Biles Continues with Her Record-Breaking Show
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Red-hot Farag cruises to Qatar Classic Squash title in straight sets PAGE 15 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 Qatar’s Attiyah survives carnage to maintain WORLD GYMNASTICS PAGE 14 lead in action-packed Kuwait Rally ASPIRE DOME Gold or silver: Biles continues with her record-breaking show Belgium’s Nina wins on uneven bars; Ruoteng best on pommel horse; Dalaloyan takes floor RESULTS exercise gold; MEN’S FLOOR EXERCISE Gold: Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 14.9 Greek Petrounia Silver: Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 14.866 Bronze: Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.6 emerges best WOMEN’S VAULT Gold: Simone Biles (USA) 15.366 on still rings Silver: Shallon Olsen (CAN) 14.516 Bronze: Alexa Moreno (MEX) 14.508 4. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 14.3 VINAY NAYUDU MEN’S POMMEL HORSE Nina Derwael of Belgium competes on the uneven bars in the wom- DOHA Gold: Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 15.166 en’s individual apparatus competition at the Aspire Dome on Friday. Silver: Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.166 Nina’s gold winning finish denied Biles a clean-sweep attempt. (AFP) Bronze: Lee Chih Kai (TPE) 14.966 THE sensational Simone Biles WOMEN’S UNEVEN BARS just doesn’t seem to stop. Even Gold: Nina Derwael (BEL) 15.2 as she feels that she hasn’t Silver: Simone Biles (USA) 14.7 been at her best at the Doha Bronze: Elisabeth Seitz (GER) 14.6 MEN’S STILL RINGS Worlds 2018, she continues Gold: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.366 her fabulous show. Silver: Arthur Zanetti (BRA) 15.1 On Friday at a packed Bronze: Marco Lodadio (ITA) 14.9 Aspire Dome, the dazzling gymnast delivered another perfect vault routine in the Simone Biles of the United States competes on the vault on way to winning her over 13th world gold and the third at the 2018 FIG Artistic individual competition to be- Gymnastics Championships on Day Nine at the Aspire Dome on Friday. Biles later had to settle for a silver in the individual uneven bars. (AFP) come the first ever gymnast to win 13 world champion- ship gold medals. The number 13 meant that Biles broke the all-time record set by Belarusian male gym- nast Vitaly Scherbo in 1996. It was also Biles’ third gold medal at the 48th FIG Artistic Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias, who won the men’s still rings event. Gymnastics World Champi- onships Doha 2018, but she was denied a clean sweep by Belgium’s Nina Derwael in the uneven bars competition, which is Biles weakest of all four women’s apparatus. Even then, the silver was enough for Biles to script an- other record that of becoming the first American gymnast to win medals on all pieces of ap- paratus at major competitions. Friday’s two medals also Sheikh Ahmed al Fahad, President, Olympic Council of Asia, during the prize-presentation ceremony at the Russia’s Artur Dalaloyan with his means that she now has 18 Aspire Dome on Friday. men’s floor exercise gold. world championship medals overall, just two shy of the all- Nadia Comaneci of Romania, peat on the uneven bars grew, ahead, she said, “I have one the most nail-biting finish time record of 20, held by Rus- now a US resident, was among but Biles couldn’t match Der- more day of competition to- came in the pommel horse sia’s Svetlana Khorkina. the distinguished audience to wael’s robust and high-risk morrow. But I don’t want to where China’s Xiao Ruoteng Thus far, Biles has three watch the feat. routine of 15.200. Biles man- think much about that now.” took gold despite scoring the golds and one silver after four Performing on the vault in aged 14.700, while Germany’s About silver on the uneven same, 15.1665, as second- events in Doha with Saturday’s a red and white costume, Biles Elisabeth Seitz won bronze bars, she said, “That’s the first placed Max Whitlock from China’s Xiao Ruoteng after being award for his pommel horse win. balance beam and floor finals to achieved a mark of 15.366, with 14.600. time in a while that I’ve felt re- Great Britain. come. Two more medals would well ahead of second-placed Setting her own piece of ally comfortable. Ruoteng won despite hav- Eleftherios Petrounias. Aspire Dome. make her the first woman to Shallon Olsen from Canada, history, Derwael’s gold was “Second bars final, first ing a less difficult routine, by Due to go into hospital Italian Marco Lodadio win six medals at a worlds who finished on 14.516. the first by a Belgian at a world bars medal, so I’m very proud scoring higher with judges on next week for surgery on his took bronze in his first ever since