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.”
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