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Paris Olympics day 5: Siobhan Haughey takes bronze in 100m freestyle – as it happened

  • Pan Zhanle smashes world best in men’s 100m freestyle, after the women’s version sees Siobhan Haughey beaten to gold

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Gold medallist Sarah Sjostrom (centre), is flanked by silver medallist Torri Huske (left) and bronze medallist Siobhan Haughey after the women’s 100m freestyle final. Photo: Getty Images
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So that’s that then. The moment we had all been waiting for turns into something of an anti-climax.

There’s to be no third gold for Hong Kong, as Siobhan Haughey ends up taking bronze in the women’s 100m freestyle.

It hasn’t been a great day for the city’s athletes all round. After a 24-hour delay, the men’s triathlon finally took place, and it didn’t end well for Jason Ng Tai-long, who was lapped on the bike and eliminated.

Another busy day in Paris brought an emotional end for Hong Kong’s Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet in mixed doubles badminton.

But there was a stunning performance in the pool from Pan Zhanle of China to round off the evening.

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Reporting by Mike Chan and Paul McNamara in Paris, and Josh Ball, Sylvia Ma, Lars Hamer, Meredith Chen, Andrew Richardson, Tom Shuai, and Tom Bell in Hong Kong

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