ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 SPORTS 14 Gut-Behrami masters a tricky World Cup super-G Feuz wins second Kitzbühel downhill in 3 days KITZBÜHEL, Austria, Jan 24, (AP): For the second time in three days, Beat Feuz triumphed in a race that he had Kuwait to organize shooting tourney unsuccessfully tried to win for a decade. KUWAIT CITY, Jan 24, countries will partake in the The Swiss skier won this weekend’s (KUNA): Secretary General of competitions. second men’s World Cup downhill on the Asian Shooting Confederation The championship will be the Streif course Sunday, repeating his (ASC) Duaij Al-Otaibi has supervised by the Asian confed- victory from two days earlier. declared that the State of Kuwait eration, under chairmanship of The back-to-back wins came after will organized the first Asian Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Feuz, who first raced here in 2010, championship for men and Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Al-Otaibi finished runner-up in the traditional women on Friday. said, adding that the steering race four times in the past five seasons. The two-day tournament will committee selected international No Swiss skier had won Austria’s be held virtually, said Al-Otaibi, referees for the competitions. signature ski race since Didier Cuche also chairman of the Kuwaiti and So far, 16 countries are taking earned the last of his five victories Arab shooting federation in a part in the tournament he said, press statement on Sunday. however, the number might Headquarters of the tourna- increase in then coming days. SKIING ment will be at Sheikh Sabah Officials affirmed the impor- Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting tance of holding the competitions here in 2012. Complex, he said, affirming to keep the shooters fully ready Sunday’s race was interrupted for a that a large number of national for upcoming summer Olympic few minutes because of flat light as teams representing the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan. low clouds moved in just before Feuz was set to start. Not distracted by the additional Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Sunday where several top racers were downhill, racers do not train on the waiting time, he excelled mainly in the Crans Montana, Switzerland, Jan 24. (AP) caught out at two jumps. exact course-setting. bottom part of the course as he beat On a picture postcard minus-3 Five of the top 20 highest-ranked Johan Clarey by 0.17 seconds. he escaped unijured and finished course was marred by bad crashes As skies cleared again in Sunday’s Celsius (27 Fahrenheit) day in the starters skied out or were disqualified The Swiss 2017 world champion fourth in the race the next day. involving Swiss skier Urs Kryenbühl event, some late starters had clearer Swiss Alps, home favorite Gut- Sunday, including Sofia Goggia who trailed Clarey’s time by 0.42 midway Austria’s Matthias Mayer, who won and Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the visibility and came close to the times Behrami finished 0.93 seconds faster won downhills on the Mont Lachaux through his run before he mastered the the race last year and came runner-up United States, only three of 52 racers of the top-ranked racers, most notably than Tamara Tippler. Federica slope the previous two days. final section. to Feuz on Friday, finished 0.38 behind failed to finish Sunday’s downhill and Florian Schieder. Brignone, the defending overall World Goggia, the 2019 world champion- The 40-year-old Frenchman became in third. Working their way back from all avoided injuries. The Italian, wearing bib No. 50, led Cup champion, was 1.02 back in third. ship silver medalist in super-G, missed the oldest skier on a downhill podium injuries, Christof Innerhofer placed Organizers had lowered the final Feuz by more than a quarter of a second Gut-Behrami now has 14 of her 28 the second-last gate after nearly crash- in the 54-year history of the World Cup. fourth and his Italian teammate jump, where Kryenbühl crashed in for the first four splits but ultimately career World Cup wins in the super-G ing out while landing the jump in sight In the final training session Dominik Paris, who has won the race Friday’s race, which had been resched- finished 1.43 seconds behind in 14th. discipline that demands speed, techni- of the finish line. She reacted to the Thursday, Clarey crashed at full speed three times, finished seventh. uled from another iconic resort, Meanwhile, Lara