Sport 16 Saturday 12 August 2017
SPORT 16 SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017 Mutaz Essa Barshim IOC snubs of Qatar reacts after qualifying for the final round of the men’s Infantino and Barshim high jump competition at the IAAF World Coe in new Championships in London yesterday. members list The gravity defying Qatari star breezed through yesterday’s Berlin ready for qualification, clearing Reuters the automatic he Presidents of world qualifying height of soccer body FIFA and 2.31 metres with the the international athlet- greatest of ease. T ics federation IAAF have not been proposed for appoint- golden leap ment to the International Olympic Committee when the IOC session votes in new London Bondarenko, who beat him to the members in September. Reuters 2013 title, while Danil Lysenko, IAAF chief Seb Coe and competing under a neutral flag fol- FIFA’s Gianni Infantino were utaz Essa Barshim lowing the Russian Federation’s ban, passed over for a second year leapt into tomorrow’s also qualified easily after just one running as they battle doping high jump final at the failure. and corruption scandals in World Athletics There was delight for the home their fields. Previous FIFA and Championships in the crowd as Robbie Grabarz confirmed IAAF Presidents had seats at Mmanner of a man ready to finally his place in the final amid plenty of the IOC table for decades. ascend to the very summit of his cheering by going over 2.31m at the The IOC’s nine proposed sport. last attempt. new members, named yes- The wiry Qatari, who has Erik Kynard of the United States, terday, include Luis Mejia jumped higher than anyone in his- who won the Olympic silver in this Oviedo, head of the Domini- tory except Cuban world record arena five years ago, had to pull out can Republic’s Olympic holder Javier Sotomayor, breezed injured after one unsuccessful committee, Khunying Patama through yesterday’s qualification, attempt at his opening height of Leeswadtrakul, Thai entre- clearing the automatic qualifying 2.17m.
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