Siobhan Haughey added but any other 100m freestyle gold to her assortment on the ultimate Global Cup meet of the season, and next stated she was once taking a look ahead to taking a well-earned residue.
The Hongkonger gained the race for the 3rd occasion in 3 weeks, securing 2nd playground within the general ratings within the procedure.
Haughey, who additionally gained 3 consecutive 200m isolated finals, clocked 52.24 seconds in Budapest on Sunday, giving her the 5th quickest occasion on this planet this 12 months.
Later an intense duration of festival, right through which she additionally made historical past on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou through successful the town’s first gold within the puddle, the 25-year-old stated she was once “happy I am done with racing”.
“I am taking a week off and enjoy my time out of the pool and by the time I come back I will be recharged,” she stated. “You get to see old friends and meet new friends and take some time and go sightseeing.”
Amassing 166.4 issues, Haughey controlled to edge out China’s big name swimmer Zhang Yufei, who trailed 0.2 in the back of, however remained out of achieve of the 177.4 issues wracked up through Australian Kaylee McKeown.
“I was able to swim some best times, I think I am in a better position than I thought I would be,” Haughey stated. “It definitely gives me confidence and it sets me up really nicely for next year in some of my big races.
Overall second place, I knew it would be really close, and I wasn’t thinking too much about it, but my coaches were telling me, ‘If you do this …” and I stated that’s remaining, please simply let me focal point on my racing.”
Queensland-born McKeown, in the meantime, no longer handiest snagged probably the most issues a few of the feminine swimmers, but in addition prepared a untouched meet file within the 200m backstroke, touching the wall in two mins, 04.81 seconds.
The 22-year-old made historical past through claiming a “triple-triple” crown, then sweeping the contest in 50m, 100m and 200m again.
“It’s really nice to bring these results back home to Australia, it gives me extra motivation and some money from those last personal bests,” she stated.
“We can’t always be thinking about the Olympics because it can be overwhelming, so I often wake up thinking about training.”
Regardless of being outscored through McKeown and Haughey within the general rating, the 25-year-old Zhang swam an noteceable 56.13 within the 100 metres butterfly, which was once simply 0.01 shy of her gold medal-winning swim from the Global Championships in July.
Within the males’s tournament, China’s Qin Haiyang claimed the manage spot with 175.4 issues, then storming to a 200m breaststroke triple crown.
Qin’s occasion of two:07.32 was once the 6th quickest on this planet this 12 months and his 3rd quickest non-public end, because the 24-year-old shaved 0.13 seconds off the Global Cup file he prepared a fortnight in the past in Berlin.
“I am really tired,” he stated. “I had some regrets that I did not set a World Cup Record [in the 50m breast], so today I was motivated for a winning time that was also a World Cup Record. This gives me greater confidence. I am pleased with the time.”