Yelena Shushunova of the Bronze went to Mexico’s championships. of myself, and I’m so thankful the execution marks. left shoulder, the defending world final. Soviet Union in 1987. Alexa Moreno, with 43-year- “I really wanted to redeem to have (coach) Laurent (Lan- There was also a thriller champion narrowly edged out Earlier, all-around gold Given the best of Biles’ old Oksana Chusovitina myself here, and I think I did di) and Cecile (Canqueteau- in the rings event, and pos- long-time rival, Brazil’s Arthur medal winner Artur Dalaloyan record-breaking binge, it was in fourth. that tonight,” said Biles with Landi) by my side.” sibly the bravest perfor- Zanetti by 0.266, to set off de- won again, this time on the fitting that legendary gymnast Soon expectations of a re- her eyes sparkling. Looking In the men’s competition, mance of the day by Greece’s lirious scenes inside Doha's men's floor exercise. (Inputs AFP) Doha Worlds has delivered Qatar’s message of peace: Ali al Hitmi TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and safety of all. A capital des- DOHA tination for sport and is capa- Ali al Hitmi, Executive ble of hosting major interna- Director of the Organising THE 48th FIG Artistic Gym- tional tournaments in the best Committee of the 48th FIG nastics World Championships possible way,” he added. Artistic Gymnastics World Doha 2018, the first-ever to be Al Hitmi also compliment- Championships Doha 2018, staged in the Middle East, has ed his team for the top show. and President, Qatar succeeded in delivering the “The success of the tourna- Gymnastics Federation, with message of peace and Qatar’s ment reflects the efforts made International Gymnastics capabilities to the world, said by the Organising Committee Federation (FIG) President Ali al Hitmi, Executive Direc- to deliver the championships Morinari Watanabe at the tor of the Organising Commit- inkeeping with Qatar’s repu- opening ceremony of the tee of Doha Worlds, and also tation of hosting top sporting Doha Worlds. President, Qatar Gymnastics events,” he said. Federation. On the closing ceremony, “We would like to thank to be held on Saturday after HE Sheikh Joan bin Hamad the competitions are over, Al- al Thani, Chairman of the Qa- Hitmi said, “The closing cer- tar Olympic Committee, and emony will mark the handover Chairman of the Organising of the flag, as well as a number Committee of Doha Worlds, A packed Aspire Dome watches a performance on Day Nine of the of highlights, including a doc- for his full support. 10-day 48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Friday. umentary about the event and “The ten-day long Doha The first-ever worlds of the Middle East concludes Saturday. what has been presented over Worlds will conclude today the course of the days of the with great success, and the flag has exceeded expectations and whether it was the Interna- competition will mark the cul- of the championships as hosts the specified criteria. We hope tional Gymnastics Federation mination of the World Cham- shall be passed on to Ger- that we have set a new bench (FIG) or from officials of the pionships in Doha. many, who will be next hosts mark for Stuttgart to follow participating countries or even “We hope it would be for the 2019 edition to be held and to aim and achieve the the athletes. The international fitting for what has been an in Stuttgart. standard. accolades are proof of our suc- exceptional event, one of “We have succeeded in “We are thankful to all cess in delivering our message pride and unique in many providing an exceptionally for the praise showered on to the world that Qatar is a na- ways at the state-of-the-art well organised event which the championships in Doha, tion which believes in peace Aspire Dome.” 14 Saturday, November 3, 2018 Sports GREAT NADIA AT THE ASPIRE DOME Doha Worlds seems like a miracle to me: FIG President Watanabe TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE International Gymnas- This World Championships tics Federation (FIG) Presi- have emerged as somewhat dent Morinari Watanabe unique given the termed the on-going 48th Ar- competition that we are tistic World Championships seeing. I first came to Qatar Doha 2018 as a ‘miracle’ while speaking to journalists soon in 2006 and the event here after the thrilling women’s All- at the Aspire Dome now in around competition at the As- 2018 seems like a miracle pire Dome on Thursday. to me. “This World Champion- ships have emerged as some- Morinari Watanabe what unique given the compe- tition that we are seeing. I first came to Qatar in 2006 and the and whether he would sup- event here at the Aspire Dome port suggestions of a change, now in 2018 seems like a mira- Watanabe proposed to be a cle to me,” said Watanabe.