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TENNIS | Page 4 FFORMULAORMULA 1 | Page 5 Murray and Rosberg keeps Dimitrov To Advertise here squeeze on Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 advance to Hamilton with China fi nal Japan pole Sunday, October 9, 2016 CRICKET Muharram 8, 1438 AH Kohli ends lean GULF TIMES patch with unbeaten ton SPORT Page 6 FINA AIRWEAVE SWIMMING WORLD CUP DOHA Dominant Hosszu hauls in four golds and two silvers Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu was in action in seven events with the Hungarian ‘Iron Lady’ scooping four gold and two silver medals last night, in what was certainly a normal routine for the Olympic champion By Sahan Bidappa Results Doha Day 1 results t was a familiar story at the Doha Men’s 100m Freestyle leg of the FINA World Cup last 1. Vladimir Morozov (Russia) 45.77s night. At the Hamad Aquatic Cen- 2. Chad le Clos (South Africa) 46.00 tre, Katinka Hosszu was in action in 3. Katsumi Nakamura (Japan) 46.83 Iseven events with the Hungarian ‘Iron Lady’ scooping four gold and two silver Women’s 200m Freestyle medals on the night, in what was cer- 1. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 1:53.29 tainly a normal routine for the Olympic 2. Madeline Groves (Australia) 1:54.46 champion. 3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (Hungary) Hosszu won three gold medals and 1:54.67. one silver at the Rio Olympics in Au- gust and is at the peak of her career. But Men’s 50m Breaststroke the 27-year-old has always been queen 1. Felipe Lima (Brazil) 26.14s of World Cup series, bagging medals at 2. Giulio Zorzi (South Africa) 26.47 will. And she continued her dominant 3. Li Xiang (China) 26.71 performance last night in front of a small crowd. Women’s 100m Breaststroke Hosszu started her medal spree by 1. Alia Atkinson (Jamaica) 1:03.18s fi nishing on top in the 200m freestyle, 2. Yulia Efimova (Russia) 1:03.27 coming home in 1:53.29 seconds. Aus- 3. Katie Meili (USA) 1:03.90. tralia’s Madeline Groves and Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos held a tight race for Women’s 100m Butterfly the remaining two spots on the po- 1. Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) 55.93s dium. Groves got her hand to the wall 2. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 56.03 fi rst to claim second with a 1:54.46 over 3. Madeline Groves (Australia) 57.63 Jakabos’ 1:54.67. She had to settle for silver in the 100 Men’s 100m Backstroke metres butterfl y, with Denmark’s Jean- 1. Bobby Hurley (Australia) 50.20s ette Ottesen clocking a 55.93 to win her 2. Pavel Yankovich (Belarus) 50.54 fi rst of two gold medals on the night. 3. Takeshi Kawamoto (Japan) 50.65 In the 50m backstroke, Hosszu and Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina fought a close Women’s 50m Backstroke race, but the Hungarian clocked 26.38 1. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 26.38s seconds over Zevina’s 26.53. 2. Daryna Zevina (Ukraine) 26.53 The 200 individual medley is one 3. Cheng Haihua (China) 27.01 of her signature events and Hosszu cruised to victory with a time of 2:05.77, Men’s 200m Butterfly almost two seconds ahead of second- 1. Daiya Seto (Japan) 1:49.84s placed Yulia Efi mova of Russia. 2. Chad le Clos (South Africa) 1:49.93 Hosszu’s second medal of the night 3. Philip Heintz (Germany) 1:52.03 came in 200m backstroke, with Zevina this time coming out on top. The Ukrain- Women’s 200m Individual Medley ian’s fi nal time of 2:01.25 was just slightly 1. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:05.77s better than Hosszu’s 2:01.48. Katinka Hosszu in action during the FINA Airweave Swimming World Cup Doha 2016, which is being held at the Hamad Aqautic Centre. 2. Yulia Efimova (Russia) 2:07.29 3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (Hungary) 2:08.42 Men’s 400m Freestyle 1. Myles Brown (South Africa) 3:39.78s 2. James Guy (Great Britain) 3:41.96 2. Bobby Hurley (Australia) 3:42.44 Women’s 50m Freestyle 1. Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) 23.84s 2. Brittany Elmslie (Australia) 24.48 3. Katie Meili (USA) 24.63 Men’s 200m Breaststroke 1. Marco Koch (Germany) 2:02.13s 2. Daiya Seto (Japan) 2:05.91 3. Josh Prenot (USA) 2:06.90 Men’s 100m Individual Medley 1. Vladimir Morozov (Russia) 51.75s 2. Philip Heintz (Germany) 52.27 3. Pavel Sankovich (Belarus) 52.68 Japan’s Daiya Seto in action during the 200m breaststroke final. Jeanette Ottesen competes in the 50m freestyle final. Women’s 200m Backstroke 1. Daryna Zevina (Ukraine) 2:01.25s fourth with a timing of 24.74. 2. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:01.48 The Hungarian marathon lady In the men’s, reigning World Cup se- ing a 1:49.84 to fi nish ahead of le Clos’ 3. Cheng Haihua (China) 2:07.33 rounded off her night with a gold in the ries champion Chad le Clos had a dis- 1:49.93. 800 freestyle. appointing night by his standards. The Le Clos, however, redeemed himself Men’s 50m Butterfly There was no fatigue on display as South African took one gold and two by winning the 50m butterfl y with a 1. Chad le Clos (South Africa) 22.36s Hosszu touched the wall in 8:27.58, silver medals. 22.36 fi nish. Great Britain’s Benjamin 2. Benjamin Proud (Great Britain)22.57 three seconds ahead of China’s Fang Yi, Le Clos holds the World Record in the Proud and Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto 3. Takeshi Kawamoto (Japan) 22.62 who took home silver. 200m buttefl y, but the 24-year-old was rounded out the podium with times of In between all the medals she won, pipped to gold by Daiya Seto of Japan. 22.57 and 22.62 respectively. Women’s 800m Freestyle Hosszu just missed out on a podium It was a tight race, with Germany’s In the 100m freestyle, Vladimir Mo- 1. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 8:27.58s fi nish in 50m freestyle, coming fourth Philip Heintz jumping to an early lead rozov picked fi rst of his two gold of the 2. Fang Yi (China) 8:30.29 in a race won by Ottesen turning ahead of both Seto and le Clos night. The Russian posted a time of 3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (Hungary) The Dane stopped the clock at a at the fi rst 50-metre mark. 45.77 seconds to claim his sixth con- 8:31.27. 23.84, fi nishing over half a second But the German was unable to hold secutive gold in the event for the World ahead of the competition. Australia’s off a charging Seto. Heintz held onto Cup 2016 series. Le Clos came second Men’s 400m Individual Medley Brittany Elmslie fi nished second over- second until the 150-metre mark when with a 46.00, while Japan’s Katsumi 1. Daiya Seto (Japan) 4:02.39s all with a 24.48, while the USA’s Katie le Clos moved up to second and began Nakamura fi nished third with a 46.83. 2, Philip Heintz (Germany) 4:04.24 Meili rounded out the podium with a to chase down Seto. The battle of the Morozov later also won in 200m indi- 3. Josh Prenot (USA) 4:05.67 third place fi nish of 24.63. Hosszu was Olympians concluded with Seto clock- vidual medley. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, October 9, 2016 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS SPOTLIGHT China chief consoles players aft er Ruthless Ronaldo shock Syria upset AFP all your trouble,” it said on its of- Beijing fi cial account Friday. “With you there, we can face every defeat, and we can over- he chief of China’s come every setback. Keep your hits four; France football association head up, we’ll continue the has told the coun- struggle!” try’s players not to China’s beleaguered fans Tlose their confi dence, after have a well-developed sense the team’s embarrassing loss of humour about the travails to war-torn Syria jeopardised of their national side, who hopes of qualifying for the are ranked a lowly 78th in the 2018 World Cup. world and have failed to qual- and Dutch run riot The national side’s 0-1 de- ify for the World Cup since feat on Thursday before a their fi rst and only appearance home crowd of 40,000 in the in 2002. ‘There are eight games left and we want to win them all to reach the World Cup finals’ northern Chinese city of Xi’an In that outing China fi n- had enraged fans, spurring ished winless and goalless, but many to call for the sacking of under China’s president Xi China’s football association Jinping — an avowed football Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his second president Cai Zhenhua. fan — the country has set its goal against Andorra during their World Cup 2018 But he has ignored the calls sights on hosting, qualifying Qualifi cation match on Friday. (Reuters) so far, and sought to reassure for, and winning a World Cup. Team Dragon players they Fans dryly noted that while “absolutely must not lose con- China paid players lavishly, fi dence because of this loss,” the victorious 114th-ranked the Xin Kuaibao newspaper Syrian side had fl own in on a reported Saturday. commercial jet with four layo- “We still have seven games, vers, paid their a coach 2000 you must bring out your fi ght- yuan ($300) per month, and ing spirit.