Qatar's Janko, Cherif Unstoppable in Palembang
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SPORT Wednesday 22 August 2018 PAGE | 14 PAGE | 15 Djokovic eyes US Atletico and Valencia Open as ‘Big Four’ open season reunited with draw MEDAL TABLE (TOP 20) Asiad: Qatar’s Janko, Cherif RANK COUNTRY G S B TOTAL 1 China 30 18 12 60 2 Japan 12 17 18 47 3 Korea 8 12 14 34 unstoppable in Palembang 4 Indonesia 5 2 5 12 5 Iran 4 3 5 12 CHINTHANA WASALA The luck was on their side 6 North Korea 4 1 3 8 THE PENINSULA as Maldives were disqualified 7 India 3 3 4 10 in their first game of the day, 8 Chinese Taipei 3 2 5 10 DOHA: Qatari beach according to information 9 Mongolia 2 1 4 7 volleyball players Ahmed posted on the Asian Games Janko and Cherif Samba website. However, they did 10 Kazakhstan 1 5 7 13 topped their pool with a not mention the reasons 11 Uzbekistan 1 3 6 10 resounding win against South leading to Maldivians’ dis- 12 Thailand 1 1 8 10 Korea while the men’s 3x3 qualification. As a result, 13 Lebanon 1 1 2 4 basketball team also excelled Qatar walked away with a by winning both their win without making a single 14 Philippines 1 0 4 5 matches on the fourth day of basket. 15 Jordan 1 0 1 2 2018 Asian Games yesterday. In their second math of 16 Macau 1 0 0 1 At the JSC Beach Volley the day, Qatar beat Nepal 17 Vietnam 0 3 4 7 Arena in Palembang, Ahmed 21-8 and later went on to Janko and Cherif Samba out- defeat Syria with a margin of 18 Kyrgyzstan 0 3 3 6 played their South Korean 17-7. 19 Hong Kong 0 2 7 9 counterparts Kim Junyoung The three wins put Qatar 20 Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 and Kim Hongchan 2-0 (21-9, second behind Japan in the 21-15) in their second Pool B Group C Standings. Al Annabi match of the preliminary will take on Jordan and Japan round to secure the first win in their remaining group for Qatar yesterday. matches on Friday. Yesterday’s The Qatari duo was no It was a different story match for the South Koreans when it came to women’s 3x3 highlights in the first set which lasted basketball as Qatar lost to only twelve minutes. The China 23-3 in yesterday’s REUTERS South Koreans tried to fight opening game. back in the initial stage of the This is the first time that second set, but the Qatari pre- 3x3 basketball is featuring in JAKARTA: Highlights of day four of the 18th Asian vailed on Palembang beach Asian Games and the 2018 Games in Jakarta and Palembang yesterday. to secure their second win in Asiad features 36 teams from China notch second fencing gold a row. 21 different countries in the Chinese fencer Huang Mengkai has claimed the Samba and Janko half-court version of second fencing gold for China by defeating Choi defeated Kazakhstan’s basketball. Nicholas Edward of Hong Kong 11-10 in the men’s Dmitriy Yakolev and Sergey Meanwhile, Qatari individual foil final. Bogatu in their first match of teenager Noah Alkhulaifi fin- The bronze medal went to semi-finalists Son the preliminary round on ished second in the third heat Qatar’s Cherif Samba (left) blocks a spike by a South Korean player Yong-Ki of South Korea and Cheung Ka Long of Hong Monday and now top the of the men’s 50m freestyle, during their second Pool B match of the preliminary round of the Kong. group with one match to go. clocking a time of 24.64 secs beach volleyball competition during the 2018 Asian Games at the Qian Jiarui won China’s first fencing gold in the In their final Pool B tie, at the GBK Aquatic Centre. In JSC Beach Volley Arena in Palembang, Indonesia, yesterday. women’s individual sabre on Sunday. the Qatari men will take on the same heat, his compatriot Ikee continues gold rush Sri Lanka’s Lakmal Medag- Yacob Alkhulaifi finished Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee grabbed her edara and Sashimal Yapa fourth with a time of 24.89 fourth gold of the meet with victory in the women’s tomorrow. secs. 100 metres butterfly. Meanwhile, the second However, the two Qatari China’s Zhang Yufei took silver for her first indi- Liu sets first world record vidual medal at the Games, while An Se-hyeon won Qatari pair, Tamer Abdel- swimmers failed to advance rasoul and Mehdi Sammoud as yesterday’s performance bronze for South Korea. AFP will be looking to topple Ira- placed them in the 37th and China’s Liu Xiang competes Sun wins 400m freestyle nians Arash Vakili and 39th positions in the overall in the women’s 50m China’s swimming sensation Sun Yang won his Bahman Salemiinjehboroun