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Heidi high as Wong grabs golds

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HONG KONG'S Heidi Wong made a huge splash at the Arafura Games in Darwin by winning three gold medals in the swimming competition.

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She tops the medal standings in the women's events as Hong Kong grabbed three more gold medals, two from Ann Wong and one from Kristina Koehler.

The last of Heidi's gold medals yesterday came in the 200 metres breaststroke open, which she won in two minutes, 45.88 seconds, in a new all-comers record. She also struck gold in the 13-14-year-old 50 metres breaststroke with a time of 35.91 seconds, and the 13-14 200 metres individual medley, which she won in 2:31.57.

Heidi missed out on another gold by one hundredth of a second when she finished behind Papua New Guinea's Susan Biggs.

Biggs clocked 29.42 seconds while Heidi touched home in 29.43 seconds.

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Heidi also won a silver in the 200 metres open, edging out Ann who took the bronze.

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