22 Saturday, August 29, 2015 SPORTS SPORTS Saturday, August 29, 2015 23 Enters Winston-Salem semis Rain washes out DAY 7 ANDERSON SHINES play in Colombo Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-2. American Steve Johnson reached the final four without lifting a racquet as Lu Yen- Hsun of Taiwan withdrew from their quarter-final with a back injury sustained in a three-set win over South Korea’s Chung MEDALS TALLY Hyeon. “It happened at the end Rank COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL of the match yesterday,” LIU Lu said. “There is some 1 KENYA 6 3 2 11 inflammation in a disk, which causes the muscles to tighten 2 UNITED STATES 4 4 6 14 up. It’s difficult for me to extend my body, especially Sri Lankan cricketer Dhammika Prasad (2right) celebrates with 3 JAMAICA 4 2 3 9 backwards.” Johnson, bidding teammates to reach his first career final Colombo opening Test in Galle by 63 WINS 4 G BRITAIN & N.I. 3 1 0 4 on the ATP Tour, will face ri Lanka gave India a scare runs and India drew level with French qualifier Pierre- before bad weather washed a 278-run win in the second 5 POLAND 2 1 3 6 Hugues Herbert, who needed outS a major part of the opening match at the P. Sara Oval in one hour and 57 minutes to day’s play in the series-deciding Colombo on Monday. overcome Spaniard Pablo third and final Test in Colombo The hard-working champion, timed 10.23sec in the Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov Kevin Anderson celebrates Carreno-Busta 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), yesterday. groundstaff, who had covered opening 100m before leaping a best both missed out on advancing to Winston-Salem improved to 6-0 in quarter- Coric coughed up five double 6-2. Carreno-Busta, who had Just 15 overs were bowled in the entire field, tried to dry the 20KM of 7.88m in the long jump, both the final of the high jump, to be econd-seeded South African final matches in 2015, firing faults and won just three of 11 11 aces and just one double the 75 minutes of play possible surface but their efforts were leading performances. held on the ninth and last day of Kevin Anderson powered 10 aces and never facing a possible points on his second fault, served for the match before lunch, during which hampered by overcast skies. Eaton, whose Canadian wife competition on Sunday. intoS the semi-finals of the US break point in the 82-minute serve. at 5-4 in the second set, but Sri Lanka grabbed two early Bad weather has been Brianne Theisen Eaton claimed Protsenko managed 2.29m and Open tune-up tournament at triumph. In Friday’s semi-finals Herbert hung on to force the wickets after sending India forecast for the duration silver behind Jessica Ennis-Hill Ukhov only 2.26 as 14 jumpers Liu Hong celebrates Winston-Salem on Thursday He took full advantage of Anderson will play unseeded third set, breaking the Spaniard in to bat on a greenish pitch of the match, but India’a in the women’s heptathlon, then qualified. Among those successful with 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) win over the 18-year-old Croatian’s Tunisian Malek Jaziri, who twice in the final frame to seal under overcast conditions. batting coach Sanjay Bangar managed a best of 14.53m in the shot in hot conditions was Qatar’s Mutaz Borna Coric. Anderson errors in the opening set, when upset sixth-seeded Brazilian the win. The tourists slipped to predicted a “hard-fought” BeijingWALKlead in Beijing’s scorching morning quick but nobody followed us, so we put to leave him on 2,830 points. Essa Barshim, the Doha-born 14-2 in the fourth over before Test on what he said was a iu Hong won the women’s 20 heat, with Liu coming home for just carried on. It’s a dream to win Canadian Damian Warner sat in 24-year-old who won bronze at the moving to 50 without further sporting wicket. Lkilometres walk yesterday to gold in one hour 27.45 minutes the gold.” second with 2,747 with Germany’s London Olympics before going on loss, but heavy rain that lashed India lost second Test hand China its first gold medal of with Lu right behind her. Ukraine’s After the US medal tally was Rico Freimuth third (2,730). to claim silver at the Moscow worlds Cooperation with Bradford University hailed the Sinhalese sports club century-maker Lokesh Rahul the Beijing world championships, as Lyudmyla Olyanovska took bronze, boosted on Thursday by golds from a year later and the world indoor prevented any further play in off the second ball of the game, defending champion Ashton Eaton 28 seconds behind. triple jumper Christian Taylor and ‘King of high jump’ gold in Sopot last season. DT News Network to boost cooperation with the day. bowled by Dhammika Prasad took control of the