20 Saturday, February 17, 2018 SPORTS SPORTS Saturday, February 17, 2018 21 Dario Cologna (C), Simen Hegstad Krueger (L) and Denis Spitsov pose (Pic courtesy: Xinhua) Mayer claims Kohli hits 35th ODI century, 13th as of India super G gold India wallop

Matthias Mayer reacts (Pic courtesy: Xinhua) Pyeongchang fifth meaning he missed out ustria’s Matthias Mayer on a historic ‘speed double’, Aproduced a brilliant run a day after winning the South Africa to win the men’s super G downhill. Centurion an Indian batsman, and second in nine and claim his second Winter Mayer’s father is former fter an impressive BRIEF SCORE one fifty in six innings. overs while keeping Olympics alpine skiing gold alpine ski racer Helmut Mayer, display, Kohli’s five innings in the the scoring rate high. medal. who won Olympic silver in Askipper Virat Kohli led India 206 for 2 (Kohli 129*, series before today are - Dhawan, after a watchful Mayer, the downhill this event in Caglary 1988 from the front with the Rahane 34*) beat South Africa 112, 46*, 160*, 75, 36. 18 off 34 balls, became champion in Sochi in 2014, Mayer’s win breaks Norway’s bat to help India beat 204 (Zondo 54, Thakur 4-52) by Kohli and Ajinkya the second wicket of won in a time of one minute dominance in men’s Olympic South Africa by eight eight Rahane (34 ) Ngidi in the 13th over. 24.44 seconds, with Beat Feuz super G, which stretches back wickets in the sixth took India home with an India though reached Dario Cologna of Switzerland second and to 2002. one-day international in hand. unbroken 126-run stand 100-run mark in 14.3 defending champion Kjetil Hermann Maier of Austria at the SuperSport Park Kohli remained for the third wicket. overs. And Kohli soon Jansrud of Norway third. was the last man from outside in Centurion yesterday. unbeaten on 129 off 96 Rahane played the second raced to his 47th ODI fifty Norway’s Aksel Lund Norway to win the event, at Dominant India wrapped balls, which included fiddle perfectly, hitting in just 36 balls, hitting Svindal could only manage Nagano in 1998. (BBC) up the six-match series two sixes and 19 fours. three fours in his 50-ball nine boundaries. Kohli 5-1. And when he reached knock. and Rahane made sure Kohli continued his 71, Kohli became the Chasing the modest that there were no more PyeongchangmakesSpitsov, an Olympic Athlete history expected to compete in the and that he would be in “the great form in the series, first batsman ever to target, India lost Rohit hiccups in the chase. ritain’s Andrew Musgrave from Russia, bronze. team sprint on Wednesday. fight for victory”. Yun grabs second scoring his 35th ODI score 500 or more runs Sharma (15) early in Earlier, Indian bowlers finished 28th as Scot Musgrave, 27, was Musgrave won his maiden However, a steady start century in 82 balls, as he in a bilateral ODI series. the fourth over to Lungi proved Kohli’s decision to BSwitzerland’s Dario Cologna an outside chance to win World Cup medal with bronze meant he was only 45th out of helped India chase down Kohli finished the series Ngidi. But Virat Kohli field right as they bowled made Winter Olympic history Britain’s first Olympic cross in December, and finished 119 competitors at the 1.5km gold for S. Korea the 205-run target in 32.1 with 558 runs with three and Shikhar Dhawan out South Africa for by winning the men’s 15km country medal. seventh in the skiathlon - the checkpoint. Pyeongchang Athlete from Russia, and overs with eight wickets centuries, a record for added 61 runs for the 204 in 46.5 overs. (TOI) cross country skiing. He finished in 35 minutes best performance by a British He moved into the top 20 outh Korea’s Yun Sung- Great Britain’s Dom Parsons Virat Kohli in action (Pic courtesy: BCCI) Cologna, 31, became the 51 seconds, 2:07 behind cross country skier - on around halfway, but slipped bin claimed the home who won bronze. first cross-country skier to Cologna. Sunday. back in the later stages. Snation’s second gold medal of He becomes the first win the same individual event Britons Andrew Young and Musgrave said his “I went out at an even pace, the Pyeongchang Games with athlete from outside Europe three times in a row. Callum Smith finished 57th performance in the skiathlon but it was shocking and I felt victory in the men’s skeleton. and North America to win an Liam Plunkett ruled out of Norway’s Simen Hegstad and 75th respectively. would give him confidence a bit heavy all the way round,” Yun, 23, won by a massive Olympic sliding medal. Australia crush New Zealand England’s T20I, ODI series Krueger won silver and Denis Musgrave