TENNIS | Page 7 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 10 Nishikori Winning start downs for Mourinho, To Advertise here Nadal for Liverpool edge Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Rio bronze Arsenal Monday, August 15, 2016 Dhul-Qa’da 12, 1437 AH OLYMPICS Manuel anchors medley team to 1,000th US gold Page 2 FOCUS Team Qatar impress Over and out in jumping Qatar’s Bassem Mohamed rides Dejavu during the for Phelps first qualifying round in the Jumping event at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. Team Qatar, including Sheikh Ali bin Khalid with gold al-Thani, Ali Yousef al-Rumaihi, Mohamed and Hamad al-Attiyah qualified for the Round 1 of team competition and the second indi- number 23 vidual qualifying round yesterday. All ‘No matter what country you swim for you’re indebted to four return to action Michael Phelps. He’s opened a lot of doors for all of us’ tomorrow. (Reuters) STAR OF THE DAY Mo Farah of Great Britain Today’s Star of the Day is Britain’s Mo Farah, who shrugged off an early fall to cement his place in the pantheon of distance greats by retaining his Olympic 10,000m title with a blis- tering final lap. Farah ran a superb tactical race before obliterating the opposition in the final stretch to became the first British runner to win three Olympic titles. He is now the favourite to add a fourth in the 5,000m next week. The second half of the race was a masterclass in dis- tance running by Farah, who was accidentally tripped with 16 laps to go by American training partner Galen Rupp but picked himself up and surged through the field to claim victory in 27 minutes 5.17 seconds. “This medal means so much to me,” said Farah, who dedicated the victory to his oldest daughter Rhianna. “It’s nice to be able to be recognised as one of the best guys in the world.” USA’s gold medallist team (from left) Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Ryan Murphy and Cody Miller pose during the podium ceremony of the men’s 4x100m Medley Relay final on Saturday. (Reuters) AFP medals overall. for you’re indebted to Michael Phelps,” Rio de Janeiro “Last warm-up, last time putting said Murphy after winning his third on a suit, last time walking out in front Rio gold. “He’s opened a lot of doors of people, representing my country — for all of us. It was awesome to be in ichael Phelps brought the it’s insane, a lot better than it was four that race with him.” curtain down on one of years ago,” added the 31-year-old, who Nathan Adrian brought the Ameri- sport’s most storied ca- retired after the 2012 London Games cans home to preserve their unbeaten reers with a dynamite relay before returning for one last hurrah. Olympic record in the event and give Mswim to give himself 23 Olympic gold “This is how I wanted to fi nish my them a 16th swimming gold from 32 medals and declared it a perfect fi nale. career. I’ve lived a dream come true. events for the week, matching their The American, far and away the Being able to cap it off with these haul in London four years ago. most decorated athlete in Olympic his- Games is just the perfect way to fi nish.” An Olympic record time of 3:27.95 tory, fi nished with fi ve golds and a sil- The hullabaloo over the Phelps’s was lost in the emotion after the race ver in Rio after signing off in dramatic farewell overshadowed the achieve- as Phelps tearfully saluted the crowd style, coming to the rescue in Satur- ment of the women’s 4x100m medley while his beauty queen fi ancee Nicole day’s 4x100m medley fi nal. relayers as they captured their coun- Johnson looked on sobbing as she cra- Turning back the clock in his fi fth try’s 1,000 Olympic medal, according dled baby son Boomer. and fi nal Games, Phelps produced a to the US Olympic committee, dating Britain took silver, thanks largely blistering third leg of butterfl y to re- back to 1896 when James Connolly to Peaty’s breaststroke leg that was store his team’s lead and tee up victory won triple jump gold. quicker than the world record he set to after Britain’s Adam Peaty had threat- Even that statistic seemed to pale win individual gold, but