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Mourinho aims for summer return to coaching with UCL a target PAGE 18 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2019 Qatar coach calls for calm ahead AFC U23 qualifier against Nepal PAGE 19 INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE MUMBAI INDIANS VS DELHI CAPITALS Carey claims golden double Zonderland suffers a fall; Maiden World Cup win for China’s Li Qi as Doha meet concludes VINAY NAYUDU DOHA A maiden gold by 16-year-old Li Qi of China on the balance beam, an electrifying show on the floor by American Jade Carey for a golden double, and American Jade Carey poses on the podium with Lara Mori and Vanessa Ferrari both of Italy. three-time world champion Dutchman Epke Zonderland’s unfortunate fall in the high bar Results made for a fascinating finale of Men the 12th FIG Artistic Gymnas- Vault: 1. Hakseon Yang (KOR) 15.266; 2. tics World Cup which came to Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.916; 3. Artur a close at the Aspire Dome on Davityan (ARM) 14.695. Saturday. Watched by a large and ap- Parellel Bars: 1. Jingyuan Zou (CHN) preciate audience once again, 15.700; 2. Vladislav Poliashov (RUS) 15.066; the final day of the four-day 3. Mitchell Morgans (AUS) 14.566. event was pulsating with all Horizontal Bar: 1. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.400; the five individual apparatus 2. Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN) 14.300; 3. Randy competitions (three for men Leru (CUB) 14.000. and two for women) produced Women absorbing contests and enthral- Balance Beam: 1. Li Qi (CHN) 14.333; 2. ling performances from some of Nina Derwael (BEL) 13.633; 3. Marine Boyer the world’s very best. (FRA) 13.333. While there was big delight Floor Exercise: 1. Jade Carey (USA) for some, there was also huge disappointment for a few who 14.466; Lara Mori (ITA) 13.433; 3. Vanessa were expected to emerge on top Ferrari (ITA) 13.300. given their status and form. Ensuring her second gold medal at the meet, 18-year- Jade Carey in action during the floor exercise on the final day of the 12th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World old Carey lit up the arena with Cup at the Aspire Dome on Saturday. China’s Li Qi (centre) Nina Derwael (left) of Belgium and Marine Boyer of France. a sizzling floor exercise being the last to hit the stage and up cepted to her being weak com- tive atmosphere. At this level The Korean was awarded against strong shows of Italians paratively on this apparatus, you can’t win with your rou- with 15.266 points, includ- Lara Mori and Vanessa Ferrari. was edged by quite a confident tine exercise, you have to be at ing a 15.466 score for his first The nimble-footed and Qi Li. your best,” he added. vault. The winner of the first short-statured gymnast, how- The Chinese logged 14.333 Eventually, it was Croatia’s World Cup in Melbourne, Igor ever, stood tall with an impos- points to Derwael’s 13.633 Tin Srbic who managed to beat Radilov (Ukraine) with 14.916 ing routine which had clean for her first World Cup gold. his nerves by competing last, points was second again to backflip landings. Backed by a Frenchwoman Marine Boyer after waiting patiently for the Yang after the 1-2 at the previ- technically sharp finish, Carey finished third. other seven gymnasts to finish. ous World Cup in Baku. flew up the scoreboard with a Elated and flashing the vic- The 2017 Horizonal Bar “It is a long season, I am tally 14.466, much ahead of the tory sign while receiving the world champion raised the happy with my results so far. second-placed Mori (13.433) medal, Li Qi couldn’t hide her highest score (14.400) to de- Next year everything will be and Ferrari (13.300). emotion. feat by small margin, Japan’s clearer, regarding the Olympic “It feels pretty good. I think “I was very nervous before Hidetaka Miyachi (14.300). qualification”, said Radilov. this week went pretty well,” said the final, competing against the “It was a tough final in Armenian Artur Davtyan the American, who had also best gymnasts,” she said. Doha, because it was like it was was third with 14.695, hav- claimed gold in Vault on Friday. “It’s my first gold in World like a World Championships ing suffered a fall in his sec- “There definitely was some Cup and I am very happy to final with all these great com- ond effort. pressure (in the floor final) achieve that. We have a tough petitors. It is always hard for China’s Jingyan Zou put since we all