TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021 10 Bahrain’s obstacle course racing community gets boost Venezuela come back twice Bahrain Obstacle Course• Racing Club established to draw 2-2 with Ecuador under presidency of Shaikh Khaled bin Last gasp Hernandez snatches draw for Venezuela in Copa America Ebrahim Al Khalifa TDT | Manama Peru beat Colombia 2-1• to keep hopes alive he sport of obstacle course The way they played Tracing and its related dis- at Copa America ciplines are set for big things for the first time in in the Kingdom of Bahrain fol- AFP | Brasilia the professional team, lowing the establishment of a they’re here showing national federation. an ability to sacrifice, Bahrain Obstacle Course Shaikh Khaled bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa onald Hernandez scored to fight, to defend the Racing Club (BOCR), under the an injury time equalizer Burgundy (jersey), presidency of Shaikh Khaled Rto earn minnows Vene- which excites me bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, aspires zuela a share of the spoils in a VENEZUELA’S COACH JOSE PESEIRO to promote and advance ob- BETTER 2-2 draw with Ecuador at the stacle sports, obstacle course Copa America on Sunday. Mina blunder racing and their related sports Ecuador twice took the lead on the island. through Ayrton Preciado and Peru bounced back from their KNOW BOCR is a member of the Gonzalo Plata either side of a Venezuela’s Ronald Hernandez chests the ball against Colombia’s Leandro Campaz opening 4-0 defeat to Brazil to Federation Internationale de powerful headed goal from Ven- stun Colombia 2-1 thanks to a Sports d’Obstacles (FISO), ob- ezuela’s Edson Castillo. ing narrowly wide from good looked to hit back immediately. Yerry Mina own goal. stacle racing’s global govern- Bahrain Obstacle It was a remarkable achieve- scoring positions. They did move back in front Sergio Pena gave Peru a first ing body. Course Racing Club ment for a team still missing 12 Cristian Casseres was Vene- 19 minutes from time after a half lead but Miguel Borja The BOCR board has been set aspires to promote players due to testing positive zuela’s main threat but he skied length of the field counter-at- equalized from the penalty spot up under Shaikh Khaled, with for Covid-19 or injury. one great chance from 12 yards tack from a Venezuela corner. early in the second period. vice-president Ali Taqi, gen- and advance obstacle “I have no words to describe out, before breaking the offside Plata ran from one box to However, Mina inadvertently eral secretary Seema AlKhar- sports, obstacle my admiration for these lads,” trap and seeing his chip over the other with the ball and al- bundled the ball past goalkeeper raz, treasurer Hamad Albinali, course racing and said Venezuela’s coach Jose Pe- goalkeeper Pedro Ortiz cleared though Farinez saved his tired David Ospina from a corner to and board members Amal Al- their related sports in seiro. off the line by Pedro Hincapie. effort, Christian Noboa’s fol- hand Peru victory. malood, Sara Shabib and Faisal the Kingdom “The way they played for the The deadlock was broken in low-up ricocheted back to him Colombia were in the ascend- Alkhalasi. first time in the professional scrappy circumstances six min- off a back-tracking defender and ancy early on but Juan Cuad- Obstacle course races are in- and parkour. team, they’re here showing an utes before halftime. Plata poked home. rado lashed over and Borja’s dividual or team-participation Worldwide, there are over ability to sacrifice, to fight, to Pervis Estupinan sent a free- Soon after, captain Valencia shot was deflected inches past events held in parks, resorts, 2,500 obstacle course races, defend the Burgundy (jersey), kick into the box that Campana had a chance to wrap things up the post. beaches, wilderness, rural and many of which feature re- which excites me.” won in the air, causing havoc but shot wide with only Farinez Peru took the lead on 17 min- urban environments, and all nowned brands such as Spar- The point left Ecuador bot- before Preciado stabbed home to beat. utes as Yoshimar Yotun took kinds of other venues both in- tan Race, Tough Mudder and tom of the five team group on the loose ball after it ricocheted After his earlier heroics, Pla- aim from almost 30 yards out to door and outdoor. Strong Viking. one point, with Venezuela a off goalkeeper Wuilker Farinez. ta was at fault for Venezuela’s the left, and when his stunning Races can have up to 5,000 Obstacle course racing was place and a point above them af- Venezuela were level, though, equalizer, caught out of posi- shot came back off the far post, participants and are commonly a full medal event at the 2019 ter having played a game more. just six minutes into the sec- tion as Hernandez ran past him the ball fell kindly to Pena to in lengths of three kilometres Southeast Asia Games. The Hosts Brazil lead the group ond half when Castillo rose un- to head Edson Castillo’s long drill home. (short course), five km (inter- SEA Games are under regu- with a perfect two wins from marked eight yards out to plant ball into the box past a stranded Colombia were given a lifeline national), 12 to 15km (stand- lation of the Southeast Asian two ahead of Colombia, who a bullet header from Jose Mar- Ortiz. early in the second half when ard), 21km (long course), and Games Federation (SEAGF), lost 2-1 to third-placed Peru in tinez’s cross into the top corner, “These lapses in concentra- Borja got in behind Peru’s de- over 50km (ultra). with supervision by the Inter- Goiania. leaving Ortiz rooted to his line. tion are costing us points, but fense only to be brought down There are also sub-catego- national Olympic Committee Ecuador were off to a bright Three minutes later, Farinez we have to keep pushing know- in the penalty area by a rash ries to these events, which in- (IOC) and the Olympic Council start with both Leonardo Cam- got down quickly to save a head- ing this is the (right) path,” said challenge from goalkeeper Pe- clude adventure racing, ninja, of Asia (OCA). pana and Enner Valencia shoot- er from Campana as Ecuador Ecuador’s coach Gustavo Alfaro. dro Gallese. Al Najma miss out on Asian clubs handball bronze Baumgartner sends Austria into • Bahrain champions last 16 with win over Ukraine narrowly lose to Al AFP | Bucharest Arabi of Qatar 24-25 in match for third place hristoph Baumgartner’s Cfirst-half goal sent Austria Late rally that through to the last 16 of Euro • 2020 yesterday after a 1-0 win included four goals in over Ukraine that left their op- last four minutes comes ponents facing an anxious wait up short for Najma to see if they qualify. Hoffenheim midfielder Baumgartner turned in David TDT | Manama Alaba’s corner on 21 minutes in Bucharest as Austria pipped ahrain champions Al Najma Ukraine to second place in Bnarrowly missed out on the Group C behind the Nether- bronze medals in the 23rd Asian lands. Men’s Club Handball League Austria will play Italy at Championship yesterday in Wembley on June 26 after ad- Jeddah following a 24-25 loss vancing from the group stage at Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner (C) shoots and scores the opening goal to Al Arabi SC of Qatar. a major tournament for the first defeat by the Netherlands while The game for third place time since the 1982 World Cup. serving a one-match ban for wrapped up Najma’s campaign Ukraine, eliminated in the insulting a North Macedonia in the competition. BETTER group stage at the past two Eu- player in their opening game. The Bahrainis faced a 7-12 Hasan Al Fardan goes for goal against Al Arabi goalkeeper Saeid Barkhordari ropean Championships, must Needing victory to be as - deficit at the half but were able during their match wait to find out if they advance sured of a place in the next to battle back over the final 30 scored for Najma with five goals ing also suffered defeat to their KNOW as one of four best third-placed round, Austria went ahead as minutes. while Mohammed Habib added rivals in the group stage. teams. Baumgartner beat 18-year-old After falling behind 20-25 four. Al Fardan was one of three Najma were the lone Bah - Andriy Shevchenko had ruled defender Illia Zabarnyi to Ala- with just under four minutes to players with three goals. The raini representatives in the Ukraine, eliminated out his Ukraine team playing ba’s corner and poked beyond play, Najma made one last rally others were Bilal Askani and championship. They were for the draw they needed to Georgiy Bushchan. and scored the next four goals, Mohamed Ahmed. one of 11 teams competing, in the group stage at finish as runners-up, having Ukraine came close to an including a pair from Hasan Al Adel Afrooz and Ali Ali with the others coming from the past two European snapped a run of six straight equaliser when Mykola Shap- Fardan. But his second came chipped in with two goals Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Yemen, Championships, must losses at the competition with arenko drew a good low save with just 30 seconds left on the apiece, while scoring one goal Uzbekistan and hosts Saudi wait to find out if they their 2-1 win over North Mac- from Daniel Bachmann, the re- clock, and it was too late for the each were Abdulla Abdulkarim Arabia.