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Over 40 Female Athletes in Strong Qatari Delegation for Asian Games SPORT Wednesday 30 May 2018 PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 Curry, Durant Iceland’s Gunnarsson take Warriors to undergoes rehab NBA Finals at Aspetar Over 40 female athletes in strong Qatari delegation for Asian Games ARMSTRONG VAS becoming Qatar’s first-ever THE PENINSULA global female medallist in the process. DOHA: Qatar’s young upcoming Abdelqader will be com- taekwondo player Huda peting at the Asian Para Games Mohammed - who will make her in Jakarta October 2018, which debut at the upcoming Asian will be held parallel to Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang Games. this summer- hopes to inspire Abdelqader who will be more Qataris to take up sport in looking to add to his medal col- a big way. lection in Indonesia, said: “The Huda will be Qatar’s first- upcoming Asian Para Games ever taekwondo (Poomsae) will see fierce competition in the athlete to compete at an Asian shot put event. I will be com- Games this summer and is among peting against the best in Asia, a huge Qatari delegation that will but hopeful to set a new per- see over 250 athletes, including sonal best. My training in over 40 females, across 30 dif- Ramadan is intense, I am always ferent sports at one of the biggest aiming for gold and I’m looking multi-sport events in the world. to add a new medal to my Huda was among the five collection.” young male and female athletes Team Qatar’s indoor vol- who were introduced by the leyball team came third in the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) World Cup qualifications 2018 Team Qatar’s 16-year old swimmer Abdulaziz Al Obaidly, World Para-Athletics Champion and Paralympic silver medallist Abdelrahman in a panel session that gave an beating the second ranked team Abdelqader, Taekwondo player Huda Mohammed, Youth Arab Champion hammer thrower Rania Al Naji and volleyball player Othman insight into their preparations in Asia. and aspirations for one of the Abdelwahed pose for a photograph with an official following a panel session held in Doha yesterday. Abdelwahed is one of the biggest sporting competitions of team members to compete at the their lives, the Asian Games. Palembang, Indonesia from World Para-Athletics Champion More than 250 athletes will represent Qatar Asian Games this summer. Speaking about her hopes to August 18 to September 2 and the and Paralympic silver medallist Speaking ahead of the Games, inspire more young female ath- Asian Para Games will take place Abdelrahman Abdelqader, vol- at the 2018 Asian Games. Abdelwahed said: “We are letes to follow in her footsteps from the October 8 to 16 in leyball player Othman Abdel- heading to the Asian Games with through her performances, Huda, Jakarta. wahed and Youth Arab Champion a very well experienced team said: “I started playing taek- Team Qatar’s taekwondo ath- hammer thrower Rania Al Naji. Asian Games and Asian Para Games will take that have competed on an inter- wondo as a hobby when I was 13; letes raised Qatar’s flag high in Aspiring young swimmer Al place in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. national level and achieved a lot. I then gradually took up the sport this month’s Asian Champion- Obaidly recently set two new per- My team and I are very excited professionally. Many might think ships, which took place in sonal bests in the 100m and for this summer, hoping to come that taekwondo is not a girls’ Vietnam. Team Qatar competed 200m backstroke during Qatar’s team and I are getting ready to shot put in London last year after back home with a medal.” sport, but I highly recommend with five athletes and came back Swimming Cup 2018. Still just attend two training camps before his tremendous silver medal, and Team Qatar’s rising star girls to try the Poomsae because home with a bronze medal 16-years-old, Al Obaidly has been heading to Jakarta for the Asian Qatar’s first-ever Paralympic hammer thrower Rania Al Naji it does not require the athlete to through Qatar’s Othman Bou- gaining strong international Games. I will be the youngest medal, at Rio 2016. recently won a gold medal at the compete against an opponent. In laras, who also recently won gold experience in this year’s FINA swimmer amongst my team- Para-sport in Qatar has been youth Arab Championships in Poomsae, an athlete performs a at the World Taekwondo Beach Swimming World Series, which mates at the Games; this makes continuing to grow in strength Jordan 2018. set of motions and therefore the Championships. has seen him compete in me proud and excited to do my since Doha hosted the IPC Ath- With the 