FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 NNBABA | Page 5 Klopp unsure LeBron sparks how to deal Lakers with with 2 games third straight in 24 hours triple double Thursday, November 7, 2019 FOCUS Rabia I 10, 1441 AH Victorious Boks GULF TIMES arrive to rousing welcome in SA SPORT Page 4 SHOOTING Joy for Qatar as al-Rumaihi qualifi es for 2020 Olympics Al-Rumaihi entered the final in sixth place after five rounds of qualifying SPOTLIGHT Qatar’s Mohamed al-Rumaihi with Qatar Shooting and Archery Association President Ali Pakistan’s Mohamed al-Kuwari. Bashir Qatar’s Mohamed clinches al-Rumaihi is hoisted by his teammates after nailing his Olympics spot. Tokyo spot At left is coach Robert Mlodzianowski. By Anil John Doha atar’s close-knit shooting com- munity erupted in celebration yesterday after Mohamed al- Rumaihi booked a quota spot at Qthe Olympics, the fi rst shooter from the country to do so for next year’s quadren- nial Games in Tokyo. The 30-year-old made the cut despite fi nishing fi fth in the Men’s Trap fi nal in the ongoing 14th Asian Shooting Champion- Agencies with a score of 574. A poor fi nal ships at the Lusail Shooting Complex. Doha series put paid to his hopes of “Congratulations to Mohamed al-Ru- bagging one of the four available maihi, the fi rst Qatari shooter to qualify Tokyo 2020 quotas in the event. for next year’s Olympics,” Qatar Olympic ndia’s loss proved to be Pa- India’s shooters, however won Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin kistan’s gain as Ghulam eight medals but missed out on Hamad al-Thani tweeted. Mustafa Bashir joined three possible Olympic spots. Kuwaiti shooters made a clean sweep of teammate Mohamed Khalil India’s tally now stands at four the podium with gold medallist Talal al- IAkhtar on the fl ight to Tokyo by gold, three silver and six bronze Rashidi winning the second quota place clinching a quota spot in the 25m medals. for his country, but since his country had Rapid Fire Pistol competition in Kynan Chenai was second exhausted its two quotas for the event – Doha. in the men’s Trap qualifi cation Abdulrahman al-Faihan had won one last The duo were denied visas by with a solid 122, but in the six- year – al-Rumaihi was a benefi ciary. India to participate in the ISSF man fi nal, he fi nished sixth with The Qatari Trap trio of al-Rumaihi, World Cup in New Delhi in the 13 successful hits out of his fi rst Rashid al-Athba and Saeed Abu Sharib aftermath of an attack on secu- 25-shots. Kuwait, Chinese Taipei also bagged the team bronze, behind win- rity forces in Indian administered and Qatar bagged the three quota ners Kuwait and runners-up India, thus Kashmir’s Pulwama district in places. providing the icing on the cake on the February. The Delhi event was The Indian men’s Trap team country’s celebrations. also an Olympic qualifi er. of Kynan, Manavjit Singh Sand- The team competition runs concur- While Khalil went on to earn hu and Prithviraj won the silver rently with the individual event with the his spot by fi nishing 6th at the medal with a total score of 357, combined scores of the participants from Mohamed al-Rumaihi, Rashid al-Athba, Saeed Abu Sharib and coach Robert Mlodzianowski celebrate with their team bronze Rio de Janeiro World Cup in six short of Kuwait who won the each participating nation determining the medals at the Lusail Shooting Complex yesterday. PICTURE: Nasar T K August-September, Bashir pro- gold. positions. duced some impressive shooting India picked up two gold, two Al-Rumaihi entered the fi nal in sixth Mlodzianowski said shooters in Qatar in Doha yesterday, where he fi n- silver and two bronze medals ad- place after fi ve rounds of qualifying, each are used to strong desert winds, but the RESULTS CHECK ished fi fth to qualify. ditionally in the junior men’s and round consisting of 25 shots at clay discs light was a problem. The International Olympic women’s 50m Rifl e Prone com- released from computer controlled ma- “It was the fading light that posed a Men: 50m Rifle Prone: 1. Yu Hao 617.6 Committee (IOC) had slammed petitions.The junior men’s team chines designed to deliver 10 left, 10 right problem. It makes concentration diffi cult,” 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: 1. Lin Junmin (Chn); 2. Niraj Kumar (Ind) 616.3; 3. India for not issuing visas, say- comprising Niraj Kumar, Abid and 5 straight-away targets to each com- he added. (Chn) 35 (585); 2. Li Yuehong (Chn) 32 Abid Ali Khan 614.4 (Ind) ing the decision had violated the Ali Khan and Harshrajsinhji Gohil petitor. It calls for immense concentration That probably was the case in the fi nal (588); 3. Yao Zhaonan (Chn) 27 (578) Team: 1. India 1845.0 (ARJ); 2. China Olympic Charter. As a result, logged a total of 1,845 to win the where one’s natural physical and mental where al-Rumaihi could only hit 18 targets Team: 1. China 1751; 2. Korea 1736; 3. 