China’s first woman pilot from Tibet who excels in basketball and skateboarding and dreams of becoming the “coolest captain” has captured attention at the Changchun Air Show. On September 20, Gesang Baizhen, the 25-year-old fighter pilot with the Chinese Air Force, took the stage at the air show in northeastern China. According to the mainland…
At 42, Tameka Bostick decided she wanted to learn how to swim. Bostick said she tried to sign her teenager up for lessons, too, but her daughter said she wanted her mother to learn to swim first. “‘Ma, you do it first and see how it is, and then I’ll do it,’” Bostick recalled to…
The United States set the world record in the 4×100 mixed relay on Saturday, clocking 3 minutes, 18.48 seconds in the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The old record was 3:18.83 set in 2023 by Australia. Gold medalists team United States pose after the mixed 4×100-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in…
Katie Ledecky reflects on Paris Olympic Games Olympic champion Katie Ledecky reflects on Paris Games, plans for 2028 Olympics 06:14 Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky added to her long-list of extraordinary accomplishments Saturday when she broke her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 28-year-old…
While most leading Hong Kong competitors skip the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday, Hilda Choi Yan-yin has opted to compete in a bid to boost her National Games medal chances. The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist will join Cade Wright in a skeleton women’s city team in mainland China this weekend. A five-strong…
The swimsuit and cap worn by Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey when she made history at the Tokyo Olympics have sold at auction for a huge sum, it has been revealed. Haughey is this weekend poised to make her return to the pool after a three-month break, in Hong Kong’s Long Course Swimming Time Trial. But…
The World Anti-Doping Agency has dropped a defamation lawsuit against its American counterpart, a major retreat for the agency after nearly a year of escalating conflict over its handling of positive tests for a banned drug by 23 elite Chinese swimmers. The decision by the agency — known by its acronym, WADA — to drop…
Siobhan Haughey said having a pool named in her honour at the Hong Kong club where she learned to swim as a child was something she “never thought possible”. The South China Athletic Association paved the way for Haughey to become a three-time Olympian, and on Wednesday invited her former SCAA coaches, current members of…