and Young are for his preferred 15km event, said Musgrave. (BBC) 1.63 seconds ahead of Nikita Yun was fastest in all four Tregubov, an Olympic runs and set a track record on Auckland London his final run. ’Arcy Short anchored a iam Plunkett will miss the remainder of England’s “Getting the gold medal in Dhigh-powered Australian LTwenty20 tri-series against New Zealand and Huskova clinches any Olympics is a very great batting order to produce the Australia with a hamstring injury. result but getting the gold highest successful run chase in The Yorkshire bowler is also out of the five- here in my home country is international match one-day international series against New a very great honour, much to beat New Zealand by five Zealand, starting on 25 February in Hamilton. aerials gold bigger than that,” Yun said. wickets in their tri-series clash Plunkett, 32, suffered a recurrence of a “I was a little worried about at Eden Park yesterday. hamstring tear in Tuesday’s tri-series defeat by Pyeongchang Huskova scored 96.14, while racing on the morning of the Short, who started his innings the Black Caps. anna Huskova won Belarus’ China’s Zhang Xin took silver with lunar new year,” he added. with several edges and false He had already missed the final two ODIs first medal of the 2018 Winter 95.52 and compatriot Kong Fanyu Yun Sungbin (BBC) shots that went for boundaries against Australia in January. HOlympics with victory in the bronze with 70.14. at the small ground, scored 76 England have yet to pick up a point after three women’s aerials. Defending champion Alla Tsuper from 44 balls as the Australians straight defeats in the ongoing T20 tri-series, The 25-year-old was one of only of Belarus fell as she landed in the reached 245 for five with seven which ends on 21 February. two of the six finalists to land their final round. deliveries remaining. Australia are already through to the final after jumps cleanly in Pyeongchang. (BBC) The run chase eclipsed winning four games out of four. the 236 for six West Indies Plunkett greeted team-mate achieved in beating South as he landed in Auckland to join up Africa in Johannesburg in with the England squad, following his Hanna Huskova reacts (Pic courtesy: Xinhua) Moioli wins thrilling Dom Parsons 2015. appearance at Bristol Magistrates New Zealand had scored 243 Court on Tuesday on a charge of affray. snowboard cross for six in their 20 overs after BRIEF SCORE The Durham all-rounder has not MEDAL TABLE Pyeongchang Bronze for GB’s Parsons Martin Guptill (105) and Colin Australia 245 for 5 (Short 76, played international cricket since an talian Michela Moioli won a thrilling final to Munro (76) had produced a Warner 59) beat New Zealand incident outside a Bristol Country Gold Silver Bronze Total take gold in the women’s snowboard cross in PyeongChang ahead of Latvia’s Martins blistering 132-run opening nightclub in September. Pyeongchang.I om Parsons has secured Dukurs. South Korea’s Yun 243 for 6 (Guptill 105, Munro 76) 1. Germany 9 2 4 15 partnership in 10.4 overs. by five wickets (BBC) All six finalists were in contention for much DBritain’s first medal of the Sungbin won the gold medal Short and captain David 2. Norway 6 8 5 19 of the race but Moioli pulled clear late on to win. 2018 Winter Olympics after ahead of Nikita Tregubov, an Warner (59), however, put on Two athletes crashed on the finish line but claiming bronze in a dramatic Olympic athlete from Russia. 121 runs in 8.3 overs to give the Australia’ s players celebrate 3. Netherlands 6 5 2 13 French 16-year-old Julia Pereira de Sousa finish to the men’s skeleton. Parsons is the first British visitors the ideal start before Having won their previous the same ground on February break after Guptill and Munro 4. United States 5 1 2 8 Mabileau won silver and Czech Eva Samkova After recording a combined man to win an Olympic Glenn Maxwell, who scored 31 three matches before Friday, 21. scored at more than 12 runs bronze. American Lindsey Jacobellis who crashed time of three minutes 22.20 skeleton medal since John from 14 balls, and Aaron Finch Australia had already qualified New Zealand had been an over, exploiting the short 5. Canada 4 5 4 13 on the finish line to miss out on 2006 Olympic seconds, the 30-year-old Crammond in 1948. (theweek. (36 not out) ensured they got for the final of the tri-series, strong favourites to join them boundaries down the ground. gold only managed fourth. finished just 0.11 seconds co.uk) Liam Plunkett (file pic) Michela Moioli home. that also includes England, at in the final at the innings (Reuters)