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Asian Games Warning Bell’ for Knock-Outs Al Sadd: Ferreira SPORT Tuesday 21 August 2018 PAGE | 14 PAGE | 15 Son fires South Korea Al Gharafa draw ‘a to Asian Games warning bell’ for knock-outs Al Sadd: Ferreira MEDAL TABLE (TOP 10) Rank Country G S B Total Asian Games: Qatar secure 1 China 15 12 9 36 2 Japan 8 11 11 30 3 South Korea 5 9 10 24 wins in volleyball, handball 4 Indonesia 4 2 2 8 5 North Korea 4 1 2 7 6 Iran 3 2 3 8 CHINTHANA WASALA Qatari players block a spike by a THE PENINSULA 7 Chinese Taipei 3 1 4 8 Maldivian player during the opening 8 India 2 2 1 5 match of the preliminary round at the 9 Mongolia 2 0 4 6 DOHA: Qatari volleyball team Gelora Bung Karno Sport Complex in kick-started their quest for an Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday. 10 Uzbekistan 1 2 4 7 Asian Games gold medal with a resounding 3-0 win against Maldives at the Gelora Bung Karno Sport Complex yesterday. Highlights In their opening match in Jakarta, the Asian Volleyball Con- from day federation (AVC) Cup champions made the win look so easy as they three left no room for the Maldivians to REUTERS pick up the pace and secured the three setter at 25-11, 25-8 and 25-13. JAKARTA: Highlights of day Qatari player Sulaiman Saad three of the 18th Asian Games said that their aim is to make it to in Jakarta and Palembang the final round of the Asiad. yesterday. “It’s a great feeling knowing that Qatar is the first Arab country Japanese men storm to to win the AVC Cup. We are relay gold hoping to adapt to the weather Japan won the men’s and atmosphere here in Indonesia 4x200 metres freestyle relay and we are aiming to compete in gold for the 16th time, the final rounds,” Saad said after extending its own record as the yesterday’s win against the South country to have won most gold Asian counterparts. medals in a single swimming Belal Abunabot (26), Hammad event at the Asian Games. Mubarak (23) and Renan Ribeiro Naito Ehara, Reo Sakata, (21) penetrated the Maldivian Kosuke Hagino and Katsuhiro defence with their blazing attacks, Junyoung and Kim Hongchan in Adam Emir Putra in Pool D, but Matsumoto combined to finish being the biggest contributors to their second Pool B match today. lost rest of his individual sabre in a time of 7:05.17 and set a keep the score ticking for Qatar. In Pool F, the second Qatari preliminaries. Games record. Osman Wagihalla (17), Milos Ste- pair, Tamer Abdelrasoul and Shooters Amna Mesaad Al China claimed silver, while vanovic (19) and Ahmed Noaman Mehdi Sammoud defeated their Abdulla and Kholoud Hassan Al Singapore opened its medal (19) also made valuable contribu- Maldivian counterparts 2-1 (21-18, Khalaf did not make it to the final account for the meet by winning tions during yesterday’s Pool F 15-21, 15-8) yesterday. round of the women’s Trap event bronze. encounter. At the Gelora Bung Karno after finishing 11th and 22nd Vinesh clinches gold The win sent Qatar to the top Sport Complex Aquatic Centre, respectively in the qualifying for India of the group which also includes Abdulaziz Al Obaidly managed to round. Vinesh Phogat became the India and Hong Kong. win his men’s 50m backstroke Gymnasts, Ahmed Al Dayani first Indian woman wrestler to Today, Al Annabi will take on heat with a time of 28.78 seconds and Ahmed Mosa competed in the win a gold medal at the Asian India in their second match of the but the performance was not good qualifying rounds of artistic gym- Games, beating Yuki Irie of preliminary round. enough for a place in the final. nastics but failed to make it to the Japan 6-2 in the final of the Meanwhile, Qatar handball His compatriot, Noah Al Khu- next round. 50kg category. team also got off to a perfect start laifi was slightly faster than him At the JSC Shooting Range, it Double glory for Ikee in the main round by overcoming in the previous heat, but he was was a similar story in the men’s Japan’s Rikako Ikee broke Iraq 26-20 at the Pooki Sports placed third with a time of 28.75 trap as Ahmed Mohammed Al Games records on her way to Hall in Jakarta. seconds. Rumaihi and Ali Khejaim bowed gold medals in women’s 50 Anis Zouaoui and Moustafa In the men’s 200m individual out after finishing on 14th and metres butterfly and 100 metres Heiba scored five goals each as a medley, Mohamed Abdelrahman 20th positions respectively. freestyle events. collective effort put Qatar ahead was placed sixth in the second In