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Dogged Arabi beat Wakrah in Qatar Cup 2019 final PAGE 19 THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 SHEIKH JOAAN MEETS US CHARGE D’AFFAIRES AND BOSNIA & HERZERGOVINA AMBASSADOR Qatar Olympic Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani with HE William Grant, US Charge d’Affaires to Qatar and HE Bisera Turkovic, Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzergovina in Qatar, in Doha on Wednesday. During the meeting, Sheikh Joaan praised the bilateral relations between Qatar and the US, Qatar and Bosnia. They also reviewed the ways to develop the ongoing sports cooperation between them. (QNA) Nina returns to Aspire Dome with sterling display Qatar’s Raslen Saoud makes impressive World Cup debut; Filipino Carlos Yulo tops Men’s Floor Exercise VINAY NAYUDU Results DOHA Men Floor Exercise STILL a teen but already a star 1. Carlos Edriel Yulo (PHI) D-Score 6.2; Points: and rising higher, Belgium’s 14.600; 2. Ruoteng Xiao (CHN); 6.2; 14.533; Nina Derwael returned to the 3. Jonathan Vrolix (BEL) 5.9; 14.500; Aspire Dome once again only 5. Ahmet Onder (TUR); 5.9; 14.233; to steal the opening day’s qual- 6. Rayderley Zapata (ESP) 6.1; 14.200; ifying rounds show of the 12th 7. Christopher Remkes (AUS); 6.3; 14.133; 8. Emil Soravuo (FIN) 5.5; 14.100; FIG ART Individual Appara- 9. Marian Dragulescu (ROU); 6.2; 14.066; tus World Cup on Wednesday. 10. Jorge Vega Lopez (GUA) 5.9; 14.033. The 2018 World cham- pion and two-time European Pommel Horse 1. Chih Kai Lee (TPE) 6.2; 15.166; champion on the uneven bars 2. Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM) 6.3; 14.966; was once again effortless and 3. Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 6.2; 14.916; flawless in Doha topping the 4. Kaito Imabayashi (JPN) 6.3; 14.900; 5. Saeedreza Keikha (IRI) 6.1; 14.683; qualification scores. 6. Jingyuan Zou (CHN) 6.0; 14.558; The petite 18-year-old 7. Filip Ude (CRO) 5.9; 14.533; logged 15.033 points to beat 8. Stephen Nedoroscik (USA) 6.1; 14.483; China’s Fan Yilin (14.900). 9. Robert Seligman (CRO) 5.8; 14.466; Russia’s Iliankova Anastasiia 10. Cyril Tommasone (FRA) 6.2; 14.466. ended up third with 14.633 Still Rings points. 1. Xingyu Lan (CHN) 6.4; 15.166; Among the men’s serving 2. Vahagn Davtyan (ARM) 6.1; 14.908; 3. Artur Tovmasyan (ARM) 6.1; 14.866; notice was Carlos Yulo. The 4. Marco Lodadio (ITA) 6.3; 14.800; 19-year-old Filipino, who had 5. Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 6.4; 14.800; made both the floor and all- 6. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 6.1; 14.733; round finals at the 2018 World 7. Ali Zahran (EGY) 6.2; 14.600; 8. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) ...........6.2; 14.533; Championships at the same 9. Trevor Howard (USA) 6.1; 14.516; venue last October, topped 10. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 6.0; 14.366. the floor exercise qualification ahead of China’s Xiao Ruoteng. Women Vault 1. Maria Paseka (RUS) 14.850; Also known as ‘Caloy’, Yulo 2. Jade Carey (USA) 14.833; accumulated 14.600 points 3. Coline Devillard (FRA) 14.633; to finish ahead of Ruoteng Belgium’s Nina Derwael during the women’s uneven bars qualification at the 12th FIG ART Individual Apparatus World Cup at the Aspire Dome in Doha on Wednesday. 4. Alexa Moreno (MEX) 14.449; 5. Marcia Vidiaux (CUB) 14.449; (14.533 points). Belgium’s 6. Marina Nekrasova (AZE) 14.216; Vrolix Jonathan was third “My score is better than 7. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 14.183; with 14.500 points. Turkish the previous World Cup. I am 8. Emily Thomas (GBR) 13.800; star Ahmet Onder also quali- happy that I have showed im- 9. Gabriela Janik (POL) 13.733; fied for the floor final with a provement,” said Al Dayani. 10. PaulaMejias (PUR) 13.700. score of 14.233 points. “My next task is this year’s Uneven Bars Qatar gymnast Ahmed World Championships in 1. Nina Derwael (BEL) 6.5; 15.033; Mosa, who also did well in the Stuttgart and I will start pre- 2. Yilin Fan (CHN) 6.3; 14.900; 3. Anastasiia Iliankova (RUS) 6.3; 14.633; event, claimed a respectable paring for that event after the 4. Diana Varinska (UKR) 5.7; 13.966; tally of 11.133. World Cup,” he added. 5. Kim Bui (GER) 6.0; 13.900; Taepei’s Lee Chih Kai 6. Jonna Adlerteg (SWE) 6.0; 13.366; Raslen raises home (15.166) won the qualification 7. Martina Rizzelli (ITA) 5.4; 13.233; 8. Yumika Nakamura (JPN) 5.1; 13.100; hopes for pommel horse followed by 9. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER) 5.4; 12.833; Among the three Qa- Armenia’s Merdinyan Haru- 10. Emily Thomas (GBR) 4.9; 12.700. tar gymnasts participating, tyun (14.966) and Japan’s 17-year-old Raslen Saoud Kameyama Kohei (14.916). made an impressive World will continue on Thursday Cup debut on the pommel Paseka tops in wom- with men vying for finals of horse with a determined and en’s vault vault, parallel bars and hori- promising performance. Russia’s Maria Paseka zontal bars. The female gym- Somewhat overawed by Qatar’s Ahmed Mosa during the floor exercise. looked set for a women’s vault Qatar’s 17-year-old World Cup debutant Raslen Saoud performs on nasts will compete in quali- the occasion and home fans, gold after she top the points the pommel horse at the Aspire Dome on Wednesday. fication of balance beam and Raslen returned with 11.666 nervous, he was happy with great deal of confidence in the table in qualification with floor finals. points finishing ahead of his his effort. “I have gained a lot future as I am looking forward 14.850 points. She was fol- Uzbekistan who is targeting Lan Xingyu topped qualifica- A total of 128 male and senior and seasoned team- of valuable experience and to continue performing for lowed by USA’s Jade Carey her record eighth appearance tion with 15.166 followed by 60 female gymnasts from 57 mate Ahmed al Dayani, who I am happy with my perfor- Qatar,” he added. (14.833) and Frenchwoman at the Olympic Games, also Armenian duo of Davtyan Va- countries are taking part in the secured 11.600 points. mance ,” he said soon after his Meanwhile, Al Dayani said Coline Devillard (14.633). qualified for the final after hagn (14.908) and Tovmasyan annual contest, which is also Shy and soft-spoken, Ra- event at the Aspire Dome. his performance has improved World’s oldest Olympian scoring 14.183 points. Artur (14.866). a qualification meet for next slen said the though he was “This event will give me a in this year’s edition. Oksana Chusovitina, 43, from In men’s rings, China’s The qualification rounds year’s Tokyo Olympics. Sports Thursday, March 21, 2019 17 Mesaimeer Cup for Opera Baron; Rider Thomas clinches four races IAAF World Championships Doha launches volunteer programme Over 3,000 volunteers to assist in organising the region’s biggest-ever Opera Baron came up with a strong finish to win the Mesaimeer Cup, the feature event at the 36th Race Meeting at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Racecourse’s dirt track sporting event on Wednesday. The six-year-old bay gelding of Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari, under the tutelage of Jassim Ghazali, clinched the 1,800m race by a slightly less than three lengths, with JP Guillambert astride. Topsy Turvy, ridden by Eduardo Pedroza, was second, slightly less than three lengths, while Shabbab was placed third. This was the second victory for the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK can play a part in delivering HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani Trophy winner in the season and 12th overall in 32 races. Rider Ronan Thomas, who earlier won four races in the day, guided Roman DOHA an unforgettable experience to Legend to fifth place. Thomas clinched wins riding Diese, Almigam, Badda and Sealine. the country, the region and the VOLUNTEERS based in Qatar world. and from all over the world “This is a great opportunity can now be part of an unprec- for growth and development for edented global sporting expe- volunteers and one that will live rience as registration opens with them for the rest of their for the volunteer programme lives thanks to the skills and Masters champ Reed set at the IAAF World Athletics experiences they will gain and Championships Doha 2019. then implement in their profes- Taking place for the first sional and personal lives,” he time in the Middle East, the added. IAAF World Athletics Cham- Dahlan al Hamad, Vice- to defend first Major title pionships Doha 2019 will be Chairman and Director Gen- the biggest sporting event the eral of the Local Organising region has ever hosted. The Committee and Vice-President championships will bring to- of the IAAF, said the recruit- The American insists he is in better mental frame than he was last year at this point gether more than 2,000 ath- ment of volunteers for the letes from 213 world countries, World Championships Doha AFP think it’s going to be a lot of along with 10,000 internation- 2019 aligns with the core mes- WASHINGTON fun. To experience what it’s al guests, spectators and media sage of the championship and going to be like on the first representatives from around the motive behind Qatar’s bid PATRICK Reed says he’s men- tee as defending champion, I the world, making the efforts to stage it.