Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong’s Haughey goes for gold in the pool

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If

wasn’t exciting enough for you after Siobhan Haughey’s dominating performance in the semi-finals of the 200m freestyle, Naomi Osaka’s shock third-round exit, and Simone Biles’ brave decision to withdraw from the gymnastics, today gets off to a flyer in Tokyo.

The Hong Kong swimmer is back in action this morning with a real shot at grabbing the city’s second medal of the Games. Second fastest in qualifying, she goes up against the likes of Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Yang Junxuan at 9.41am our time.

Want to know more about Haughey? This

by Andrew McNicol and Patrick Blennerhasset has everything you need ahead of the final.

There’s plenty of other exciting sport to keep us occupied as well: Doo Hoi-kem is in the women’s table tennis singles quarter-finals, while in badminton, Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet face Great Britain in the last 16 of the mixed doubles, and Angus Ng Ka-long returns in the men’s singles. 

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Reporting by Paul Ryding and Jonathan White (in Tokyo), Patrick Blennerhassett, Josh Ball, Chan Kin-wa, Tom Biddington, Nazvi Careem, Nick Atkin, and Andrew McNicol.