standings. JAKARTA: Swimmer Liu Xiang set the first backstroke final yesterday. eighth Asian Games gold after storming to the finish in their third and final Pool F In the men’s 200m world record in the Asian Games pool and Sun line in the men’s 400 metres freestyle. match today. breaststroke heats, Abdel- Yang grabbed another slice of history as China China’s Liu breaks 50m backstroke Abdelrasoul and rahman Mohamed finished in sped away on the medals table yesterday. world record Sammoud defeated their Mal- 18th overall, clocking a time As fans fumed over ticketing chaos and China’s Liu Xiang broke the world record to open divian counterparts 2-1 on of 2:31.22. emergency services scrambled to douse a the third session of swimming as she clocked 26.98 Monday after losing to Thai- Qatari archers Ibrahim Al raging wildfire, Liu became the first female seconds in the women’s 50 metres backstroke. land’s Surin Jongklang and Mohanadi, Ali Salem and 50m backstroker to go below 27sec. The 21-year-old topped the previous record of Adisorn Khaolumtarn in their Abdelaziz Al Obadi competed Liu, 21, shattered compatriot Zhao Jing’s 27.06 seconds set by her compatriot Zhao Jing in first outing. in their respective events at nine-year-old mark of 27.06, set wearing a 2009. The Qatari duo is cur- the JSC Shooting Range, but bodysuit at the 2009 world championships Lee fails to defend taekwondo gold rently placed at the third failed to impress. in Rome. South Korea’s taekwondo fighter Lee Ah-reum position in their pool. Same fate followed Qatari Triple Olympic champion Sun Yang failed to defend her title after she was beaten 6-5 Elsewhere, at the Gelora fencers as Thkrayat Al powered to his third win of the meet in the by China’s Luo Zongshi in the 57kg category final. Bung Karno Sport Complex Abdulla, Wadha Al Abdulla, 400m freestyle as he equalled Xu Yanwei’s Pauline Lopez of the Philippines and Vipawan in Jakarta, Qatari men’s 3x3 Ahmed Al Quradaghi and Ali Chinese record of eight Asian Games golds. Siripornpermsak of Thailand took bronze. basketball team had a suc- Owaida did not qualify for the “I’ve swum six races in three days but I Irawan earns weightlifting gold for cessful day. next round. hung in there. It’s a nice reward for all the Indonesia hard work,” said Sun. Rio Olympics silver medalist Eko Yuli Irawan A Qatari female fencer (left) in action at the Gelora Bung China, runaway leaders on the 2014 claimed Indonesia’s first gold in weightlifting at the Karno Sport Complex yesterday. medals table, reached 30 golds by the end of Asian Games, winning the men’s 62kg category. day three, with clear daylight between them Vietnam’s Trinh Van Vinh took silver and and Japan on 12 and South Korea’s eight. Uzbekistan’s Adkhamjon Ergashev the bronze. China win gold in shooting, mountain biking TODAY'S COMPETION SCHEDULE OF QATARI ATHLETES Hui Zicheng won gold in the men’s 50m rifle Event Qatar Time Discipline Athletes’ Name/Team's opponents three positions event. Earlier, Yao Bianwa was vic- 1 Air sports 5:00 Paragliding Ali Al Saadi, Abdellatif Al Qahtani torious in the women’s cross country mountain biking competition. 2 Swimming 5:00 Men’s 50m freestyle Noah Al Khulafi, Yacob Al Khulaifi Indian shooter Chaudhary wins gold 3 Swimming 5:00 Men’s 200m breaststroke Abdelrahman Mohammed Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, 16, clinched 4 Taekwondo 5:30 Taekwondo Ahmed Deghbes, Al Rumaihi a gold medal on his debut Games by winning the 5 Fencing 5:30 Men’s Epee Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Fathi, Mohamed Shemari men’s 10m air pistol with a score of 240.7 points, a Games record. 6 Wrestling 9:00 Wrestling 71 Kg Bakheet Bader Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda (239.7) led for most 7 Archery 10:00 Compound Farhan Al Saadi, Ahmed Al Abadi, Esraf Khan of the final but had to settle for silver. Another Indian, 8 Volleyball 15:00 Volleyball Qatar Vs India Abhishek Verma (219.3), took the bronze. 9 Handball 16:00 Handball Qatar Vs Saudi Arabia China claim two wushu gold medals China got off to a winning start on Tuesday, 10 Shooting 5:00 Women’s 50m air rifle Matra Al Aseery clinching two gold medals in wushu. Teenager Wu 11 Shooting 5:00 Women’s 25m air pistol Dana Al Mubarak, Nasra Mahmoud Zhaohua won the men’s daoshu and gunshu all-round 12 Volleyball 10:00 Beach volleyball Qatar Vs Iran competition while Guo Mengjiao won the women’s jianshu and qiangshu all-round event.