World Aquatics Championships: Adam Chillingworth set for favoured 200m breaststroke after Hong Kong’s winning feeling in relay
- City’s mixed medley relay quartet win their heat, although still do not qualify, as Chillingworth looks forward to his best event
- Coach insists morale is high despite loss of Siobhan Haughey through injury
Adam Chillingworth will compete in his main event, the 200 metres breaststroke, at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Wednesday, buoyed by experiencing a winning feeling on Tuesday.
Hong Kong won their heat in the mixed 4x100m medley preliminaries, as Chillingworth, Stephanie Au Hoi-shun, Camille Lily-mei Cheng and Nicholas Lim came home first in three minutes and 54.28 seconds.
Sadly for them, their winning time in one of the slower heats left them only 13th overall and out of contention.
But Chillingworth, who also did not progress beyond the 100m heats on Saturday, will approach his preferred 200m aiming to improve his Hong Kong record.
His coaches believe those previous races will stand him in good stead, and that he could threaten his city best of 2:12.17, set at the British trials in April. The 24-year-old has since gone close to that mark when he won silver at the Mare Nostrum Tour in Monaco last month.
“I believe Adam will perform better [on Wednesday] after the 100m breaststroke and the relay,” head coach Chen Jianhong said.
