Al-Attiyah Wins Thrilling Jump-Offfor Equestrian Gold
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CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 4 FOOTBALL | Page 7 Blaak takes Ceballos women’s gold ensures despite crash Real Madrid at Worlds bounce back Sunday, September 24, 2017 TENNIS Muharram 4, 1439 AH Wozniacki stuns GULF TIMES Muguruza, advances to Tokyo final SPORT Page 3 ASIAN INDOOR AND MARTIAL ARTS GAMES Al-Attiyah wins thrilling jump-off for equestrian gold Qatar assured of medal in snooker team event, having beaten China for spot in final; 3x3 basketball team in semis Qatar’s Hamad al-Attiyah rides Clinton during the first qualifier in the Jumping Individual event yesterday. semi-fi nal yesterday. around to lead 11-9. But Qatar’s Abdul- The Qataris will face Iran in the fi nal rahman Saad made the match a one-man Qatar’s Hamad al-Attiyah (centre) celebrates after winning the Individual Jumping gold at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games yesterday. after the latter beat Afghanistan by the show. He posted 13 of Qatar’s 14 points, same margin. including a big two-point shot to make it Agencies “I was a bit fast, but not so fast, but I Ali Nasser al-Obaidli clinched his 14-12 and seal his team’s victory. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan was lucky that when Khaled landed for team’s victory by beating world No. 29 “I wanted to hit this shot. I told my- the fi nal fence he missed the turn be- Zhou Yuelong. self, ‘Just do it’. The ball came to me and tween the tree. “I am very happy to win. It is the fi rst I didn’t have any hesitation. A shot, a amad Ali al-Attiyah put to- “That’s what made me get the gold time we have beaten China like this and win, a victory, maybe a medal, hope- gether a blistering round to medal. I thank God for the luck. Rio was it was 3-1, not 3-2. So it was a big win fully the gold,” Saad said after the win. strike gold in the Individual a good experience for me, I learned a for Qatar and hopefully in the fi nal we “I felt I was on fi re and shot like cra- Jumping event at the Asian lot.” can win,” said al-Obaidli. zy. It happens sometimes and you feel HIndoor and Martial Arts Games yester- Al-Attiyah, who claimed silver in the When asked about trying to emulate you are in the zone, as Michael Jordan day. Team event on Thursday, completed the high jump world champion Mutaz Essa used to say on these nights.” Qatar is also assured of a medal in course in a rapid time of 38.81sec urging Barshim, who won gold at the worlds in Qatar will now face Mongolia who the men’s snooker team event, having on his 10-year-old gelding, Clinton, at August, al-Obaidli said, “He took the overwhelmed Indonesia 22-10, netting beaten China for a spot in the fi nal. every chance. gold and he has opened everything up nine straight points from 13-10 to fi nish At the Equestrian Centre, al-Attiyah Almobty knew the time to beat but for us. Like he brought home the gold with a fl ourish. came out on top in a seven-man jump- fi nished in 39.91 to just fall short, having we, too, want to bring home gold.” off against the clock to claim the title. had to go the long way round to the fi nal IRAN’S MORADI BREAKS Al-Attiyah triumphed by just over a fence, which cost him the gold medal. QATAR MARCH INTO 3X3 WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD second from Saudi Arabia’s Khaled Ab- Pourrezaei had been the fi rst rider BASKETBALL SEMIS Elsewhere, Iranian Olympic champion dulrahman Almobty with Iran’s Davood to set off in the jump-off , where the Qatar won a thrilling 14-12 encounter weightlifter Sohrab Moradi broke the Pourrezaei claiming bronze. course is altered and the fences raised against Turkmenistan in the 3x3 bas- longest standing world record in the “I knew I had to be fast and sharp in height, to set the benchmark time of Qatar’s 3x3 basketball team beat Turkmenistan 14-12 in the quarter-finals yesterday. ketball quarter-fi nals yesterday. sport to win gold with a 413kg com- to win the gold,” said al-Attiyah, who 41.86, which eventually brought Iran The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Cup win- bined lift yesterday. competed at the Olympic Games in Rio the bronze medal. gressed to the jump-off to post a clear QATAR IN TEAM SNOOKER FINAL ners are still the team to beat. Qatar’s Fares Elbakh missed out on last year, but did not get past the quali- Kamil Sabitov of Kyrgyzstan was the round and his time of 42.90 seconds Qatar sprang a