competed together competition in China and this me to go last. The scores were up an impressive performance last week so I knew it was going win will give me a lot of confi- lower than I expected. I needed on the Parallel Bars and to be a good competition here in dence,” she added. over 14.3 to get the gold. I did took victory with a great Doha as well. I was just focused Derwael was gracious say- the best. For now I am satisfied margin (15.700). Finishing on not getting nervous,” she ing, “Li Qi was better and I am Croatia’s Tin Srbic, Russia’s Vladislav Poliashov and Mitchell Morgans of Australia on the podium after the with what I did”, he said. second was Russia’s added. not surprised with her victory. Horizontal Bar final. Miyachi was challeng- Vladislav Polyasov (15.066) Earlier, in the women’s Overall, I am happy. Coming to ing but came just short. Cu- while Australian Mitchell Mor- Balance Beam, Belgium’s Nina Doha always gives excites me as stunning the crowd into silence. again I was too close thereby “I expected to do better ba’s Randy Leru was third gans was third (14.566). Derwael, who swept the Un- I have achieved a lot here.” “My first release was itself I couldn’t hold on to the bar because the whole week I was (14.000). A total of 128 male and even Bars competition, couldn’t Among the men’s, the high- a mistake because I was too properly and I fell down. I tired but today I felt strong On the Vault, the 2012 60 female gymnasts from complete the dream of a golden ly anticipated Horizontal Bar close to the bar and then the made a technical mistake and and I thought let’s go for it but Olympics gold medalist Hak- 57 countries took part in the double. saw favourite Zonderland suf- second was that you have to it’s highly disappointing,” ex- sadly this happened. I really seon Yang earned his second- World Cup, hosted for the 12th Derwael, who has often ac- fer a fall early into his routine throw yourself over the bar and plained the Dutch later. wanted to excel, it was a fes- World Cup win of the season. consecutive year by Qatar. ‘Gymnastics now very much a part of sporting culture in the region’ VINAY NAYUDU gymmasts, he said, “If you see the success of the sport in the DOHA Kuwaiti official Behbehani says more at this World Cup, gymnasts region has been due to the con- from the Middle East and Ali sistent successful hosting of GYMNASTICS has now be- Arab athletes will hit world stage soon Zahran of Egypt were impres- world events in the last decade. come a part of Arab sporting sive in the finals against some “There has also been a culture with many athletes urday, Behbehani of Kuwait par and aim to take one of the of the best of the world. Ibra- great acceptance of the sport from the Middle East per- said he was delighted to see three places on the podium. him Colak of Turkey on Still of gymnastics and the crowds forming consistently well at the performance of Arab “Considering that this was Rings, and Saeedreza Keikha during the World Cup at the the world level and the sport gymnasts and the large turn- the World Cup series and also of Iran on Pommel Horse, I Aspire Dome have been a tes- being followed widely, feels out of spectators. at the world championships, thought, were exceptional. timony of that. It’s a great sign. Mohamad Behbehani, the “The level of performance the effort is highly appreci- “I also hope that we will It also shows that people in the Secretary-General of Arab of athletes from the Arab re- able of these athletes and be seeing more gymnasts Middle East like and follow Gymnastics Federation. gion in artistic gymnastics has hopefully we shall find them from the Middle East at the gymnastics. It has also become In Doha to witness the gone up. It’s not like earlier on the podium more often world championships next a part of people’s culture in 12th Artistic Gymnastics when it was about just par- than not,” said Behbehani. March and at the Tokyo this region with many young World Cup which concluded ticipating. Now the gymnasts Highlighting the good Olympics in 2020.” kids wanting to take up gym- Arab Gymnastics Federation Secretary-General Mohamed Behbehani. at the Aspire Dome on Sat- from this region are quite on show of some of Middle East Behbehani stressed that nastics,” he said. Sports Sunday, March 24, 2019 17 Serena survives scare to advance in Miami AFP and managed to break down MIAMI Williams’s serve to take the match into a deciding set.

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