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Tom Bell

Magic Monday? Medal Monday? Hong Kong will hope one of those phrases applies after day three of the Paris Olympics.
It’s a day stacked with the city’s biggest hitters. Both of its flag-bearers, in fact, in the shape of Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey.
Fencer Cheung may, by the early hours of Tuesday back home, be on the podium again, having stood on its top step when winning gold at the last Games in Tokyo three years ago.
Almost simultaneously, swimmer Haughey will aim to achieve similar by adding to her two Tokyo silvers in the 200 metres freestyle.

Yet it may be neither who becomes the first Hongkonger to win a medal at consecutive Games. Table tennis player Doo Hoi-kem could beat them to it when she and Wong Chun-ting play in the mixed doubles semi-finals. She won team bronze last time.
If all three were to bag hardware, their city’s residents will certainly need a label for Monday – and should consider taking Tuesday off. Here’s how it could unfold, with all timings given in Hong Kong time.
Fencing: Cheung’s chance
A relative outsider in 2021 when he won Hong Kong’s second Olympic gold 25 years after its first, Cheung arrived in France as an established name who has spent time atop the world rankings. He still sits at No 3.
Opportunity knocks to become only the third men’s foilist to defend an Olympic title, emulating Italy’s Nedo Nadi in 1920 and France’s Christian d’Oriola in 1956.
That suggests it’s no easy task, but Cheung, 27, gets going at 7.35pm in the round of 32.
Should he reach the semi-finals, they take place at 1.50am, then the bronze match follows at 3.15am and the gold showdown at 4.10am.
Swimming: Haughey v Australia
By the time of the foil final, Haughey may already be hearing an anthem, be it that of China, Australia or other.
The Hongkonger, 26, is the reigning world champion in the 200m free, but absent when she gained that status were her two biggest threats in Paris. Ariarne Titmus beat Haughey to gold in Tokyo, and another Australian, Mollie O’Callaghan, bested Titmus at last year’s worlds, with Haughey fourth.
Ominously, after winning the semi-final here, Titmus suggested the 400m freestyle gold she has already collected may help her to “calm down a little bit and feel momentum building”.
Haughey, who qualified fourth fastest, kept her counsel and will do her talking on the water around 3.50am.

Table tennis: two from China, two Koreas
Doo and Wong will take on North Koreans Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong in their semi-final at 10pm.
The Hongkongers are performing to expectation, being the fourth seeds, but what happens next is difficult to forecast. Ri and Kim have already knocked out the second-ranked Japanese pair and are considered dark horses.
China or South Korea, respectively the first and third seeds, will await the victors in the final. Still, three of these four pairings will leave with metal around their necks. Victory on Monday would guarantee Hong Kong at least the silver.
Tennis: Swiatek, Djokovic v Nadal
Roland-Garros is set to welcome tennis royalty on Monday from 6pm, weather permitting.
Paris’ home of clay has a fabulous double bill for the day’s first session on Court Philippe-Chatrier, featuring three who have triumphed in the French Open at the same venue.
Women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland takes on Diane Parry of France in the first contest, but then come the other two at once, both giants of the sport.

The men’s singles second round pits Novak Djokovic, 24 times a grand-slam tournament winner including three times in Paris, against Rafael Nadal, whose pile of 22 slam crowns is dominated by his 14 at Roland-Garros.
World No 2 Djokovic is gunning for a medal for Serbia having only ever managed a bronze, in the singles in Beijing in 2008.
Nadal took gold there, then doubles gold in Rio eight years later, but is struggling to tease more from his battered frame, so his appearance here comes with a fitness asterisk.
Rugby sevens quarters
The women’s tournament is hotting up, with the four quarter-finals taking place at the Stade de France between 3am and 5am.
New Zealand and Australia should still be standing beyond that. Will China, who routed Fiji on Sunday, be joining them?


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Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey could both win medals on Monday. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long will start his Paris Games on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Mollie O’Callaghan (centre) is among those Siobhan Haughey (left) must beat in the 200m freestyle final. Photo: AFP

Novak Djokovic (left) and Rafael Nadal are set to meet again on clay in Paris. Photo: AFP

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Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey swims in 200m freestyle qualifying at the Paris La Defense Arena. Photo: AFP

Paris Olympics: Cheung Ka-long ‘can defeat everybody’ as he eyes repeat fencing gold

Cheung Ka-long aims to be only the third fencer to win consecutive foil golds. Photo: Handout

Cheung Ka-long was an outsider when he won in Tokyo but is now an established name. Photo: AFP

Cheung Ka-long (centre) alongside teammate Vivian Kong Man-wai, who won gold on Saturday. Photo: Eugene Lee

Paris Olympics: Siobhan Haughey ready for ‘huge challenge’ against mighty Australian duo

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey in action during the women’s 200m freestyle at the Paris Olympics. Photo: AFP

Siobhan Haughey prepares to swim in her 200m heat at the Paris La Defense Arena on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus looked in imperious form during her Olympic women’s 200m freestyle heat. Photo: AFP

Paris Olympics: Siobhan Haughey right to rest for 200m freestyle, Hong Kong relay team say

Siobhan Haughey is focused on her 200 metres freestyle, which starts on Sunday. Photo: AP

Hong Kong’s relay quartet of (from left) Natalie Kan, Camille Cheng, Tam Hoi-lam and Stephanie Au. Photo: SF&OC

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