Siobhan Haughey after her win (Credit: X)
She touched first in 1min 54.89sec, forward of New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather and Brianna Throssell of Australia.
Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong received the primary lengthy-course world title of her profession by taking gold within the ladies’s 200m freestyle on Wednesday.
Haughey, the Olympic silver medallist at each the 100m and 200m free in Tokyo, additionally gave Hong Kong the primary world gold in its historical past.
She touched first in 1min 54.89sec, forward of New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather and Brianna Throssell of Australia.
‍♀️Siobhán Haughey lastly secures her first gold at a World Aquatics lengthy-course Championships, dominating the ladies’s 200m freestyle closing in 1:54.89, forward of Erika Fairweather (1:55.77) & Brianna Throssell (1:56.00).pic.twitter.com/RORRRzftvd#AQUADoha2024
1/n
— Brandon (@b3108) February 14, 2024
Haughey, 26, who has received three brief-course world golds in her profession, grabbed her likelihood with the three medallists from the Fukuoka world championships final yr lacking from the lineup in Doha.
“It means so much to me, especially since in the past few times I just missed out on the podium. So it is really special,” she mentioned.
“I hoped the time would be a little better but I think there is a lot to learn from this race.”
There was additionally a primary world title within the pool for Ireland, because of Daniel Wiffen’s win within the males’s 800m freestyle, in a time of seven:40.94.
In the lads’s 200m butterfly, Tomoru Honda received the gold for Japan within the absence of reigning world champion Leon Marchand, with a time of 1 min 53.88sec.
In frequent with many main performers, Frenchman Marchand is focusing his efforts on coaching for the Paris Olympics later this yr.
Meanwhile, 19-yr-previous Chinese sensation Pan Zhanle, who broke the 100m freestyle world document earlier in these championships, was the quickest qualifier for Thursday’s closing of the occasion with a time of 47.73sec.
On Sunday, Pan stopped the clock at 46.80sec to shave 0.06sec off the earlier document set by Romanian David Popovici on the European championships in Rome in August 2022.
Pan achieved the brand new mark when main off the Chinese staff throughout the 4x100m freestyle relay to arrange teammates Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshuo and Wang Haoyu to seal gold for China in 3:11.08.
