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CCRICKETRICKET | Page 4 NNBABA | Page 5 New Zealand Streaking trip Stokes Cavs survive suspicion in James’ fi rst Australia ejection Thursday, November 30, 2017 GOLF Rabia I 12, 1439 AH Woods back for GULF TIMES perhaps last shot at a comeback SPORT Page 6 FOCUS Qatar’s teenage star Fares raising the bar Young weightlifter will be competing against the world’s best weightlifters on Sunday at 2017 World Championships By Sports Reporter even more,” he said. disappointed to win a bronze at the 2016 America next week for his fi rst senior “will still be proud that I have lifted ing requires sacrifi cing many things. I Doha Fares’ pathway to success has been World Junior Championships. “I wasn’t World Championships. these weights at my age”. spend most of my time in training and carefully carved in close partnership that happy. Afterwards, I started to put As many as 600 male and female It is not just immense physical everything I do at home is for the sake with his father, who is also his coach more eff ort into my training and I didn’t competitors from 100 countries will strength that creates a world-class of training,” he said. ares Ibrahim is one of Qa- and his inspiration. take any vacations until the 2017 World compete across 15 weight categories, weightlifter but huge inner mental “Food and weight play a huge role tar’s brightest young sporting “My father always pushes me and Junior Championships.” with Fares moving up to the 94kg cat- strength is of equal, if not greater im- in weightlifting, especially in champi- stars. Still only 19, the teenage gives me confi dence. He often says, Fares changed many things in his egory for the fi rst time in his career. portance. onships because if you compete in the weightlifter earlier this year ‘Fares, you can achieve whatever you programme including how he focused Once again, he will be the youngest “Sometimes an athlete might be 94kg and your weight is 94.1kg, you Fwon the World Junior Championships, want as long as you believe in yourself’. in training, his sleep, and his diet. athlete in the competition and, whilst physically ready to raise the bar but won’t be able to compete.” adding to his 2016 Asian Champion- He understands everything about me The changes and hard work paid off he is aware that he will be up against mentally he cannot. The athlete needs The intensity of his training, however, ship title and seventh placing at the – I don’t have to explain to him when and Fares won an incredible two gold very strong competitors, he is con- support from the coach and the psy- also means he needs to eat a lot. “I might Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I’m tired, he just knows what I need and one silver medal at the same event fi dent with his preparations and his chologist to help him mentally prepare consume a whole lamb in just 10 days! I Fares will be competing against the and we understand each other.” one year later, which “felt amazing be- sights are set high. and get rid of his fears. It contributes burn a lot of calories in my training ses- world’s best senior stars on Sunday The father/coach relationship cause I could see the results of my hard “We have been working very hard 50 percent to the whole preparation,” sions so I need to make them up through when he looks to stamp his mark in works because, “he can play diff erent work”. and I have had a strong, focussed Fares said. a certain diet that includes vegetables, Qatari history books once again at the characters with me. He is my coach at Also in 2016, Fares, then only 18, training programme which has devel- However, when it comes to the ac- protein, carbohydrates, bread, meat, 2017 World Championships in Ana- the gym, my father at home and my was the youngest athlete to participate oped my performance greatly. My am- tual moment of lifting in a competi- chicken and milk, as well as the neces- heim, USA. friend outside the house”. in the Rio 2016 Olympic weightlifting bitions are very high and I am aiming tion, Fares completely empties his sary vitamins and minerals.” For Fares, weightlifting has always Fares’ fi rst major achievement came fi nals, fi nishing an impressive seventh. to win a medal. If I succeed when I am mind. “All I think of on the stage is to But probe him further, and it all been a family aff air. His father and in 2014 when, at just 16, he won the “It was a good chance for me to see still only 19, it will be amazing.” raise the bar no matter how heavy it is. seems worth it. “It feels amazing when brothers were all weightlifters and he Qatar Cup and broke the world youth how the big athletes train, how they He knows that winning a medal I concentrate on maintaining my self- I win fi rst place, wear the medal and tagged along to their training sessions. record in the process, which gave him focus and how they avoid stress. It was will require him to break his personal confi dence and convince myself that I make my country proud.” However, he didn’t take it seriously an early taste of international suc- a great experience and I was so happy bests and his goals are to lift 170kg in will succeed.” The focus will shift to the Tokyo 2020 until he won gold in the fi rst competi- cess and motivated him “to break that I was representing Qatar at the the snatch and 220kg in the clean and Like most professional sports, a Olympics after the World Champion- tion he ever competed in. new records and to work hard to win a Olympics,” he said. jerk. However, if achieving these goals weightlifter needs to completely dedi- ships. Between now and then, his goal is “It felt amazing and I was so excited medal in the Olympics”. Rio experience is sure to prove in- doesn’t win him a medal, he will be cate their lives to their sport. simple: “to win the gold medal in every to continue and work harder to achieve Having tasted victory before, he was valuable as Fares takes to the stage in content with his achievements and “To reach a high level in weightlift- competition that I compete in”. WTCC RACE OF QATAR Pressure on leader Bjork to win title: Michelisz By Sports Reporter riences give me strength for the last race,” added very well. They are very strong drivers and it will hope to leave the people with the best message, Doha the Hungarian. be interesting,” he added. a podium fi nish.” Despite the fact he stands in his way of win- Last year’s visit to Qatar was memorable one ning the WTCC crown, Michelisz is full of ad- for Bennani in more ways than one after he orbert Michelisz believes the pressure miration of Bjork. “He is a really strong driver I WILL DO MY BEST FOR ARABIC FANS: BEN- scored his fi rst Pole Position Award and Main is on Thed Bjork to win the FIA World with a really strong overall package. I really rate NANI Race victory. Touring Car Championship at the Lo- him as one of the best touring car drivers in the Meanwhile, Mehdi Bennani says he will do all he The entrance to the Paddock and Grandstand sail International Circuit in Qatar to- world,” the Honda driver said can to give local fans a reason to cheer. As the fi rst is free for the spectators both today and tomor- Nmorrow. Tiago Monteiro has backed his teammate Arabic driver to win an FIA world championship row. Factory Volvo Polestar racer Bjork is 6.5 points Michelisz to land the title. Monteiro will be motor race in 2014, Bennani lists WTCC Race ahead of his Honda driver Michelisz, with two making his fi rst visit to the WTCC paddock of Qatar as his second home event following the TRACK ESSENTIALS night races at the Losail International Circuit since mid-July after a high-speed testing crash season-opening WTCC Race of Morocco. Name: Losail International Circuit left to run. in September wrecked his title bid and left him With two races left and 60 points up for grabs, Length: 5.380 kilometres While Bjork said last week that he was ‘re- nursing serious injuries. Bennani can still win the overall title although Opening Race distance: 10 laps (53.800km) laxed’ ahead of the trip to Qatar, Michelisz reck- With his recovering ongoing, Monteiro will he’ll fi rst have to overcome a defi cit of 39.5 Main Race distance: 12 laps (64.560km) ons playing catch-up with the leader puts him in be supporting Michelisz from the sidelines at points to title leader Bjork. Lap record (qualifying): Mehdi Bennani (Cit- a better position than the Swede. the Losail International Circuit and believes the However, it’s much closer in the battle to win roën C-Elysée), 2m00.456s (160.7kph), 25/11/16 “I don’t want to be too aggressive on Thed but Hungarian has what it takes to cancel out Björk’s the WTCC Trophy for independent racers: Ben- Lap record (race): José María López (Citroën from my point of view it’s him having the pres- points advantage and win the Championship.

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