decathlon. “There was a lot of pressure but I 400m runner Allyson Felix, it was With Ukraine’s reigning world Manama Bradford University, and noted Cheteshwar Pujara was with a sharp in-swinger that The morning after Usain Bolt’s was confident in this mission,” said another of their star athletes who The evening session sees the high jump champion Bohdan ahrain Olympic that the BOC is keen to support unbeaten on 19 and skipper the batsman wanted to leave. emphatic 200m win at the Bird’s Liu, who added that she had struck took to the Bird’s Nest on Friday decathletes compete in the high Bondarenko, Canadian Derek Committee (BOC) general the NSMC to become a favorite Virat Kohli was on 14, the pair Ajinkya Rahane, who Nest stadium, Liu gave home fans a pact with Lu, her junior by seven in the shape of multi-discipline jump and 400m, with the 110m Drouin, American Erik Kynard and secretaryB Abdulrahman Askar destination for all athletes in having put on 36 for the third also scored a hundred in the something to cheer when she headed years, not to race each other in the specialist Eaton. hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin Chinese hope Zhang Guowei also has received at his office in Bahrain. wicket to stymie the Sri Lankan previous match, made eight a Chinese one-two in the walk with final kilometres. The world record-holder and and 800m all scheduled for Saturday. qualifying for the final, Barshim has Seef three students from the He added BOC is seeking to attack. when he was given out leg- “little sister” Lu Xiuzhi. The pair “When we hit the front at the start defending champion, also reigning Elsewhere in the field, Ukraine’s plenty of competition. University of Bradford in the upgrade the medical services The series is locked at before off seamer Nuwan broke early and built up a massive I didn’t think we were going that Olympic and two-time world indoor Andriy Protsenko and Russian United Kingdom, who are in provided by the centre by 1-1 after Sri Lanka won the Pradeep in the fourth over. Bahrain to attend a training bringing the best talent and course at the committee’s the latest medical therapeutic National Sports Medicine equipment in order to promote Lorenzo tops British Centre (NSMC). its services and live up to its Schippers shatters Amir Khan, Idris Ali and expectations. Mohammed Jaleel arrived in Askar (third from right) before his meeting with University of The students expressed MotoGP times Bahrain earlier in the week for Bradford students thanks and appreciation to the this three-week course, which The trio of Briton had emphasised the importance BOC for the warm reception European record is a complementary to their beneficial discussions with of this first-of-its-kind visit and hospitality, and showed Beijing Two-time Olympic graduation requirements in Askar, in the presence of by a group of young students satisfaction for the progress utch sprinter Dafne champion Veronica their last academic year and physiotherapy specialists to Bahrain and to the centre, of the training course and DSchippers smashed a Campbell-Brown, who reflects the good reputation Rami Al Murbati and Dennis featuring medical staff of expressed their admiration European record which has stood previously won the world of the centre at regional and Dodin from the NSMC. Askar high standards. He expressed of the featured content and since the 1970s as she won world title in Daegu in 2011, claimed international level. welcomed the visitors and pleasure for the initiative medical equipment. 200m gold with an electrifying bronze in 21.97sec at Beijing’s run yesterday. Bird’s Nest stadium. The 100m silver-medallist With Thompson on her inside, Russia’s Sergey Shubenkov (right) crosses the finish line ran 21.63sec, the fourth fastest Schippers was chasing shadows ‘Money’ Mayweather jabs back at Rousey time in history, as she lunged coming off the bend in lane at the line to beat Jamaica’s six and realising the Jamaican champ laughed off the mixed judoka who is the biggest Elaine Thompson, who clocked a was marginally ahead of her, martial arts star’s dig at his global star on the UFC circuit Shubenkov retains hurdles world title personal best of 21.66sec. the Dutch athlete plugged away earning power. after a series of explosive Jorge Lorenzo Beijing “I can’t describe what I’m feeling now,” It was a remarkable win for down the final straight. “Big bank take little bank,” victories, had taunted Silverstone being locked on 211 points, ussian Sergey Shubenkov stormed to the said Shubenkov after winning Russia’s first Schippers, 23, who eclipsed the Schippers caught the Mayweather said in a statement Mayweather on Wednesday orld championship pace- clocked 2min 02.338sec.