1844.4; 3. Korea 1818. the ISSF had decided to scrap the gold ahead of China and Korea. instincts have to be in synchronisation out of 30. In fact he could only hit one out India 1716. two Olympic quotas in the event Niraj, with his eff ort of 616.3, also with the technique and methodology de- of his fi rst set of fi ve targets which in the Trap: 1. Talal al-Rashidi (Kuw) 42; 2. Women: in which the Pakistanis were to won an individual silver and Abid livered by modern coaching. fi nal analysis killed off his chances of fi n- Khaled al-Mudhaf (Kuw) 38; 3. Naser Trap: 1. Ray Basssil (Lbn) 36; 2. participate – the 25m Rapid Fire an individual bronze with a score “I am very happy that I could qualify for ishing on the podium. Meqlad (Kuw) 29; 4. Kun-Pi Yang Sarsenkul Rysbekova (Kaz) 36; 3. Pistol event. of 614.4. The junior women’s the Olympics. It is a dream come true for Not that anyone was too bothered by it. (Tpe) 26; 5. Mohamed al-Rumaihi Yukie Nakayama (Jpn) 28 Yesterday, as Bashir shot his prone team comprising Nishchal, me,” al-Rumaihi said after the competi- “Our aim was to secure as many quota (Qat) 18; 6. Kynan Chenai 13 (Ind) Team: 1. Kazakhstan 341; 2. China way to Tokyo, the whole visa Bhakti Khamkar and Kinnori Ko- tion, which fi nished as dusk set in. places as possible for the Olympics. With Team: 1. Kuwait 363; 2. India 357; 3. 338; 3. Chinese Taipei 335; 4. India episode returned to haunt India. nar also won the team gold with a “It was a tough contest. The Kuwaiti Mohamed’s success we have got one now Qatar 354. 329. If the Indian government had is- combined score of 1,836.3. Here shooters were every strong, the others too. and we are very happy with that,” said Ali sued visas to the Pakistani duo, too, China and Korea won silver I am proud of my eff ort,” he added. Mohamed al-Kuwari, the President of the Junior men: Junior women: the quotas would not have been and bronze respectively. Al-Rumaihi’s Polish coach Robert Qatar Shooting and Archery Association. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: 1. Zhu Haojie 50m rifle prone: 1. Ma Yuting (Chn) scrapped and Anish Bhanwala, Nishchal and Bhakti too won Mlodzianowski was thrilled with al-Ru- He said with skeet shooter and London (Chn) 33; 2. Cao Jiahao (Chn) 26; 3. 618.1; 2. Nischal (Ind) 615.3; 3. Bhakti who won the gold in Delhi, would an individual silver and bronze by maihi’s success. Olympics bronze-medallist Nasser al- Shin Hyeonjin (Kor) 22 Bhaskar Khamkar (Ind) 614.2 have bagged an automatic Olym- notching up scores of 615.3 and “It was a great eff ort from Mohamed to Attiyah and a few others also in the fray, Team: 1. China 1723; 2. Korea 1676; 3. Team: 1. India 1836.3; 2. China 1829.1; pic spot. 614.2 respectively. come to the fi nal after fi ve tough rounds Qatar was hopeful of winning more spots. India 1676. 3. Korea 1820.7. Bhanwala had another chance Yuting Ma and Hao Yu of China and then compete in the fi nal in diffi cult “We are hopeful. Especially, we have in Doha but he could only fi nish won the individual golds in both conditions,” said Mlodzianowski. high hopes from Nasser,” he added. 11th in qualifi cation yesterday the junior prone competitions. Gulf Times 2 Thursday, November 7, 2019 FOOTBALL UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOTLIGHT Liverpool’s Klopp unsure how he Chelsea, Ajax draw will approach two games in 24 hours Reuters Football League (EFL) over the Liverpool, England situation, Klopp said: “Kind of. European thriller You want to be really in trou- ble with FIFA? I’m not sure. You iverpool manager Juergen want to be really in trouble with Klopp said it was too soon the EFL, probably not. We re- to decide exactly how his spect the competitions.” team will play two games The German said his main is- Lin 24 hours in England and Qa- sue with the League Cup was tar but it was time to address the playing two-legged semi-fi nals as Liverpool win regular fi xture pile-ups facing at a busy time in the campaign.