No Bolt, No Cry for Coe After Su Wins Asia Sprint Crown
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018 18 Ferrari speed puzzles Mercedes Spa-Francorchamps, Bel- gium India’s PV Sindhu to ace Director Charlie RWhiting said he was ‘amused’ by Lewis Hamil- ton’s post-race reference to ‘trick things’ that may have helped title rival Sebastian Vettel power his Ferrari to fight for historic gold a convincing triumph in the Belgian Grand Prix. Jakarta, Indonesia Speaking in the aftermath of Sunday’s spectacular and ndia’s PV Sindhu defeated crash-hit race, the sport’s second-seeded Akane Yama- senior racing official said he Iguchi of Japan 21-17, 15-21, and the ruling body, the In- 21-10 yesterday to set up a final ternational Motoring Fed- against Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan. eration (FIA), were aware The lanky Indian shuttler, of all the performance el- who is ranked third in the ements of the Ferrari car world, defeated Yamaguchi for that, as Hamilton put it, the second time in this edition blew his Mercedes away. of the Asian Games after her win “That particular com- in the team event. ment doesn’t actually say But Sindhu will be up against anything,” said Whiting. the odds as she has lost all her “Clearly they have got previous five encounters against some things on the car Ying. which are giving it per - “I have a strategy in place for formance, which we’re all her. It should be a good match,” aware of - all us in the FIA Sindhu, who was recently listed are aware of - and obviously as the world’s seventh highest we are happy with them.” paid sportswoman by Forbes, “I’m quite amused by it said. India’s V. Sindhu Pusarla hits a shot against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in their really,” he added. “Because “I was always thinking about women’s singles semi-final badminton match at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta we know quite a lot about improving with each match. It is the Ferrari car and there is a big competition and there are China also won the mixed But 12th-ranked Ginting, who no way that Lewis would no easy matches. Hope to go all doubles gold with Zheng Siwei stunned the world and Olympic know anything about the the way tomorrow,” she added. and Huang Yaqiong, felling the champions in previous rounds, Ferrari car. Sindhu’s teammate and rival Hong Kong duo of Tang Chun lost out to a determined Chou “They’re doing a good Saina Nehwal faltered against Man and Tse Ying Suet 21-8, Tien-chen of Taiwan 16-21, 23- job at the moment and her superior Taiwanese oppo- 21-15. 21, 21-17 in the second men’s Mercedes have got to try nent in Ying as she went down semi-final. and counter that, haven’t 17-21, 14-21 to settle for a bronze. Christie storms into final Both Chou, who is ranked they?” It is the first time in 36 years In the men’s draw, Indonesian sixth in the world, and Ginting Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie (R) hits a shot against Japan Kenta Nishimoto in that India has won an individ- badminton star Jonatan Christie collapsed to their knees after their men’s singles semi-final badminton match ual badminton medal at the stormed into the final but An- the epic encounter ended in one Asian Games since the late Syed thony Sinisuka Ginting’s dream hour and 18 minutes. Malaysian athlete Modi’s gold in 1982. run at the Asian Games ended “I do my best every time and it’s how you perform that day,” the opening round. Meanwhile in the women’s Monday. Christie pulled off his try to come out as a winner,” an Chou said of the upcoming title Ginting, who had shocked alleges bias doubles final, the Chinese pair shirt in jubilant celebration as exhausted Chou said after the clash. Ranked 15th in the world, China’s Chen Long and Japa- of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan he edged out Kenta Nishimoto hard-fought win. Christie began his men’s singles nese world number four Ken- Jakarta, Indonesia clinched gold after defeating of Japan 21-15, 15,21, 21-19 amid “Christie is a very good player journey in the regional Olympics to Momota in his giant-killing Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka deafening roars from the home and tomorrow will be a great with a shock win over China’s spree, will get the bronze along- Malaysian athlete ac- Takahashi 22-20, 22-20. crowd in Jakarta. final. Rankings don’t matter, world number two Shi Yuqi in side Nishimoto. A cused judges of bias and stormed out of a tumul- tuous match of the Indo - nesian martial art pencak silat at the Asian Games in S.Korea beat Clarkson’s Jakarta on Monday. No