won’t count as ened to gatecrash his party. against the irrepressible Phelps — and it came in the middle of a relay. “Getting off the bus and walking likewise Ryan Murphy’s leadoff back- Australia claimed bronze, but the to the pool tonight, I pretty much felt stroke leg, which set a new 100m world memory of sharing the pool with myself starting to crack,” confessed record of 51.85. Phelps in his fi nal race could last longer Phelps, who bows out with 28 Olympic “No matter what country you swim than the glow of their relay gongs. Medals tally Country G S B T Country G S B T Country G S B T 1. United States 26 19 20 65 11. Hungary 5 3 3 11 21. Iran 2 0 0 2 2. Great Britain 13 15 7 35 12. Netherlands 4 2 3 9 22. Sweden 1 4 1 6 3. China 13 12 17 42 13. Spain 3 0 2 5 23. Brazil 1 2 3 6 4. Germany 8 5 3 16 14. New Zealand 2 6 0 8 23. Denmark 1 2 3 6 5. Russia 7 11 9 27 15. Canada 2 2 8 12 25. North Korea 1 2 2 5 6. Italy 7 7 5 19 16. Kazakhstan 2 2 3 7 26. Belarus 1 2 1 4 7. Japan 7 3 14 24 17. Switzerland 2 1 2 5 27. Colombia 1 2 0 3 8. France 6 8 7 21 18. Belgium 2 1 1 4 27. Kenya 1 2 0 3 9. Australia 6 7 9 22 18. Thailand 2 1 1 4 29. Poland 1 1 2 4 10. South Korea 6 3 4 13 20. Croatia 2 1 0 3 29. Romania 1 1 2 4 Gulf Times 2 Monday, August 15, 2016 SPOTLIGHT INSPIRATION Maya DiRado says ‘kick-ass’ role models Manuel anchors spark US women medley team to 1,000th US gold ‘It’s really special and the fact that I could do it with the relay is amazing. Just sharing File picture of USA’s Madeline ‘Maya’ Dirado poses with her gold that with three other women is icing on the cake... all of them were pretty special’ medal on the podium of the Women’s 200m Backstroke Final. Reuters teammates dominated the team Rio de Janeiro competition earlier in the week. Ledecky on Friday smashed her own world record in the 800 rom swimming to gym- metres freestyle to complete a nastics, some of the big- rare Olympic swimming treble, gest victories for Team while DiRado herself won two USA in Rio have come gold medals, one silver and one Ffrom its women athletes, and bronze in Rio. swimmer Maya DiRado says hav- The women’s soccer team ing strong role models has been a was less successful, suffering key to their success. a surprise early exit, but tri- U.S. athletes like gymnast Si- umphed in the World Cup last mone Biles and swimmer Katie year and won gold at the previ- Ledecky have basked in the spot- ous three Olympics. light at the Rio Olympics, and DiRado said that a lot still DiRado thinks they in turn will needed to be improved in wom- become examples for the next en’s athletics but that girls grow- generation. ing up watching Olympics like “We just have a lot of strong the Rio Games would have con- women role models. Start in the fi dence that they could be just as White House, you have Michelle good as men. Obama who’s kick-ass in so “Little girls are going to grow many areas of her life,” DiRado up watching Katie Ledecky just told reporters on Saturday, a day destroy by crazy margins, and after she won gold in the wom- they’re going to watch Simone en’s 200 metres backstroke. do things nobody’s ever done be- “I think women’s sports have fore,” DiRado said. been growing at such a huge DiRado also gave a shout-out rate for the past 30 years that to her swimming team mate Lily it’s been such an accepted part King. King made the news not of the culture.” only for winning gold in Rio but “I’m probably too young to for publicly criticising her Rus- know when it was diff erent but sian rival Yulia Efi mova, who I’ve always been encouraged and has served two previous doping- never thought that I couldn’t related suspensions. “Having an compete,” she said. opinion, and saying it and back- Biles dazzled the gymnastics ing it up, and just being so gutsy, world when she took gold in the I think that’s great and I think all around on Thursday, her sec- that’s why women’s sports are ond after she and her “Final Five” doing so well in this country.” PRAISE US gold medallist team Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel, listen to the national anthem during the podium ceremony.