While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after Pan gold, Haughey bronze at Paris Olympics
- Pan Zhanle’s world record brings his nation’s first gold in pool of these Olympics, while it’s bronze again for Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey
Hong Kong’s fourth medal of the Paris Olympics arrived as hoped overnight, but gold remained elusive for Siobhan Haughey.
Other notable names missed the podium altogether, as the city’s badminton contenders made an emotional exit and two illustrious halves of a Spanish portmanteau bade farewell to the tennis competition.
But the night reiterated that there were still some certainties: death, taxes, Katie Ledecky and the US men’s basketball team.
And after Ledecky’s display of endurance in the pool came a stunning demonstration of power to end day five, as Pan Zhanle’s world record interrupted a string of below-par showings by China’s swimmers.
Bronze again for Haughey
The 100 metres freestyle had looked Haughey’s best chance of gold in Paris: she had qualified fastest for the final and owns the third fastest time in history. She is world champion in the 200m freestyle, but form had suggested her Australian rivals would be quicker on Monday, which proved the case as she took bronze.
