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Given Hong Kong’s location it is hardly surprising swimming is a popular pastime in the city, and success on the world stage has followed in recent years. Double Olympic silver medallist and short course world-record holder Siobhan Haughey is the best of Hong Kong’s athletes in the pool.
Alex Fong will attempt to swim the 35km between Hong Kong and Macau next month in a record time. Photo: Silvia Siu

Olympian-turned-singer Fong hoping to inspire with city to Macau charity swim

Alex Fong will tackle the 35km from Lantau Island to Hac Sa Beach next month, with the aim of raising HK$10 million for underprivileged.

Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong Olympian wonders if AI is the answer to recapturing our humanity

Asian Games 2026

Improved Zhang, rising Yu headline China’s swimming prospects for 2028 Olympics

Asian Games 2026

Yu Yiting overcomes form dip, and rise of Yu Zidi, to defend Asian Games title

Chinese swimmer wins 100m butterfly after losing 200m IM final to younger rival, with whom she hopes to take on all comers at next Olympics.

Yu Yiting (right) after beating Yu Zidi (left) in the 200m individual medley final at the China National Swimming Championships in June. Photo: Handout
Asian Games 2026

Siobhan Haughey stakes claim as Hong Kong’s greatest after fourth Asian Games win

Hongkonger says 100m freestyle title defence has ‘special meaning’ after injuries, need to change training regime in face of age, new rivals.

Asian Games 2026

Asian Games 200m butterfly gold just the start for Chinese sensation Yu Zidi, 13

After bursting onto international scene last year, Hebei native clinches first regional title on debut appearance, with promise of more ahead.

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Summer McIntosh

China swimming fans excited about Yu’s chances after win over world record holder

Zhejiang swimmer beats Canada’s Summer McIntosh to win 200m individual medley at Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night in record time.

China's Yu Yiting quietly triumphant after winning the 200m IM final at the Pan Pacific Championships at William Woollett Jnr Aquatics Center in Irvine, California on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Women and gender

‘Age is not a limit’ for swimmer Siobhan Haughey

Get to Know

Meet Gordon Ramsay’s son-in-law, British swimmer Adam Ramsay-Peaty

The three-time Olympic champion married Holly Ramsay last year; David and Victoria Beckham made the guest list, but the swimmer’s parents did not.

Swimmer McEvoy predicts golden era for Australia ahead of 2032 Brisbane Olympics

Country are on course for their most successful Commonwealth Games campaign in the pool, having won 23 of the first 35 events in Glasgow.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (left) after winning the men’s 50m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AFP
Summer McIntosh

Canada’s Summer McIntosh takes down Liu’s ‘supersuit’ butterfly world record

Teenager knocks down last remaining women’s record set with banned swimsuit, hitting new mark in 200m butterfly.

Summer McIntosh has set another record in the pool. Photo: Reuters
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

US swimmer Walsh breaks 50m freestyle world record days after rival sets new mark

The 23-year-old has now broken ⁠a world record 21 times, is viewed as a ⁠top contender for the US heading into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Siobhan Haughey

Marrit Steenbergen overhauls Siobhan Haughey to break 100m freestyle world record

Netherlands’ two-time world champion betters 2017 mark after overtaking the Hong Kong swimmer at the midway point at Rome meet.

Yu Zidi

Chinese teen sensation Yu Zidi steals headlines again at national swimming meet

The 13-year-old Hebei native swims five personal-best times as she wins three gold medals in Hangzhou.

Yu Zidi's winning time in the 400m individual medley was the eighth fastest in history and the second fastest in the world this season. Photo: Xinhua
Asian Games 2026

Sun Yang stars as Zhejiang duo break records at Chinese swimming championships

Veteran Olympic champion helps his relay team to gold, while Xu Jiayu, Yu Yiting set new times at selection trial for Nagoya Asian Games.

Zhejiang's Xu Jiayu became the first Asian athlete to break the 24-second barrier in the 50m backstroke in Hangzhou. Photo: Eugene Lee
Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong star Siobhan Haughey wraps up Mare Nostrum Swim Tour with gold, silver

Swimmer will finish off European leg of her ‘race as training’ preparations for Asian Games in late June before returning to Hong Kong.

Guo Jingjing

Japan bans photos at beach volleyball over voyeurism; China swimsuit mum could sue

Women’s safety behind Japanese decision while woman who suffered wardrobe malfunction in Shanghai wants dissemination of her photos stopped.

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Triathlon

China event slammed after displaying photos of swimmer’s wardrobe malfunction

The images were on an official public platform for the race in Shanghai that had more than 10,000 active viewers at the time.

Another athlete, surnamed Zhang, condemned the “inappropriate photography” at the 2026 Xing-Quan Dishui Lake Swim-Crossing Challenge on her social media. Photo: Shanghai Traithlon Club
Doping in sport

Enhanced Games: Gkolomeev ‘beats’ 50m freestyle world record at drug-fuelled contest

All other competitors fall short at event with performance-enhancing substances backed by billionaire Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jnr.

Ariarne Titmus

Exclusive | Ariarne Titmus: Olympic champion on retiring at 25 and Siobhan Haughey

Australian superstar swimmer reflects on ‘defining point in my life’, fearless work ethic and ‘eating pressure for breakfast’.

Hong Kong Olympian Camille Cheng having fun again after injury took mental toll

Swimmer rediscovering childhood joy of the pool following nearly two years out of action and surgery to repair her right knee.

Camille Cheng, here at a qualifying event for the Olympic Games in 2021, has been out of the pool since she competed in the 2024 Paris Games. Photo: Nora Tam
Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey swims fastest 200m freestyle in 2 years in Norway

Olympic medallist wins Bergen Swim Festival race in meet record a week after four-gold haul in Sweden as she builds up for Asian Games.

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey reacts after winning the 100m freestyle at the Swim Open Stockholm in Sweden last weekend. Photo: EPA
Quan Hongchan

Olympic diving champion Quan says she is victim of cyberbullying over her body

The 19-year-old says she does not normally share her issues to avoid ‘troubling others’ or spreading negative energy.

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Asian Games 2026

Hong Kong star Haughey to use ‘race as training’ approach in Asian Games build-up

The 28-year-old Olympic medallist says she has been using the new method since returning from injury about six months ago.

World Aquatics

Swimmer McEvoy says ‘zero dollars’ for new world record at China Open ‘ludicrous’

Paris Olympic champion compares situation with what winners at much-criticised Enhanced Games in May will earn.

Cameron McEvoy clocked 20.88 seconds in the 50m freestyle at the China Open last Friday to break a world record set by Brazilian César Cielo in 2009. Photo: Xinhua
Yu Zidi

Yu Zidi completes golden hat-trick in China Open Swimming Championships

The 13-year-old fights back to win 200m individual medley, while Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Shun is second on season debut.

Yi Zidi is celebrating a hat-trick of golds from the China Open Swimming Championships. Photo: AFP
Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey misses out on main final at China Open

China’s Tang Qianting continued her outstanding form to win the 100m breaststroke, while Pan Zhanle claimed bronze in the 100m freestyle.

Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong’s Haughey wins gold, silver at China Open, McEvoy breaks world record

Olympic medallist wins again by narrowest of margins but is herself pipped in her second race of the night.

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