought at World Aquatics Championships

Siobhan Haughey finished fourth in 200m in 2019 edition and missed last event in Budapest because of injury, but coach says she is peaking at just the right time.

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Will Haughey’s rival O’Callaghan swim at World Championships after knee scare?

‘I think it’s just a tweak,’ Mollie O’Callaghan’s coach says, with weeks to go until showdown in Japan, as Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey targets her first gold.

Mollie O’Callaghan, before her injury, wins the 200m freestyle at the Australian World Championship Trials this month. Photo: AFP
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Haughey sets sights on golden finish to Fina World Championships

Hongkonger targeting fifth medal at short course competition as coach says new record is within 25-year-old’s reach.

Siobhan Haughey is hoping to finish the World Championships on a high note. Photo: AFP
Swimming

Australian swimmer McKeon makes history at Commonwealth Games

McKeon becomes most decorated athlete ever at Games after winning 19th medal in mixed 4x100m relay.

Commonwealth Games

Emma McKeon breaks record for most Commonwealth Games gold medals

Swimmer Emma McKeon became the most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all-time on Sunday, leading an Australian sweep of the women’s 50 metre freestyle.

Commonwealth Games

McIntosh wins 400IM gold on record-breaking night at Commonwealth Games

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh blows away competition in Birmingham. Shakul Samed, a boxer from Ghana, becomes first suspended from event over doping.

Gold medallist Summer McIntosh of Canada after winning the Women’s 400m individual medley at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Photo: AP
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Haughey on track for World Championships after ‘recovering well’ from injury

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey has ‘a good chance’ of competing in Budapest, where she is favourite to win world titles, but coach sounds note of caution.

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey stands on the podium after winning the 100m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi in December. Photo: AP
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‘Duel in the Pool’ between US and Australia to return in Sydney

Sydney’s Olympic Park and one of the world’s iconic beaches, Bondi, will see the return of the fourth Duel In The Pool between swimming’s superpowers the USA and Australia in August.

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