Bolt, no cry for Coe after Mohd Al-Jufferi Jamari, Philippines, Japan out the 2016 world champion, withdrew in protest sec- Su wins Asia sprint crown onds before the end of the final and punched a hole Jakarta, Indonesia in the wall of the warm-up area, as Indonesia’s Komang u Bingtian’s Asian Games Harik Adi Putra bagged gold Sgold in the 100 metres came in the heated contest. as little surprise to many, in- “I’m not mad at my oppo- cluding athletics boss Sebas- nent nor the supporters, but tian Coe, long an admirer of I’m mad because the jury the pint-sized Chinese sprinter. didn’t give the point fairly,” The 28-year-old streaked to 26-year-old Al-Jufferi said, victory in a competition record according to the Games’ of- of 9.92 seconds in Jakarta at ficial website. the weekend, missing the con- Al-Jufferi dominated the tinental record by the tiniest of early part of the men’s 65- fractions. 70kg final but 23-year-old Philippines’ Jordan Clarkson (top) goes for the basket against South Korea Su edged out Nigeria-born Komang came back strong- in the men’s basketball quarter-final match between South Korea and the Qatari Tosin Ogunode -- young- ly. Philippines er brother of Femi Ogunode, Komang eventually with whom the Chinese star China’s Su Bingtian celebrates winning the final of the men’s 100m athletics clinched the match 4-1 and shares the continental best of Al-Jufferi’s coach was left Jakarta, Indonesia for buying sex during the con- 9.91 -- on a night when six Af- years of fostering suspicion of weather, Hagler, Hearns come trying to calm down the Ma- tinental games. rican-born athletes bagged six state-sponsored doping. along. laysian, who pulled out two efending champions The expulsion of Yuya Na- track and field golds at Asia’s Su is coached by American “Do they suddenly replace seconds before the finish. DSouth Korea overcame gayoshi, Takuya Hashimoto, showcase sports event. coach Randy Huntington, while Muhammad Ali? No. Should we Harry Warganegara, of NBA star Jordan Clarkson’s Takuma Sato and Keita Ima- Ryota Yamagata -- part of swim star Sun Yang’s partner- suddenly expect these athletes Inasgoc, the Games organ- Philippines in a hard-fought mura, who were spotted in the 4x100m Japan team that ship with Australian Denis Cot- to replace him? No,” he added. ising committee, told AFP Asian Games basketball match a red light district wearing took silver behind Usain Bolt’s terell has helped turn him into “Because Usain is not simply Al-Jufferi was unlikely to in Jakarta while the scan - their team jersey last week, Jamaica at the 2016 Rio Olym- a world-beater. thought about at the status that be sanctioned. dal-hit Japanese team crashed appeared to have a major im- pics, took bronze, underlining he’s thought about because he’s “We think it was very un- out on Monday. pact as they lost 93-67. Coe’s confidence in the future Life after Bolt got a sack full of world records fortunate though we try to US-born Ricardo Preston But victory for South Korea of Asian sprinting. Coe is aware of the massive void and he’s got a clutch of Olympic understand (what the ath- Ratliffe scored 30 points for meant the team kept up their “You could argue Japan and left by athletics mega-star Bolt titles. lete was going through),” South Korea as they won the supremacy in the regional China are two of the most im- after the Jamaican legend’s re- “It’s actually because he’s a he said. quarter-finals encounter 91-82 Olympics over the Philippines, proved athletics nations over tirement last year. But he also personality. It’s performance Nazif Najib, secretary to guarantee at least a bronze who last won against the Asian the last six or seven years,” the wants athletes to be personali- plus personality.” general of Malaysia’s Na- in 5x5 basketball. giants in the 1962 edition. Briton said in an interview with ties who can connect with fans. Su himself is a superstar in tional Olympic Committee South Korea will play their Meanwhile China’s own NBA news agencies. “If we’d been sitting in the China, although he has some (NOC), said he was waiting semi-final on Thursday against stars Zhou Qi (Houston Rock- Coe, president of track and 70s, you’d probably be saying to way to achieve the celebrity for the report from Inasgoc Iran, who outplayed a Japa- ets) and Ding Yanyuhang (Dal- field’s governing IAAF, pointed me what on earth are we going that pin-up Liu Xiang achieved but agreed it was unlikely he nese team that had lost four las Mavericks) helped their to China’s willingness to em- to be doing after Muhammad after winning 110m hurdles gold would be punished.