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Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey followed up her 100m win the previous night by winning the 50m freestyle at the China Open Swimming Championships, while Australia’s Cameron McEvoy won the men’s event by almost a body length to break the world record.
Not long after winning the 50m, Haughey also won a silver in the 200m freestyle.
As she did on Thursday, Haughey won at the Longgang Universiade Centre Natatorium in Shenzhen by the narrowest of margins, finishing in a time of 24.41 seconds, just ahead of Chinese swimmer Cheng Yujie, who was only 0.01 seconds behind.
Almost as close was 24-year-old American Olympic champion Kate Douglass, who stopped the clock at 24.44s. Douglass was also third in the 100m on Thursday.
Teammate Gretchen Walsh, the eighth-fastest woman in history in the 50m, finished fourth after clocking 24.46 seconds.

Multiple Olympic medallist Haughey was just outside her lifetime best and national record of 24.30 seconds she clocked at the 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Budapest.
Runner-up Cheng’s time was also within striking distance of her lifetime best of 24.23s from the Chinese National Games last November.
Soon after her 50m win, Haughey dived back into the pool to finish second in the 200m freestyle, finishing behind Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan, who was pipped by the Hongkonger in the 100m.
O’Callaghan’s winning time was one minute 53.52 seconds, making her the only contestant to swim under the 1:54 barrier.
Haughey clocked 1:54.91, about a second outside her Asian record of 1:53.92 set at the 2020 Olympics.
Another Australian, Lani Pallister, won the bronze in 1:56.02.
Earlier, Olympic champion McEvoy unexpectedly set a world record en route to winning the men’s 50m freestyle final.
The 31-year-old clocked 20.88 seconds to secure the gold medal, trimming 0.03 seconds off the 16-year-old previous mark of 20.91 set by Brazil’s Cesar Cielo in December 2009.
“It feels crazy,” McEvoy said after the race.
“I’ve been putting a lot of effort into training to go under 21 seconds. My initial goal was 20-point-anything, even if it was 20.99, I would have been very happy. But to get 20.88 is very exciting.”
McEvoy attributed his success to the new training methods he has been developing.
“This year was the first time from the start I was able to do it properly,” he said. “I put a lot of effort into my strength, and my numbers went through the roof. I knew I had a chance to do a personal best, and I did.”
McEvoy won the 50m gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in 21.25 seconds and won the world title in this event at last year’s Singapore World Championships in 21.14 seconds.
American Olympic medallist Jack Alexy settled for silver in 21.57 seconds, not far off his lifetime best of 21.32 from last year’s World Championships.
Kyle Chalmers of Australia rounded out the podium in 22.01.
The China Open has attracted a strong field of Chinese and international stars, with the home team gearing up for the Asian Games in September-October in Japan.


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Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey won the 50m freestyle by a whisker at the China Open Swimming Championships, ahead of China’s Cheng Yujie. Photo: Handout

Siobhan Haughey also won silver in the 200m freestyle. Photo: Handout

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Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey wins gold in the women’s 100m freestyle final at the China Open Swimming Championships. Photo: CFP

China’s Tang Qianting said she “wasn’t really prepared” for her record times. Photo: AP

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Britain’s Ronnie O’Sullivan plays a shot during Frame 1 of his match against Ryan Day of Wales at the Snooker World Open in Yushan on Friday. Photo: AFP

Ronnie O’Sullivan (left) is congratulated by Ryan Day after making history. Photo: AFP

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Olympic medallist wins again by narrowest of margins but is herself pipped in her second race of the night


Olympic medallist wins again by narrowest of margins but is herself pipped in her second race of the night.


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Hong Kong’s Haughey wins gold, silver at China Open as Australian McEvoy breaks world mark

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Olympic medallist wins again by narrowest of margins but is herself pipped in her second race of the night