Sports FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015

KSSC opens new ranges at Heritage Village

By Abdellatif Sharaa board member Hussam Al-Roumi were also Al-Osaimi lauded the administration of open the range and was the first to shoot in present. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Heritage Village, and it. Amiri Diwan Advisor Sharar thanked the KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sports Club (KSSC) Al-Osaimi said in his speech that Kuwait wished them success in spreading Kuwait’s KSSC board of directors for having the range opened new ranges at Sheikh Sabah Al- Shooting Sports Club is happy to spread this genuine heritage. in the village as part of heritage that we Ahmad Heritage Village on Wednesday, heritage sport among Kuwaiti youth, so they He thanked chairman and members of the inherited from our fathers and grand fathers. under the patronage of Advisor at Amiri can practice according to international and higher organization committee and advisor He said the range is an important addition Diwan Mohammad Daifallah Sharar. Olympic rules. He said the club made avail- Mohammad Sharar for having shooting to the village that cares for heritage, and the Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab able a distinguished technical team to super- among the activities at the village. state is very interested in the sport and its Shooting Federations Obaid Al-Osaimi and vise the range. Mohammad Sharar then cut the ribbon to athletes and wished them success. Olympian Ten takes lead at Four Continents

SEOUL: Olympic bronze medallist left and Cong of scored 69.19 points. Radford the competition in his dust with a flawless short said he and his partner overcame butterflies in their programme at the Four Continents stomachs to claim the lead. “We’re really happy with Championships in yesterday. our short program. Before we went to skate, we Aided by a perfect toeloop at the start, were more nervous than usual,” Radford said. “We Ten, from , scored 97.61 points, his didn’t really have solid expectations of ourselves, highest of the season. of was a and it’s a nice relief to have that type of skate.” distant second with 88.90 points, and of China’s Pang Qing and , the two-time China scored 87.34 points to rank third. world champions who came out of retirement seek- The free skate is scheduled for tomorrow. Ten, ing their sixth Four Continents title, tumbled their whose great-great-grandfather was a Korean-born way to fourth place at 66.87 points. In ice dance, the independence fighter, said the event in Seoul car- US champions and ries a special meaning for him. “I am ethnically scored 70.38 points in to open a slim Korean and I am virtually skating in my home lead over fellow Americans, Maia Shibutani and Alex country,” he said. “I feel great support here... The Shibutani, who posted 69.65 points. competition isn’t over yet. Hopefully I can finish and of Canada this event on a positive note.” were in third after scoring 68.31 points. Chock Earlier yesterday, and Eric called the performance “definitely our best short Radford of Canada took the lead in the pairs after dance so far in competition”. Bates chimed in: “I scoring their season-best 75.67 points in the short think it was an improvement even from the US programme. Two Chinese teams are trailing the cur- championships a few weeks ago. Every time we rent Grand Prix Final champs: and SEOUL: Denis Ten of Kazakhstan performs in the men’s short program during the ISU compete, we get a little more comfortable with the Zhang Hao earned 69.81 points, while Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul yesterday. — AFP programme.” — AFP