the men’s 10m air rifle The 18-year-old now has by a 15-9 margin in the first half. heat, clocking a time of 2:16.84. qualifying event, Ahmed Mohsen A Qatari player spikes past a Maldivian player during their Pool three golds at the meet after Iraqi team tried to fight back in Later, Al Obaidly, Youssed Al Ali and Ali Al Muhannadi were F match of the beach volleyball competition at the JSC Beach claiming the relay gold on the second half by adding 11 goals, Mohamed, Yacob Alhulaifi and placed 35th and 40th respectively Volley Arena in Palembang, Indonesia yesterday. Sunday. but team Qatar proved to be to Firas Saidi teamed up in the in the overall standings. Sun cruises to another strong for them at the end. 4x200m freestyle relay and were Female shooter Matara Al swimming gold Qatar, who topped in quali- placed fifth in the second heat. Aseiri finished 41st in the Air rifle Chinese swimmer Sun Yang fying group, now are ahead of Competing in lane five, the Qatari 10m qualifiers. won his second gold in as many Japan and Saudi Arabia and Iraq swimmers clocked a time of Meanwhile, in paragliding, Ali days at the Games as won the in group 1. 8:22.53 as South Koreans won the Al Yafei was ranked seventh in the 800 metres freestyle. Elsewhere, at the JSC Beach heat with a time of 7:24.32. first round of men’s Individual The 26-year-old Olympic Volley Arena in Palembang, Qatari The luck was not with Qatari accuracy discipline. In his next and world champion had players had a successful day with fencer Ahmed Salmanpoor yes- round, the Qatari paraglider launched his Games campaign Ahmed Janko and Cherif Samba terday as he lost all five of his Pool finished ninth overall. His with a 200m freestyle gold on defeating Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy C preliminaries of men’s indi- compatriot, Abdellatif Al Sunday. Yakolev and Sergey Bogatu 21-9, vidual sabre event at the Jakarta Qahtani was ranked Kim bags taekwondo 21-17 in their first match of the Convention Centre. 27th and 29th respec- gold for South Korea preliminary round. The duo will His compatriot, Nasr Al Saadi tively after his two South Korea’s Kim Tae-hun take on South Korea’s Kim managed to beat Malaysia’s Syed jumps. became the first man to claim Asian Games gold medals in two TODAY'S COMPETION SCHEDULE OF QATARI ATHLETES different weight classes in taek- Event Qatar Time Discipline Athletes’ Name/Team's opponents wondo after winning the men’s 1 Basketball 12:50 Female 3x3 Qatar Vs China 58kg event. 2 Basketball 13:30 Men’s 3x3 Qatar Vs Maldives The 24-year-old topped the 54kg category in Incheon four 3 Basketball 15:50 Men’s 3x3 Qatar Vs Nepal years ago. 3 Swimming 5:00 Men’s 50m freestyle Noah Al Khulaifi + Yacoub Al Khulaifi Niyaz Pulatov, who lost the 4 Swimming 5:00 Men’s 200m breaststroke Abdelrahman Mohammed final 24-6 to Kim, took the silver 5 Archery 10:00 Recurve Ibrahim Al Muhanadi + Abdelaziz Al Abady medal for Uzbekistan, while 6 Fencing 5:00 Female Epee Wadha Rashed + Thekryat Rashed Japan’s Sergio Suzuki and 7 Fencing 6:45 Men’s Foil Ahmed Al Qradaghy + Ali Turki Iranian Farzan Ashour Zadeh 8 Air sports 3:00 Paragliding Ali Al Yafae +Abdellatif Al Qahtani Fallah finished with bronze. 9 Gymnastics 10:15 Female artistic gymnastics Jenna Al Kiki Indonesia win two 10 Gymnastics 11:40 Female artistic gymnastics Jenna Al Kiki cycling gold medals 11 Rowing 5:30 W1X Tala Abu Jabara Indonesia struck gold in the 12 Beach 5:00 Beach volleyball Qatar Vs South Korea mountain bike downhill event, 13 Shooting 4:00 Mixed team trap Mohamed Al Rumaihi + Kholood Al Khalaf with Khoiful Mukhib winning the 14 Shooting 5:00 Men’s 10m air pistol Oussama Al Sheiba Qatari paraglider Ali Al Yafei competes in the men’s individual accuracy men’s event while Tiara Andini 15 Shooting 5:00 Men’s 50m air rifle Ali Al Mohanadi event in Gunung Mas Puncak, West Java, Indonesia yesterday. Prastika claimed top prize in the women’s race. 14 SPORT TUESDAY 21 AUGUST 2018 No medals but Ikee shines as Sun’s bid for five Bhutan still happy AP distinctive orange and golds comes up short in relay yellow uniforms with the JAKARTA: The Himalayan dragon crest on the chest. Kingdom of Bhutan has “Bhutan is a very small AP never won a medal of any country,” taekwondo athlete kind at the Asian Games, Tenzin Dorji explained. “We JAKARTA: Sun Yang will have to much less the Olympics. don’t have the facilities.
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