DEAD HEAT
The China team won six of the seven golds on offer on the opening day in the pool on Sunday but they did not have things all their own way a day later.
Japan’s hotly tipped Shin Ohashi and China’s Dong Zhihao both took gold after a dead heat in the men’s 100m breaststroke.
Ohashi looked to have won it until Dong roared back late in the race and both touched the wall in 58.64sec.
China’s defending champion Qin Haiyang was third.
“I’m really happy to get a gold but it was a tie so it’s a little frustrating,” said Ohashi.
“The feeling is 50-50.”
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey defended her title in the women’s 200m freestyle, romping home in a time of 1:54.96.
The 28-year-old finished 1.62sec ahead of silver medallist Li Jiaping of China.
Haughey said “a lot has happened” since she completed the Asian Games 100m-200m freestyle double three years ago in Hangzhou.
“The swimming world has changed so much, there are so many rising swimmers coming up so you never know what’s going to happen,” she said.
South Korea’s Kim Young-beom set a new Games record in winning men’s 50m freestyle gold in 21.66sec.
China’s Xu Jiayu won the men’s 50m backstroke, while team-mate Wan Letian won the women’s event.
China won the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay, overhauling Japan on the final lap.