2019 IAAF World possibility for injuries is very Besides Huda, other athletes Seychelles. best.” letics World Championships in Athletics Championships on the low.” who took part in the panel Speaking about his prepara- Qatar’s first-ever Para-Ath- 2015, with team-mate Sara horizon, it is a very exciting The 2018 Asian Games will session were 16 year-old tions and hopes for the Asian letics World Champion Masoud taking silver at both time for athletics in Qatar and take place in Jakarta and swimmer Abdulaziz Al Obaidly, Games, Al Obaidly said: “The Abdelqader won gold in the T34 London 2017 and Rio 2016 and Rania. Serena in winning return as Nadal, Sharapova survive scares AFP tournament for the first time in “I really suffered today but it three years after missing 2016 was a good test,” said Nadal who PARIS: Serena Williams made a through a doping ban and last year had been in danger of dropping winning return to Grand Slam when she was refused a wildcard, his first set at Roland Garros since tennis which was as memorable battled from a 0-3 deficit in the his 2015 quarter-final loss to as her body-hugging black catsuit final set to beat Dutch qualifier Novak Djokovic. when she reached the Roland Richel Hogenkamp 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Sharapova also survived a Garros second round yesterday. Williams, the winner of an serious scare to claim a 6-1, 4-6, The 36-year-old downed Open era record 23 Grand Slam 6-3 victory over Hogenkamp, Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech titles, had arrived at Roland Garros ranked 133. Sharapova, the 28th Republic 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 to register with just four matches under her seed, will face Croatia’s Donna her first victory at the majors since belt in 2018, the last of which was Vekic in the second round. her 2017 Australian Open triumph. in Miami in March. “I love the challenge of being “I missed Roland Garros so She gave a stinging response in a Grand Slam draw and figuring much, I missed the battle,” Wil- to the doubters yesterday even if out a way to win,” Sharapova said liams, the 2002, 2013 and 2015 her win over the 70th-ranked after a match that was pushed champion, said after playing her Pliskova tested the American. back from Monday due to first clay court match since fin- Arriving on Philippe Chatrier thunderstorms. ishing runner-up to Garbine Court in a black catsuit, offset with The 31-year-old, five-time Muguruza in the 2016 final on the a pinkish-red waistband, Williams major champion, took just 24 same Philippe Chatrier Court. trailed 0/3 in the first-set minutes to win the first set of a “It’s been two years since I tiebreaker. match which was delayed from played here. It wasn’t easy but I The three-time champion Monday due to thunderstorms, but have been training really hard. I then fell 0-2 behind in the second LEFT: Serena Williams of the USA reacts after winning a threw away a 3-1 lead in the feel good and just so happy to be set and was forced to retrieve set against Kristyna Pliskova of Czech Republic during second. Sharapova was staring back here.” another break to level at 4-4. their first round match at the French Open in Paris, France down the barrel of falling at first As Williams -- and her eye- As she served for the match, yesterday. INSET: Spain’s Rafael Nadal in action during his hurdle in a Grand Slam tour- catching outfit -- grabbed the she even slipped into the net, first round match against Italy’s Simone Bolelli. nament for the first time since the headlines, there were wins but a righting herself sporting an 2010 Australian Open when few scares for 10-time champion embarrassed smile. trailing 3-0 in the third, but the Rafael Nadal and two-time winner She saved three break points number six Karolina, was finishing caused the tie to be suspended late claimed victory on a third match former world number one dug Maria Sharapova. in an eight-minute-plus 10th with 15 aces, the most hit against Monday. point when Bolelli dumped a deep and reeled off six straight Nadal racked up his 80th win game before taking victory, setting Williams since such records began He quickly levelled at 3-3 yes- forehand into the net. games to edge into round two. in Paris by seeing off Italian lucky up a second-round clash with to be kept in 2008. terday, saved four break points in Nadal, bidding for an 11th title The Russian, who was Paris loser Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 Australia’s Ashleigh Barty. World number one Nadal had the eighth game before saving four in Paris and his 17th major, next champion in 2012 and 2014, fired (11/9).
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