surprise when they beat Qatar took an early 6-0 lead before a medal, fi nishing fourth with a com- fying rounds. only other rider of the seven who pro- earned him fourth spot. China 3-1 in the men’s snooker team a big Turkmen charge saw them turn it bined lift of 379kg. QNB STARS LEAGUE Duhail, Khor pick up full points By Sports Reporter into the net from close range. Mo- Arabi did try to create chances and the goal. Doha ments later, Jasser Yahya of Al Arabi in the 18th minute, Arabi’s Brazilian In the second match of the day, two produced a neat tackle to block Al Du- midfi elder Diego Jardel curled in a goals in the second half, from summer hail skipper Msakni who had charged powerful shot from the edge of the box signing Soroush Rafi ei and a contro- l Duhail registered their into the former’s box with the goal in but the ball was punched away by Al versial late goal from Brazillian Mad- second win of the new QNB sight. Duhail goalkeeper Khalifa Ndiaye. The son, gave the Knights all three points. Stars League season after the Al Duhail, underlining their inten- fi rst half ended with the hosts going in Just past the hour mark, Iranian mid- boys in Red eased to a 2-0 tions, sustained their fi ne start in at- with a narrow one goal lead. fi elder Rafi ei’s chipped eff ort from the Avictory over Al Arabi yesterday at Du- tack putting the visitors under pres- Duhail continued to dominate in the edge of the box found the back of the hail stadium. Goals from Qatar inter- sure in the opening exchanges. In the second period, enjoying the majority net, much to the relief of his teammates. national Almoez Ali and Yusef Msakni 11th minute, feared Korean attacker of the ball. Soon after the hour-mark, Al Ahli sought to get back into the sealed the win for Djamel Belmadi’s Nam Tae Hee swivelled past two of his in-form Duhail number 10 NamTae- tie, and could have found a leveller side that kicked off the 2017-18 cam- markers but his left-footed drive from hee hit the Al Arabi crossbar with a had Simao Mate’s snap header just paign with a 3-2 victory over Qatar SC close range was smartly blocked by Al cleverly-taken chip that sailed above missed the target. In the 88th minute, last weekend. Arabi goalkeeper Naeem Hussein. ‘keeper Huessin’s head but bounced Khor scored their second in contro- Later, Al Khor picked up their fi rst However, Duhail’s early pressure back without causing any damage. versial fashion. Brazilian midfi elder points of the QNB Stars League sea- paid dividends with the Red Knights To wrap up a commanding per- Madson saw his shot from the half- son with a hard-fought 2-0 win over opening the scoring on the 13th formance, hosts Al Duhail doubled way line go in, after the player noticed Al Ahli. minute through Almoez Ali. Stationed their lead through captain Msakni, Ahli keeper Yazan Naeem helping a Adopting to play aggressively from inside the Al Arabi box, last season’s who found the net with a low shot in Khor player in his box. Sensing an the start, Al Duhail won a corner just U23 player of the year headed home the 75th minute of the match. The Tu- opportunity the diminutive attacker 20 seconds into the game but their following a neat cross from Ismael nisian held of the advances of Arabi shot from distance and found the back Brazilian defender Lucas Mendes Mohamed on the left fl ank. It was Ali’s defender Ammar Jemal before slotting of the net, much to the anger of the Al Al Khor’s Soroush Rafiei (right) in action against Al Ahli during their QNB Stars League failed to convert a left-footed drive second goal of the season. into the bottom right hand corner of Ahli players. match yesterday. PICTURE: Nasar T K Gulf Times 2 Sunday, September 24, 2017 CRICKET THIRD ODI / AUSTRALIA VS INDIA Willey aims to nail down England place ‘Our batsmen can against Windies Bristol, United Kingdom: Champions Trophy. But I’ve got David Willey accepts he could an opportunity now to get back be bowling for his England out there and hope to cement career during the remain- my place with the new ball.” ing matches of the one-day Morgan made what he ex- read Indian spinners international series against pected from Willey crystal clear ’ West Indies. Tournament hosts after a washout in Nottingham England decided they could do preserved England’s 1-0 lead without the Yorkshire left-arm following a seven-wicket win in Tourists have struggled against spin duo Chahal and Kuldeep in the first two ODIs paceman during their run to the Manchester on Tuesday.