All eyes on Hong Kong medal hopefuls swimmer Siobhan Haughey and fencer Edgar Cheung on day 3 of Paris Olympics
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s hopes fall on the shoulders of Olympic medal winners swimmer Siobhan Haughey and fencer Edgar Cheung on Monday, as they prepare to compete on the third day of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Cheung, who won Hong Kong’s second-ever gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, will be first to step up to see if he can hold onto his title as Olympic champion. The first round of qualifying for the men’s foil individual event begins just after 6 pm on Monday, with Cheung scheduled to compete at 7.35 pm.
Meanwhile, Haughey will swim in the women’s 200-metre freestyle final at around 3.40 am on Tuesday morning, Hong Kong time, after qualifying fourth fastest in the early hours of Monday with a time of 1 minute, 55.51 seconds. At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, she became the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport, taking silver in the same event and in the women’s 100-metre freestyle.
Providing Haughey with some stiff competition will be world- and Olympic-record holder Ariarne Titmus of Australia, who swam a time of 1 minute, 54.64 seconds to secure her spot in the final.
Hong Kong fencer Vivian Kong won the city’s first gold medal on the first day of the Games, becoming only the third Hongkonger in history to clinch Olympic gold.
The second day of the Games also saw Olympic debuts from Hong Kong fencers Daphne Chan and Cedric Ho, both of whom earned praise despite not advancing.
Elsewhere, mixed doubles table tennis pair Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting defeated Alvaro Robles and Maria Xiao of Spain 4-2 to reach the semi-finals. They face North Korea’s Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong at 10 pm on Monday.
Additionally, women’s badminton pair Lianne Yeung and Yeung Pui-lam triumphed over their American counterparts, twins Annie and Kerry Xu. The Hong Kong shuttlers next step up to the net on Tuesday against Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning of China.
Men’s skiff sailing duo Akira Sakai and Russell Williams took to the water on Sunday, with Akira Sakai and Russell Williams placing 19th out of 20 teams after three races in Marseille. They return to the water for a further three races around 6 pm on Monday.
The windsurfing events scheduled for Sunday were postponed over a lack of wind until Monday evening, when Ma Kwan-ching will compete in the women’s races, and Cheng Ching-yin in the men’s.
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