While you were sleeping: 5 things to know as Haughey flies, Biles soars at Paris Olympics
- Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle shows true self at last, while New Zealand’s women’s rugby team strike gold
For Hongkongers, the fourth full day of competition at the Paris Olympics ended much as the previous one had, with Siobhan Haughey doing as Siobhan Haughey often does.
She had to set aside the euphoria of the night before, when she swam to bronze in the 200 metres freestyle, and set up another shot at gold, in the 100m.
Anyone in Haughey’s hometown who went to bed doubting she had enough in the tank can wake to the news that she had plenty.
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So, too, did gymnast Simone Biles and the New Zealand’s women’s rugby players, who triumphed overnight.
If you were asleep while that was unfolding, read on.
Haughey resumes
The task for Haughey at Paris’ La Defense Arena was to do enough to reach the 100m freestyle final, without overexerting before the main event 24 hours later – easier said than done when the planet’s finest are separated by less than a second.
