Hong Kong Olympians Edgar Cheung and Siobhan Haughey made history on the third day of the Paris Games, with Cheung winning gold in the men’s individual foil and Haughey securing bronze in the women’s 200-metres freestyle swim. Cheung, who was defending his gold medal for the same event from the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, faced Italian fencer Filippo Macchi in the tightly-fought final. Beneath the glittering glass roof of the Grand Palais in central Paris, Cheung fended off Macchi’s attacks to win 15-14 in a competition aired on screens in malls across Hong Kong in the early hours of Tuesd…