Gut-Behrami mas- cal skills and an ability to improvise error by holding her helmet in her into the boarding near the finish, but While Friday’s race on the same Wengen in Switzerland. tered a tricky World Cup super-G on through unfamiliar gates. Unlike in hands in the finish area. Hosts lead by 42 runs Blue Jackets thump Lightning England near Sri Lanka 1st innings total after Root 186 Canadiens improve to 4-0-2 NHL Results/Standings GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 24, (AP): The 30-year-old reached his 19th England captain Joe Root smashed test hundred in the morning and during COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat 186 runs to lead the touring side ever his knock went past the run tallies of 24, (AP): Hours after trad- scored for the Lightning, who lost for WASHINGTON, Jan 24, (AP): NHL results and standings on Saturday. closer to Sri Lanka’s first-innings total three former England greats - David the first time in their first four games. Columbus 5 Tampa Bay 2 St Louis 4 Los Angeles 2 as they finished day three on 339 for Gower 8,231, Kevin Pietersen 8,181 ing disgruntled center Andrei Vasilevsky made 22 saves. Boston 6 Philadelphia 1 Winnipeg 6 Ottawa 3 nine, just 42 runs behind on Sunday. and Geoffrey Boycott 8,114. Pierre-Luc Dubois, the Canadiens 5, Canucks 2 Montreal 5 Vancouver 2 Root’s epic innings came to an end in Root, playing in his 99th test match, Columbus Blue Jackets got East Division West Division the last over of the day when he was run now has 8,238 test runs and is fourth In Vancouver, British Columbia, P W L OT Pts GF GA P W L OT Pts GF GA out 14 short of another double hundred. among England batsmen. three first-period goals and Corey Perry scored in his first game Washington 5 3 0 2 8 19 17 Vegas 5 4 1 0 8 18 12 Sri Lanka’s bowlers had no answer for Apart from Embuldeniya, the rest of with Montreal in a win over Boston 5 3 1 1 7 15 10 Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 15 10 beat the Tampa Bay Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 20 22 St Louis 5 3 1 1 7 14 17 the Yorkshireman and it appeared inev- Sri Lanka’s bowling failed to impress, Lightning 5-2 Saturday. Vancouver that concluded a stellar NY Islanders 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 17 12 itable that he was only going to be dis- with off-spinner Dilruwan Perera fail- season-opening trip. Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 18 21 Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 17 18 missed through a run out. ing to pick up a wicket despite the Nick Foligno, Mikhail New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 Los Angeles 5 1 2 2 4 14 17 Root faced 309 deliveries and hit 18 38-year-old bowling 32 overs. NY Rangers 4 1 2 1 3 11 12 Anaheim 5 1 2 2 4 8 13 Grigorenko, Vladislav Gavrikov, Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 14 16 San Jose 5 2 3 0 4 14 18 fours in his monster innings. England resumed from the overnight Zach Werenski and Eric Robinson ICE HOCKEY Central Division Root attempted to flick Dilruwan score of 98 for two and lost Jonny North Division scored, and Elvis Merzlikins had P W L OT Pts GF GA Perera to mid- Bairstow (28) and Daniel Lawrence (3) 30 saves as the Blue Jackets played Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 15 10 P W L OT Pts GF GA wicket but the early. Jos Buttler (55) added 97 runs for their most explosive game of the Montreal improved to 4-0-2, join- Columbus 6 2 2 2 6 15 18 Montreal 6 4 0 2 10 29 18 thick edge was the fifth wicket with Root. Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 Winnipeg 5 4 1 0 8 19 13 season. Fifteen different Columbus ing the 1968-69 Canadiens as the only Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Toronto 6 4 2 0 8 19 17 grabbed by players recorded points. teams in NHL history to open a sea- Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 10 14 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Oshada son with six road games and get at Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 10 14 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 15 20 Fernando at CRICKET The Blue Jackets’ second victory in Chicago 5 1 3 1 3 13 21 Vancouver 7 2 5 0 4 20 33 six games came shortly after Dubois, least a point in each of them. Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 Ottawa 5 1 3 1 3 14 20 short leg on the one of the team’s leading scorers, was Perry was promoted off the taxi Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss.