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Qatar’s hopes of winning an in Tokyo 2020 Olympics will rest on its athletics stars who will begin their campaign in the games on Friday. After winning the bronze medal in 2012 Olym- pics and the silver medal in Rio 2016 Olympics, Qatar’s high jumper Mutaz Barshim has his sight now set on win- ning the gold medal in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The two-time world cham- pion will participate in Men’s qualificationsto begin at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday. Barshim has scaled 2.40m 11 times since 2013 – only world record holder Javier Sotomayor, with 17, has more successful clear- ances at that formidable barrier – and with a 2.43m High jump in focus personal best, is the second- highest jumper of all time. The other Qatari medal contender Abderrahman Sam- as Barshim takes ba will be action on Friday. The 25-year-old Qatari middle-distance will begin his challenge in Men’s 400m centrestage heats at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. utaz Barshim’s A slight injury slowed Olympic journey him in 2019 but he regrouped seems to have a enough to take the bronze on logical progres- home soil at the World Cham- Msion. He hopes so, at least. pionships. Mnawari will face a stern test in the knockout stages of the of Switzerland on Sunday then Bronze in London (lat- Samba qualified forT o- when she participates in Wom- men’s Olympic beach vol- they edged past ’s Adrian er upgraded to silver) in kyo 2020 Summer Olympics en’s 100m heats on Friday. leyball tournament, Qatar’s Carambula and Enrico Rossi 2012. Then silver in Rio in Games after winning the 400 On the other hand, Qa- Cherif Younousse and Ahmed on Wednesday 2016. Back-to-back world hurdles gold medal in the tar’s rower Tala Abujbara will Tijan will take on Jacob Gibb For his part, Qatar’s Mo- titles followed in 2017 and Shanghai participate in Final E race of and Tri Bourne of USA at the hamed Al Rumaihi finished 2019, the latter in front of meeting 2019 with a world- women’s singles sculls event Shiokaze Park on Friday the men’s trap shooting quali- a vociferous home crowd in leading time of 47.27 seconds on Friday to conclude her Cherif and Ahmed began fying rounds in the 13th place that capped a marve- and will arrive in Tokyo with a historic appearance in Tokyo their Olympic campaign with a with 121 points, just one point lous comeback from career- 48.26 season’s best. Olympics. 21-17, 21-16 victory over Adri- behind the last qualifier to the threatening injury. Gold is For her part, Bashayer Al After securing their spots an Heidrich and Mirco Gerson finals. the only place to go for the 30-year-old, who is widely considered the best high jumper of the past decade, if Track & Field Show at Tokyo 2020 OLYMPICS not of his generation. Barshim has scaled our years, 11 months and US athlete to win the event. the list, while defending Olympic 2.40m 11 times since 2013 nine days after the action 100m and 200m champion – only world record holder Fin Rio came to a close, Warholm takes to the track Thompson-Herah is just 0.01 Javier Sotomayor, with 17, athletics will Men’s 400m hurdles heats off her 10.70 PB from 2016 so has more successful clear- make its highly anticipated re- After two world title wins, this far this season. ances at that formidable turn at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium time Karsten Warholm will stand Meanwhile, Olympic and world barrier – and with a 2.43m on Friday. There is one final on a global start line and be 400m medallist Jackson, who personal best, is the second- – the men’s 10,000m – taking introduced as the world record- is concentrating on the shorter highest jumper of all time. Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim has scaled 2.40m 11 times since 2013 – place on the first day of the holder. In 2016, the Norwegian sprints this year, has run a PB But Barshim hasn’t only world record holder Javier Sotomayor, with 17, has more athletics programme, while a was just settling into his first of 10.77. The 100m entries jumped that high since a successful clearances at that formidable barrier – and with a series of heats and qualification full year as a 400m hurdles joining them in having dipped 2.40m clearance at the Gy- 2.43m personal best, is the second-highest jumper of all time. rounds will set the scene for all specialist. , at under 10.90 in 2021 are ulai Memorial in Szekesfe- that is to come. Here are five 18 and two years Warholm’s multiple world medallists Marie- hervar, Hungary, on 2 July son’s top jumpers, author- and sailed a lifetime best of things to follow on day one. junior, had just wrapped up his Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast and 2018. He later had the bar ised neutral athlete Ilya 8.47m in the . That Mixed relay. ’s Blessing Okagbare, raised to a would-be world Ivanyuk and Maksim Ne- made him the first US ath- while Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith record of 2.46m and came dasekau of Belarus, to put on lete to qualify for both events women competing against each has clocked 10.91. tantalisingly close on his first maximum pressure. since the legendary Jim other in any order they choose. try, grazing the bar slightly Ivanyuk topped a then- Thorpe in 1912. His 2.36m Fans will get an early taste of Field focus on his way up before it fell, PB of 2.35m in Doha to take PB leap at the SEC champi- the new event on the first day of Men’s high jump, men’s discus, almost with hesitation, soft- surprise bronze. This year he onships has him third on the action, with the final set for the women’s , women’s ly to the ground. He would kicked off his outdoor season world list at the moment, so, Friday evening. shot put later characterise it as one of with a 2.37m PB on 17 May Harrison figures, why not The qualification rounds for the his best jumps ever. A decent and followed up with Wanda continue his extraordinary stars align men’s high jump, men’s discus, second try followed before he Diamond League victories in double duty in Tokyo? Women’s 100m heats women’s triple jump and wom- landed clutching his ankle Doha and . His only off His busy four-day sched- The women’s 100m is an event en’s shot put all take place on after this third. The verdict? night came in his last com- ule kicks off with high jump on fire right now, with eight the first day (Thursday). Stars in Ruptured ligaments that petition, where he topped qualifying on Friday morning women having gone sub-10.90 action include Qatar’s two-time would end his season and just 2.25m in Monaco on an (30) then continues with long in 2021 and three athletes on world champion Mutaz Barshim cast doubt on a successful evening when most jumpers jump qualifying on Saturday the Tokyo entry list – Jamaica’s in the high jump, ’s world title defence. seemed to struggle. evening (31) followed by the Men’s 10,000m: of . Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine world champion Daniel Stahl in When he returned to ac- Nedasekau, who finished high jump final on Sunday Thompson-Herah and Shericka the discus, Venezuela’s two-time tion in 2019, he competed fourth in Doha at just 21, is a night (1) and long jump fi- A new champion first year of NCAA competition. Jackson – all having run under world champion Yulimar Rojas in only three times prior to the much-improved jumper two nal on Monday morning, 15 Men’s 10,000m final In Tokyo they’ll co-star in one 10.80. Multiple global gold the triple jump and New Zea- World Championships, pro- years later. He had a particu- hours and 10 minutes later. With two-time winner of the Games’ most eagerly medallist Fraser-Pryce’s 10.63 land’s shot put star ducing modest results: a pair larly strong indoor season, Others to watch include missing from the field, a new awaited showdowns as two of to become the second-fastest Valerie Adams. of back-to-back 2.27m clear- capped by a 2.37m national authorised neutral athlete Olympic men’s 10,000m cham- the three fastest 400m hurdlers 100m sprinter of all time leads (worldathletics) ances and a 2.20m in Zu- indoor record to take the Mikhail Akimenko, the Doha pion will be crowned in Tokyo for of all-time. rich – just one month before European indoor title. He silver medallist who has the first time since 2012. Warholm – who ran 46.70 to Doha. Back home and on equalled that mark outdoors topped 2.33m twice this sea- Two Ugandan stars – world break ’s long stand- centre stage, he performed in Szekesfehervar on 6 July, son and beat a strong field in record-holder Joshua Cheptegei ing world record in – goes admirably, staying alive with another national record. Monaco on 9 July. and world-leader Jacob Kiplimo in heat three at 11:41am local a third attempt clearance at Rising US star Ju- Six other men have – shape up as the men to beat time. Benjamin – who clocked 2.33m before taking com- Vaughn Harrison will also topped 2.33m in 2021, in- in an event in which some of 46.83 less than a week earlier mand of the competition attract considerable atten- cluding Australian Brandon the sport’s all-time greats have at the US Olympic Trials – races with firstattempt successes tion, given the 22-year-old’s Starc, the Oceania record won consecutive golds dating in heat five at 11:57am. at 2.35m and 2.37m. penchant for high level high holder at 2.36m, and an- back to 1996. Similarly, Barshim has jump/long jump double vic- other Doha finalist, Italy’s The last time the Olympics Relay exciting debut competed just four times tories in 2021. The Alabama Gianmarco Tamberi, the were held in Tokyo, the men’s Mixed 4x400m heats this season, but better than native won both titles at the 2016 world indoor champion 10,000m produced one of the There is one event on this ath- he did in his Doha lead-in, Southeastern Conference who continues to battle back greatest athletics upsets in letics programme that has no topping 2.30m on three oc- indoor championships, the from injury, plus Swiss re- Games history. Unheralded US previous Olympic medallists, no casions. Assuming a similar NCAA indoor and outdoor cord-holder Loic Gasch and runner Billy Mills, a Native Amer- Olympic records and, in fact, no approach, Barshim’s com- championships and, incredi- Canada’s Django Lovett, the ican, sprinted past the leaders Olympic history at all. The mixed petitive ferocity will be diffi- bly, at the US Olympic Trials 2018 in the final straight of an epic 4x400m relay makes its debut cult to beat. last month where he topped bronze medallist. race to claim gold at the 1964 in Tokyo, a discipline featur- We can expect the sea- 2.33m in the high jump (worldathletics.org) Games – the first, and still only, ing teams of two men and two Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah. 10 Friday, July 30, 2021

Sunisa Lee steps up for Biles, wins Olympic all-around gold DPA Tokyo

Sunisa Lee of the United States won the women’s gym- Family and friends watch as Sunisa Lee of Team United States nastics all-around gold at the competes on routine during the Women’s All-Around Gymnastics Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Final on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Thursday in The event missed US su- Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. (Getty Images/AFP) perstar , who pulled out of the individual USA’s Sunisa Lee poses with competition, after she with- her gold medal at the Ariake drew from all-around team Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on How Sunisa nailed it final on Tuesday, to focus on Thursday. (AFP) NYT also important. Graba said he her mental health. TOKYO and Lee often discussed win- Lee scored a total of 57.433 support I’ve received has ning the Olympic gold medal, points to beat Brazil’s Rebeca made me realize I’m more For years, Sunisa Lee, a teen- even in the era of Biles, be- Andrade by 0.135. than my accomplishments and ager from Minnesota who be- cause he knew she had the po- “It feels super crazy, I defi- gymnastics which I never truly came the Olympic all-around tential to do it under the right nitely didn’t think I would be believed before,” the 24-year- gymnastics champion Thurs- circumstances. Even if Biles here in this moment with a gold old posted on Twitter. day night, wasn’t training just had been in the competition medal,” Lee said. “I haven’t re- She could yet contest the for herself. in Tokyo, he said, he thought ally let it sink in yet because I four individual events next Lee, a Hmong American, Lee could come close to beat- feel like it’s not real life.” week with USA gymnastics went to the gym every day for ing her. Andrade was biding for saying “Simone will continue all the first-generationA meri- “Too much of the conver- gold, but was out of bounds to be evaluated daily” before a cans who wanted to achieve sation has been about one per- with two feet and then again decision is made. success when their parents son,” Graba said, adding that on the last tumbling pass. Biles, a four-time Olympic had come to the United States he was thrilled that the world Her medal is the first for a champion from Rio 2016, was with nothing. And she trained has had a chance to see Lee at South American woman in the USA’s Sunisa Lee competes in the event of the women’s all-around final seeking to become the first through grueling practices and her best and appreciate her, as women’s all-around final. Be- during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Thursday. (AFP) woman to win consecutive painful injuries for her father, he and his wife have done for fore her performance, the best all-around titles at the Games John, who suffered a spinal more than a decade. “I thought finish by a Brazilian woman time [Tokyo], I knew that I champion from Rio 2016, was Biles thanks fans for ‘love since Vera Caslavska of Czech- cord injury in 2019 and now she was this good all the time. was ’s 10th place was going for a medal and I seeking to become the first and support’ oslovakia in 1964 and 1968. uses a wheelchair. I feel best that everybody else finish in 2008. was way more confident [than woman to win consecutive Meanwhile, Simone Biles took USA gymnastics said Lee, 18, came into the got to see it. She finally got to “I am very, very happy,” Rio],” she said. all-around titles at the Games to social media on Thursday to Wednesday it supported her Olympics wanting to win a gold show it.” Andrade said. “I’m very thank- “I was 16 in Rio, so this was since Vera Caslavska of Czech- thank her fans after her shock decision to withdraw from the medal for her father, who is ful to all the people who have very different.” oslovakia in 1964 and 1968. withdrawal from events. competition. “We wholeheart- her biggest fan, and for all the supported me.” Melnikova was also part Biles congratulated Lee on Biles withdrew from all- edly support Simone’s deci- Hmong Americans who she Before the medal ceremo- got of the Russian squad that Instagram after her win: “Ab- around team final on Tuesday sion and applaud her bravery feels are unseen in the United ny, Sunisa FaceTimed her bronze for the Russian Olym- claimed a first women’s Olym- solutely killed it!!! OLYMPIC and later pulled out of Thurs- in prioritizing her well-being. States. But she had publicly family, which had been pic Committee (ROC). pic all-around team gold in 29 CHAMPION RIGHT HERE day’s individual competition Her courage shows, yet again, stated that her goal was to win watching the competition “When the score came up, years on Tuesday. !!! So so so beyond proud of to focus on her mental health. why she is a role model for so silver in the all-around be- from a large hall near her all my dreams came true. This Biles, a four-time Olympic you!!!!” “The outpouring love and many.” cause teammate Simone Biles, home in St. Paul. She the four-time Olympic medal- talked to her father first, ist, had been considered a lock to win that title. saying, “I did it!” But after a lifetime of chas- They both cried. Medals ing Biles in the all-around Tally Dressel claims men’s 100m freestyle because Biles hasn’t lost that Lee’s gold in the all- marquee event since 2013, Lee around, which determines the Country G S B T honour; Finke wins first men’s 800m took advantage of her shot to best overall gymnast, came China 15 7 9 31 do so in Tokyo. Biles, consid- just two days after she rallied ered the best gymnast of all her teammates to win silver in Japan 15 4 6 25 100m fly, won gold in the time, withdrew from the team the team final. Biles had pulled USA 14 14 10 38 China break 200m butterfly in 2:03.86, event and the all-around be- out of the team event after ROC 8 11 9 28 4x200m freestyle 1.44 seconds ahead of second cause of mental stress, leaving competing on the , the Australia 8 2 10 20 placed Regan Smith of the US Lee in position to win it all. first of four events. On the next Great Britain 5 7 6 18 world record who took home the silver. Fel- “It didn’t even think I’d event, the , Lee de- low American Hali Flickinger ever get here,” Lee said. “It cided to perform her hardest South Korea 4 3 5 12 DPA won bronze with 2:05.65. doesn’t even feel like I’m in bars routine — the most diffi- 3 5 3 11 Tokyo And Zhang returned an real life.” cult in the world — instead of Germany 3 3 7 13 hour later to lead China to gold On Thursday, Lee hit rou- the easier one she had planned Italy 2 7 10 19 Caeleb Dressel continued in a 4x200m freestyle relay tine after routine, often as if because she knew the team Netherlands 2 7 4 13 his bid for swimming im- world record 7:40.33 seconds. she were at practice, not at the would need every tenth of a Canada 2 3 5 10 mortality at the Tokyo Games Junxuan Yang, Muhan most important competition point to win a medal. Her 15.4 on Thursday with a tight vic- Tang and Bingjie Li were in a of her life. She even nailed the points on bars was the highest Hungary 2 1 2 5 tory in the men’s 100-metre dogfight withA ustralia from floor exercise in her last rota- score of the night. Slovenia 2 1 1 4 freestyle over 2016 Olympic USA’s Caeleb Dressel competes in a heat for the men’s 100m butter- the start, but eventually pre- tion, with new choreography Later, Lee competed on Croatia 2 0 1 3 champion Kyle Chalmers. fly swimming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Thursday.(AFP) vailed while an incredible an- and elements that had been the floor exercise after not Kosovo 2 0 0 2 Dressel, 24, was widely chor performance by 1,500m changed by her coach, Jess practicing her floor routine for considered the heir to Ameri- American Robert Finke won touching the wall 0.46 seconds winner Katie Ledecky earned Graba, that morning. They two days because her coach can greats Mark Spitz and Mi- the inaugural men’s 800m after Finke. the US silver. had decided to take out her wanted to spare her ankle. chael Phelps going into the freestyle at the Games thanks The men’s 800m freestyle Australia, led by 100m, fourth tumbling pass because She wasn’t initially selected Olympics with a potentially to a blistering last 50 metres. is officially debuting at the 200m and 4x100m winner her left ankle, which she frac- to perform the floor exercise Tennis huge medal haul available to Finke came back from Olympics 117 years after Ger- Ariarne Titmus, took bronze tured last year, hasn’t com- at the team final because each Vondrousova sets him depending on his relay fourth at the last turn, swim- many’s Emil Rausch won the in an Oceania record 7:41.29 pletely healed, leading to poor country chooses only three of participation. But the 100m ming 26.39 seconds in the last 880 yards (804m) at the 1904 with the US posting a conti- landings — and big deductions its four gymnasts to compete up Bencic final free, the blue riband event 50 metres to beat Italy’s Gre- Games in 13:11.4. nental best 7:40.73. And Led- — for that final pass. on each apparatus. With Biles Marketa Vondrousova landed in the pool, ensures Tokyo is gorio Paltrinieri to gold in 7 The 200m breaststroke ecky also topped the 800m The change worked. Lee out, though, Lee had little another huge scalp in the form a success regardless after he minutes 41.87 seconds. went to Australia’s Izaac qualifier with Titmus sixth. had her best floor exercise choice. During the all-around, of Elina Svitolina to book her touched the wall in 47.02 sec- “I noticed 10 metres out I Stubblety-Cook, who turned Dressel, who already has score of these Olympics. Lee brought the same resolve place in the gold medal match onds, a new Olympic record, was catching up a little bit of on the jets in the last length to 4x100m freestyle gold from Graba, Lee’s coach since to make it to the podium. And at Tokyo 2020 against Belinda just 0.06 seconds ahead of ground and that was the only overtake Dutchman Arno Kam- Tokyo and two Olympic golds she was in elementary school, in the end, she made it to the Bencic. It has been a memora- Australia’s Chalmers. motivation I needed to try and minga, finishing in 2:06.38, a from Rio relay participation, knew that she could hit her top of it. ble week for Vondrousova, who Russian Kliment Kolesnik- pass and get my hand to the new Olympic record. was given a test to claim his new routine — and the other Before the medal ceremo- knocked out cauldron-lighter ov took bronze a further 0.36 wall first,” said Finke. Kamminga, who won sil- first individual honour. routines, too. From the start, ny, she FaceTimed her family, and “face of the games” Naomi seconds back. Paltrinieri, 2019 world ver in the 100m, swam the first “I knew that weight was on he believed she was a special which had been watching the Osaka in round three. One more “I wasn’t worried about champion in the event and 150 metres well below world my shoulders - I’d won (Olym- athlete, one that had “a lot of competition from a large hall hurdle still stands in her way in anything,” Dressel said. “Dur- Rio Olympic champion in the record pace before fading in pic) relay medals but never spunk” and was fearless. He near her home in St. Paul. A the form of ninth seed Bencic, ing the race there’s only so 1,500m freestyle, led for the the last stretch, but managed individual, so it was really spe- and his wife, Lee’s other coach, huge contingent of family and who fought hard for a three-set much you can do, whatever’s first 700 metres and held on to hold off a charge by Fin- cial,” he said. Alison Lim, worked closely to- friends, many from the Hmong triumph over Elena Rybakina. going to happen is going to in the last eighth of the race to land’s Matti Mattsson, who Dressel will also contest gether to usher Lee to the top American community, had Vondrousova has had a Games happen. win silver with 7:42.11. had to settle for bronze. the 50m free and 100m but- of the sport but also keep the joined them. She talked to her to remember and she was a “That’s what I had in that Ukraine’s Mykhailo Ro- China’s Zhang Yufei, who terfly - which heats he later sport fun. father first, saying, I“ did it!” 6-3, 6-1 winner against heavily moment and I executed it.” manchuk won bronze after on Monday won silver in the topped in an Olympic record Winning, of course, was They both cried. fancied fourth seed Svitolina, 50.39 seconds - and he is cer- becoming the first female Czech tain to be part of the 4x100m to reach an Olympic singles final medley team, and could com- in the process. It means the pete in mixed relays as well. will have a wom- Spitz took a famous seven en’s singles competitor on the golds in Munich 1972 and podium for the second straight this was bettered by Phelps in Games after Petra Kvitova fin- , whose record eight in ished with bronze at Rio 2016. 2008 helped him to a career Incredibly, Vondrousova did tally of 23 - with 26 more at not even automatically qualify world championships. for these Games with Karolina Australian Emma McK- Pliskova, Barbora Krejcikova, eon topped the women’s 100m Kvitova and Karolina Muchova free semis followed by Hong ahead of her in the qualifying Kong’s Siobhan Haughey and pecking order. Vondrousova two-time Olympic champion opted to use her protected rank- Cate Campbell of Australia ing, dating back to a wrist injury while South African Tatjana prior to the pandemic, meaning Gold medallist China’s Li Bingjie, China’s Yang Junxuan, China’s Tang Muhan and China’s Zhang Yufei pose Schoenmaker just missed the John Lee (R), Sunisa Lee’s father, and Yeev Thoj react after Sunisa Lee Muchova missed out. (DPA) with their medals after they set a new World Record in the final of the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay world record in the 200m of Team United States competed on balance beam at the Tokyo 2020 swimming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Japan on Thursday. (AFP) breaststroke, 2:19.33. Olympic Games in Oakdale, Minnesota, on Thursday. (Getty/AFP) Sports Friday, July 30, 2021 11

Qatar Goodwood Festival Day 3 Lady Bowthorpe lands Qatar Nassau Stakes Tribune News Network Mercedes’ Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas (L) and Mercedes’ British Goodwood (UK) driver Lewis Hamilton address a press conference at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod near Budapest on Thursday, ahead of In presence of His Excellency the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix. (AFP) Yousef bin Ali Al Khater, Am- bassador of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom, the Verstappen and events of the 2021 renewal of the Qatar Goodwood Festival continued on Thursday. Hamilton resume The echoes of the events of the opening day and the sec- ond day have been very high title fight before given their outstanding suc- cess in terms of both organi- sation and top-quality racing F1 summer break as well as the large-scale par- ticipation of many stars, espe- DPA cially with the return of things Budapest to normal and the increase in the racegoer turnout to attend Formula One is to success- the Festival’s races. fully complete its first half of The Qatari success on the the racing calendar amid the second day have added to re- challenges posed by the coro- sounding success with Khalifa navirus pandemic with the bin Sheail Al Kuwari’s Lady Hungarian Grand Prix, the Princess landing the Gr1 PA last round before the summer Qatar International Stakes break, on Sunday. and Al Shaqab Racing’s AR- The race at the Hungaror- MOR taking the Gr3 Markel HE Yousef bin Ali Al Khater, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom, presented the trophies to the winners of Qatar Nassau ing follows a hectic British GP, Mechanics and engineers work Molecomb Stakes. Stakes at the Goodwood racecourse on Thursday. where championship leader on the car of Mercedes’ British The small-sized but mighty Max Verstappen of Red Bull col- driver Lewis Hamilton in the five-year-old mare added a Racing’s Ebro River (IRE) lided with title contender Lewis garage at the Hungaroring race fourth Gr1 PA victory to her (Galileo Gold x Soft Power) Hamilton of Mercedes, was track in Mogyorod near Budapest tally and kept the coveted title and Jassim bin Ali Al At- forced out of the race and saw on Thursday. (AFP) for Qatar for the third year in a tiyah’s Gubbass (Mehmas x the rival close the gap to the top. row, cementing Qatar’s stand- Vida Amorosa) were in the Verstappen admitted he’s two drivers in Silverstone is ing as the world’s leader in fray in the second race in still “a little bruised” but “ab- gone, but not forgotten. Red Arabian racing. The two-year- the card, the Group 2 Unibet solutely fine” to keep the title Bull has lodged a request for old Armor, on the other hand, Richmond Stakes for two- race up and running. ruling body FIA to review the made a grand entry to the year-old Colts and Geldings “I did a 24-hour sim [simu- incident and were summoned racing world as a hero in the over 1,. lator] race this week and it was alongside Mercedes for a making with two victories in They did very well and a cer- a good test to see how my body hearing on Thursday. his record in only three starts. tain stage, the race seemed a would react to spending time Red Bull advisor Helmut The fact that he won a Group contest between them. How- sat in one position and behind Marko said the team would 3 in just his start attempt tells ever, in the final stages the Le- screens for a long time, I felt bring new evidence that will stories. ora Judah-owned Asymmetric absolutely fine which makes put the accident in a “slightly (Showcasing x Swirral Edge), me feel positive heading into different light.” “Those facts Lady Bowthorpe much the under signals from his jockey the weekend,” he said. will be brought forward on best in Nassau Martin Harley, came from be- But Hamilton, who now Thursday, and we hope that The third day of the annual hind to take the lead and win sits only eight points behind that will [result in] a reassess- five-day Festival had a sevenb- by half a length for trainer Verstappen in the champion- ment, because we still think race card, featuring the Gr1 Alan King. Khunan (Twilight ship, hasn’t lost a race in Bu- that this penalty was too leni- Qatar Nassau Stakes for three- Son (x Hilary J) was just after dapest since 2018 and will try ent for Hamilton,” Marko said. year-old and older fillies and him in second. The Richard to keep his dominance in a bid Hamilton received a 10-sec- mares over 2,000 metres. It Lady Bowthorpe under Kieran Shoemark wins The Qatar Nassau Stakes (Group 1) for trainer William Jarvis Hannon-trained and Sean to enjoy his summer holidays ond penalty but Red Bull were was Lady Bowthorpe (Nath- and owner Mrs. A.M. Swinburn, at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in UK on Thursday. Levey-ridden Gubbass and on top of the standings. not satisfied, especially after aniel x Maglietta Fina) who the Hugo Palmer-trained and The seven-time world the Briton made his way to vic- landed top honours in the col- some quick fractions through well close home and took third. Bred by Scuderia Archi James Doyle-ridden Ebro Riv- champion is also shooting for tory. Marko believes “a penalty ours of Emma Banks for train- the early stages, which al- Winning trainer William Romani, Lady Bowthorpe is er stayed on strongly to finish record-extending milestone of that would have prevented a er William Jarvis and jockey lowed Lady Bowthorpe to set- Jarvis, who has not had a a daughter of King George third by only a nose and fourth 100 grand prix victories. victory would be appropriate. Kieran Shoemark. HE Yousef tle well in mid-division. As group one winner since 1994 winner Nathaniel(Galileo), by just a neck respectively. “For us, [Silverstone] So drive through or a ban at bin Ali Al Khater, Ambassa- the pace slowed on the turn said after the race: “It’s fan- who stands at Newsells Park The events of the Qatar was an encouraging weekend the next race, something along dor of the State of Qatar to the for home, the field stacked up tastic! We have dreamt of this Stud. Her dam, Maglietta Goodwood Festival continue with the pace of the car. The those lines.” In the fight for United Kingdom, presented but it was apparent that Lady race with her for a long time Fina(Verglas) is a winner of on Friday, the fourth and pe- small upgrades we introduced third place in the constructors’ the trophies to the winners af- Bowthorpe was travelling well. now. She has always shown five races and has also pro- nultimate day of the Festival worked well and we scored championship, Ferrari closed ter the race. Asked for an effort at the two to be a very special mare and duced Group Two winner/ with a seven-race card day. some big points,” Mercedes the gap to McLaren following Trying 2,000m for the furlong pole, Lady Bowthorpe we think the world of her. I Group One placed Speak In The feature and fourth team principal Toto Wolff said. Charles Leclerc’s heart-break- first time in her career, five- made slick headway down the am delighted for the team at Colours(Excelebration) and race is the Gr2 King George “The Hungaroring is a high- ing podium after he led most of year-old mare Lady Bowthor- outside of the field, follow- home, it means so much to also the listed placed Pretty In Qatar Stakes, a 1,000 sprint downforce [circuit, and] will the British Grand Prix. pe stayed on strongly to win ing the move of the eventual them and to her jockey Kieran. Grey(Brazen Beau) for three-year-olds and older. therefore be a different beast The Scuderia will try to the Group One Qatar Nassau second Zeyaadah(Tamayuz). I was very confident that she It will start at 5:35 pm compared to the last race. It is keep their good momentum, Stakes and claim a first Group Lady Bowthorpe proved much would stay the trip and she did Asymmetric wins Unibet Doha time. 35 minutes earlier, a track that will likely suit our while McLaren hope Daniel One success. the stronger inside the fi- it well. She has a great turn of Richmond Stakes; Al Shaqab Racing’s Qaysar will competitors more, but we’ll Ricciardo has found his form Although there were only nal furlong and went clear of foot and settles very well in her Gubbass, and Ebro River run in the Unibet Golden Mile give it all we’ve got,” he added. after his best result this season six runners, Prix de Diane win- Zeyaadah to score by a length races. She is just a superstar, gallant rivals Handicap, a class 2 mile for The incident between the (fifth) in Silverstone. ner Joan Of Arc (Galileo) set and a half. Joan Of Arc rallied we love her.” Earlier in the day, Al Shaqab three-year-olds and older. Sri Lanka seal series 2-1 with cakewalk win over India Was shocked and upset ANI when I learnt I had lost, Colombo says India’s Mary Kom Wanindu Hasaranga picked four wickets before Sri Lankan ANI batsmen wrapped an easy win in Tokyo the third and final T20I against India to clinch the three-match Mary Kom, the face of In- series 2-1 on Thursday. dia’s boxing contingent, was Sri Lanka needed 82 runs to “shocked and upset” to learn win against the depleted Indian about her Tokyo Olympics exit side in the series decider and on Thursday. Mary Kom faced the hosts chase down the target a shocking defeat -- split deci- comfortably inside 15 overs. sion -- at the hands of Colom- India’s Chungneijang Mery Kom Chasing 82, Sri Lanka got bia’s Ingrit Valencia to bow Hmangte reacts as she fights off to a decent start as Ra- out from the tournament. Va- Colombia’s Ingrit Lorena Valencia hul Chahar removed opening lencia won bout 3-2. Victoria during their women’s fly batsman Avishka Fernando However, Mary Kom (48-51kg) preliminaries round of in the sixth over. It was a slow thought she had won since the 16 boxing match at the Kokugikan start from Sri Lanka but the ace boxer had clinched two Arena in Tokyo on Thursday. (AFP) hosts were far from any trou- rounds after going down in the ble as they only needed 82 first essay. always a champion! You have runs to win. “I thought I have won but achieved what no other female Chahar did pick two more after some time I saw Kiren Ri- boxer in the world has ever wickets as he dismissed Mi- jiju’s tweet, I was shocked and achieved. You are a legend. nod Bhanuka and Sadeera Sa- Sri Lanka’s cricket team players celebrate with the trophy after winning the third Twenty20 international against India at the R Premadasa upset at the same time (to know India is proud of you BOXING marawickrama but wasn’t able Stadium in Colombo on Thursday. (AFP) that I have lost the match),” & OLYMPICS will miss you @ to stop Sri Lanka from chasing Mary Kom told reporters two MangteC,” Rijiju tweeted. the target. up in the middle resulted in India lost three wickets wicket however, Hasaranga deep and Sakariya stitched an hours after the bout. “For all of us @MangteC Earlier, Hasaranga cel- Devdutt Padikkal getting run in the fifth over and Nitish sent back the pacer in the 18-run stand as visitors posted After Mary Kom’s defeat, was the clear winner but ebrated his 24th birthday in out in the fifth over. Rana’s dismissal in the ninth 15th over. 81 in the allotted 20 overs. Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister Judges have their own calcula- style as he picked four wickets Sanju Samson’s wicket over left the visitors reeling at After 15 overs, India score Scores: India 81/8 (Kuldeep of Law and Justice, said the box- tions,” he added. to restrict India to 81/8 in the same over only dented 36/5 with no recognised bats- was 55/6 with Kuldeep and Yadav 23*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar er was a clear winner but judges Valencia advanced to the Opting to bat first,I ndia India’s chances of having a man at the crease. Rahul Chahar at the crease. 16; Wanindu Hasaranga 4-9); had their “own calculations”. quarter-finals of the showpiece got off to bad start as the visi- decent total. Ruturaj Gaikwad Bhuvneshwar Kumar and India kept losing wickets Sri Lanka 82/3 (Dhananjaya de “Dear Mary Kom, you lost event after defeating Mary tors lost skipper Shikhar Dha- (14), who was playing well, too Kuldeep Yadav then stitched at regular intervals and were Silva 23*, Minod Bhanuka 18; in Tokyo Olympics by just Kom in the women’s flyweight wan in the first over.A mix- departed in the fifth over. a 19-run stand for the sixth eight down for 63 before Kul- Rahul Chahar 3-15). one point but for me you are (48-51kg) category event.