Ayana Shatters World Record to Win 10,000M
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RUGBY | Page 4 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 7 Emotional Shafi q and Fiji hammer Younis put To Advertise here Britain for Pakistan in Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 historic gold control Saturday, August 13, 2016 Dhul-Qa’da 10, 1437 AH SWIMMING Ruthless Phelps TIMES sweeps to 22nd Olympic gold Page 3 BEACH VOLLEYBALL Medals tally Country G S B T 1. United States 16 12 12 40 2. China 11 8 12 31 Qatar out aft er losing to Russia in Rd 2 3. Japan 7 2 13 22 4. Great Britain 6 6 6 18 tant to us, to raise the (level of this) sport in Agencies 5. Australia 5 5 6 16 Rio de Janeiro Qatar.” Younousse added: “I’m really going to miss 6. South Korea 5 3 4 12 this kind of competition. And the people. I 7. Germany 5 3 1 9 atar’s beach volleyball team crashed don’t know if I’ll ever play in this kind of com- out of the second round of the Rio petition again. I will never forget this moment 8. Hungary 5 1 1 7 de Janeiro Olympics after losing 2-0 in my life. I am very proud. We could have 9. Russia 4 8 8 20 to Russia twice coming down on the made the quarter-fi nals. I’m very happy and 10. Italy 4 7 4 15 Qlosing side in each game with a score line of I’m very proud of our team.” 21-13. With their 2-0 (21-13, 21-13) win in 32 min- 11. France 3 4 5 12 The Qatari players, Cherif Younousse and utes over Jeff erson Santos Pereira and Cherif 12. Kazakhstan 2 2 3 7 Jeff erson Pereira, had some great perform- Younousse of Qatar, Krasilnikov and Semenov 13. Netherlands 2 2 2 6 ances in Qatar’s fi rst Olympic participation in become the fi rst Russian men’s or women’s beach volleyball. Beach Volleyball to advance to the quarter- 14. Thailand 2 1 1 4 The Maroon played in Pool F alongside fi nals in Olympic competition. 15. Spain 2 0 1 3 Spain, Austria and the United States, losing Yesterday’s win was also the third interna- 15. Switzerland 2 0 1 3 against the latter before overcoming Spain tional victory for the Russians over Jeff erson and Austria 2-1 in both matches. and Cherif in as many tries as the two teams 17. Croatia 2 0 0 2 “We didn’t play very good today, but the also played each other on Copacabana last 18. New Zealand 1 5 0 6 Russian team is very strong,” Pereira was March with Krasilnikov and Semenov post- quoted as saying by FIVB.com. ing a 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) pool play win in the Rio 19. Canada 1 2 5 8 “We had a good tournament, and we are Grand Slam. 20. Sweden 1 2 1 4 happy about the tournament, but we are upset Meanwhile, Qatar’s Abubaker Haydar Ab- 21. Belgium 1 1 1 3 because we lost right now. dalla fi nished 28th overall in the qualifi cation “I think we made something huge now. We for men’s 800m with a timing of 1:47.81. 21. Brazil 1 1 1 3 can start developing the sport in Qatar and the Abdalla fi nished fi fth in his heat, which was 21. Slovenia 1 1 1 3 kids can start to play the sport. This is impor- won by Canada’s Brandon McBride (1:45.99). Qatar’s Jeff erson Pereira (left) and Cherif Younousse react during their match against Russia yesterday, (AFP) ATHLETICS STAR OF THE DAY Ayana shatters Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia Today’s Star of the Day is Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia, who smashed a 23-year-old world record to win the greatest-ever women’s 10,000 metres. The world 5,000 metres champion, running world record to only her second 10,000 metres, ripped the field apart to finish in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds, an incredible 14 seconds inside the previously untouchable 29:31.78 set by China’s Wang Junxia in 1993. No woman had gone under 30 minutes in win 10,000m the last seven years, but the first four all did yesterday. Ethiopian Dibaba takes bronze behind Kenya’s Cheruiyot “It’s amazing — I saw the record after the race. My only plan was to win the race,” Ayana told reporters. “This means everything to me. Getting to this point is a dream come true, I never thought it would happen and I’m so in awe.” Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana (left) is congratulated by compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba after the former set a new world record to win the women’s 10,000m gold yesterday. (Reuters) Reuters It was the fi rst time in seven years the BBC. “I’m not sure that I can un- Rio de Janeiro that a female athlete had run 10,000m derstand that.” in under 30 minutes and the fi rst four Cheruiyot, Kenya’s most decorated all achieved the feat. The fi rst 13 wom- female athlete, also fell short in the thiopia’s Almaz Ayana en across the line clocked personal be- 2012 London Games where she took smashed the world record to sts, including fi ve national records. bronze, meaning the east African win the Olympic 10,000 me- Kenya’s world 10,000m champion country’s wait for its fi rst women’s tres title yesterday, blowing Vivian Cheruiyot tried in vain to keep 10,000m gold medallist continues. Eaway the competition in one of the up with Ayana but had to settle for sil- The 31-year-old Dibaba, who re- greatest ever long-distance races at ver while Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba, turned in 2016 from a two-year lay- the Games. the defending Olympic champion, off following the birth of her son, was In only her second competitive grabbed bronze. seeking to become the fi rst woman in 10,000m, Ayana dominated from the All three women ran inside the old Olympic history to win an individual start and halfway through the race she Olympic 10,000m record. athletics event three times in a row. surged away from the leading pack, in- Ayana’s staggering world-record time Ayana will now turn her attention jecting staggering pace to fi nish in 29 was made even more unique by being set to her preferred 5,000m distance, in minutes 17.45 seconds. at the Olympics, where races tend to be which she is favourite to win and be- Her time was 14 seconds inside the cagey, tactical aff airs and long-distance come only the second woman after 29:31.78 set by China’s Wang Junxia in records are seldom bettered. Dibaba to claim gold in both the 5,000 1993. “When I saw the world record set in and 10,000 in the same Games. “This means everything to me,” 1993, I couldn’t believe what I was see- The 24-year-old won the 5,000m Ayana told reporters. “Getting to this ing. And Ayana has absolutely blitzed title at the 2015 Beijing world champi- point is a dream come true, I never that time,” Paula Radcliff e, the former onships and in June came within four thought it would happen and I’m so in British runner who still holds the seconds of breaking Dibaba’s 5,000m awe.” women’s marathon world record, told world record set in 2008. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, August 13, 2016 QATAR AT RIO FOCUS Rudisha cruises, Ogunode, Barshim, keeps mum on disgraced coach AFP rian. Rio de Janeiro Botswana’s Commonwealth equestrian team champion and 2012 Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos, avid Rudisha cruised however, failed to make the cut, into the semi-fi nals of fading down the home stretch the men’s 800m yes- to come in 5sec down on the lead terday but kept mum time. Don the Kenyan coach sent home “It was good,” said Rudisha, get ready for action in disgrace after having tried to whose world record, gold med- impersonate an athlete for a dop- al-winning run at the London ing test. Games was one of the perform- Agencies Sprint coach John Anzrah of- ances of those Olympics. Rio de Janeiro fered a urine sample in place of “It was just cruising to qualify 800m medal hope Ferguson Rot- for the semis tomorrow, which is ich, who fi nished fourth in last main part of the competition as n exciting couple of days of Ol- year’s world championships in you have to secure your place in ympic competition await Team Beijing. the fi nal. Qatar with London 2012 bronze Anzrah was immediately sent “I’m in good form, there’s no medallist Mutaz Barshim in home by the Kenyan Olympic doubt about that. I’m very confi - Aaction, the show jumping team making Committee, but with no action dent because I’m fi nding my fi n- their Olympic debuts, and Asia’s fast- having yet been taken against ishing power in the last 100m, so est man, Femi Ogunode, lining up in the Rotich, the 800m runner com- I think I’m in a position to con- 100m. peted in yesterday’s heats and trol my races again.” Today, Ogunode will take to the track duly qualifi ed for today’s semi- Rudisha admitted to feeling for the fi rst time at Rio 2016 between fi nals.