Sleep on agenda for Hong Kong’s Haughey, but future Olympic appearances uncertain – as it happened
- Double bronze winner is only Hong Kong swimmer to win medals in 100m and 200m events at two Olympic Games
The arrival hall at Hong Kong airport was buzzing with excitement as enthusiastic fans and proud members of the public gathered to give Paris Olympics swimming double bronze medallist Siobhan Haughey a rapturous welcome home on Tuesday morning.
The 26-year-old clinched bronze in the 100m freestyle final on Thursday, touching the wall in 52.33 seconds. She finished just 0.17 seconds behind winner Sarah Sjostrom, the world record-holder, who finished in 52.16.
Two days earlier, Haughey won another bronze in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:54.55.
She also made Hong Kong history as the only swimmer to win 100m and 200m freestyle medals in two Olympic Games.
She now boasts four medals from two Olympics as she won silver in both the 100m and 200m freestyle in Tokyo three years ago.
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Two-time Paris Olympics bronze medallist Siobhan Haughey returns to Hong Kong
She is also the third-fastest woman of all time in the 100m freestyle after she clocked 52.02 seconds at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Germany last October.
In addition to Haughey’s two bronze medals, Hong Kong’s achievements at the Paris Games include two gold medals in fencing. Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long took one and the other went to épéeist Vivian Kong Man-wai.
Follow the Post’s coverage as Haughey and the Hong Kong swimming team return home on Tuesday morning.
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Reporting by Tom Shuai, James Modesto, Alice Kong, Hoi Ying Lo, Denise Tsang, Willa Wu and Connor Mycroft.
