Sanchez finishes 5th in 100m freestyle as Hong Kong's Haughey sets new record

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez. POC-PSC Media Pool.' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/09/26/09262023-filipina-swimmer-kayla-sanchez.jpg' ><figcaption>Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez. <em>POC-PSC Media Pool.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kayla Sanchez set a new Philippine record but could not make the podium of the women's 100m freestyle in the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday night.</p><p>Sanchez clocked 54.69 seconds in the final at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena, good for fifth place.</p><p>It is a new Philippine record, erasing the mark she set earlier in the day when she clocked 54.70-s in the heats. Remedy Rule owned the previous record, a time of 55.71-s set in March 2020.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/25/23/asian-games-pinay-swimmers-fall-short-of-podium'>Asian Games: Pinay swimmers fall short of podium</a></li></ul><p>Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey set a new Asian record of 52.17-s to claim the gold medal ahead of China's Yang Junxuan (53.11) and Cheng Yujie (53.91).</p><p>In the women's 200m backstroke, Xiandi Chua finished seventh with a time of 2:13.63.</p><p>She was 6.35-s behind China's Peng Xuwei, who took gold after clocking 2:07.28. Her teammate, Liu Yaxin, settled for silver with a time of 2:08.70. </p><p>Korea's Lee Eunji (2:09.75) completed the podium. </p><p>The country is hoping to end a 25-year Asian Games medal drought in swimming.</p><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fVg0XxVaNnw?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/25/23/asian-games-pinay-swimmers-fall-short-of-podium'>Asian Games: Pinay swimmers fall short of podium</a></li></ul><p>Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey set a new Asian record of 52.17-s to claim the gold medal ahead of China's Yang Junxuan (53.11) and Cheng Yujie (53.91).</p><p>In the women's 200m backstroke, Xiandi Chua finished seventh with a time of 2:13.63.</p><p>She was 6.35-s behind China's Peng Xuwei, who took gold after clocking 2:07.28. Her teammate, Liu Yaxin, settled for silver with a time of 2:08.70. </p><p>Korea's Lee Eunji (2:09.75) completed the podium. </p><p>The country is hoping to end a 25-year Asian Games medal drought in swimming.</p><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fVg0XxVaNnw?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>Sanchez clocked 54.69 seconds in the final at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena, good for fifth place.</p><p>It is a new Philippine record, erasing the mark she set earlier in the day when she clocked 54.70-s in the heats. Remedy Rule owned the previous record, a time of 55.71-s set in March 2020.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez. POC-PSC Media Pool.' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/09/26/09262023-filipina-swimmer-kayla-sanchez.jpg' ><figcaption>Filipina swimmer Kayla Sanchez. <em>POC-PSC Media Pool.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kayla Sanchez set a new Philippine record but could not make the podium of the women's 100m freestyle in the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday night.</p>

Kayla Sanchez set a new Philippine record but could not make the podium of the women's 100m freestyle in the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday night.

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Sanchez finishes 5th in 100m freestyle as Hong Kong's Haughey sets new record

Sanchez finishes 5th in 100m freestyle as Hong Kong's Haughey sets new record