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Monday, March 22, 2021
Longines Qatar Equestrian Tour Hathab: Maryam is dressage champion
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Saleh and Jassim Adel as second and third respectively.
Doha
The grand finale of the sea-
Following her distinguished performances through the year (2020-21) Maryam Ahmed Al Semaitt emerged as the overall champion in level son’s longines Qatar Equestrian Tour longines Hathab will conclude with the 12th round of showjumping next Saturday (March 27) after which all overall winners of various categories as also each round winners will be awarded.
- 1
- Medium Championship
dressage event of the fourth season of longines Qatar
- Equestrian Tour Hathab Sup-
- it is noteworthy that that
- ported by The Social and Sport
- longines Hathab 2020-21
was conducted despite the challenges due to the coronavirus (CoViD-19) pandemic challenges with many of the rounds being held behind closed doors at Qatar Equestrian Federation’s indoor arena as per the guidelines of the
Contribution Fund and organized and conducted jointly by the Qatar Equestrian Federation and Al Shaqab (Member, Qatar Foundation).
Future Riders’ winner being honoured during one of the rounds of Hathab by Omar Al Mannai, Vice-Chairman, Organizing Committee, Longines Hathab.
Maryam had finished second in the 11th and final round at Al Shaqab’s longines indoor
- Arena on Saturday but contin-
- 174 points followed by Jas- with 164 points from six rounds, Ministry of Public Health for
- ued to stay atop the rankings
- sim Muhammad Al Fahd Al followed by Fahd Abdel Karim the safety of all participants,
- having accumulated a total of
- Kuwari (144), and ghanem and Majed Abdel Rahman.
- organisers and fans.
165 points having participated Maryam Ahmed Al Semaitt astride Rythm at Longines Indoor Arena at Al Shaqab on Saturday.
in six rounds of Hathab.
- nasser Al Qadi (139) points.
- The first level saw Hadi
- The fourth season of lon-
in the Future Riders’ an- Mansour Al Shahwani with gines Hathab championship is
- Maryam Al Boinin finished 146 points, while Jassim Al 136 points.
- ship (level 2), Asmaa Yasser nual competition, Cain Monty 154 points take the top prize also main partnered by Exxon-
- as the overall runners-up with Jaham Al Kuwari is third with
- in the Prelim Champion- Mohammed has topped with emerged best in the second level followed by Barzan Azzam Mobil And global Peace.
QATAR MOTO3 TEST
AMIR CUP VOLLEYBALL
Masia decimates lap record to lead Red Bull KTM Ajo 1-2 at Losail
Al Wakrah Sports Club scored a convincing 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22) win over Al Shamal SC in the preliminary round of the Senior men’s Amir Cup qualifying at the Qatar Volleyball Association Hall on Sunday.
Lee Zii Jia wins
All England
Spaniard Jaume Masia of Red Bull KTM Ajo.
MoTo GP
ing.
gabriel Rodrigo (indone-
LosaiL
Open men’s title
sian Racing gresini Moto3)
JAuME Masia (Red Bull KTM was fifth quickest, 0.072 off Ajo) went quickest on Day 3 of guevara, who was in turn only the Moto2™ and Moto3™ of- 0.015 off Foggia. Sixth went
Ani
Birmingham
Malaysia in 2017.
Japan’s nozomi okuhara
won the All England women’s
ficial Test at the losail inter- to Day 2’s quickest man John national Circuit in Qatar, top- McPhee (Petronas Sprinta
- ping the combined timesheets Racing), ahead of 2020 Rook-
- MAlAYSiA’S lee Zii Jia on title as he defeated Pornpawee
Sunday won the All England Chochuwong 21-12, 21-16 in open men’s title as he defeat- the finals.
on Sunday by three tenths and ie of the Year Jeremy Alcoba Red Bull KTM Ajo rider in action at the Losail International Circuit on Sunday.
with a lap quite a chunk faster (indonesian Racing gresini
- than the previous record, al- Moto3). Romano Fenati (Ster- find out soon enough as the lowes, Bezzecchi and gardner Moto2™ career. Fastest rookie ed Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen
- india’s challenge in the All
- though it will remain unoffi- ilgarda Max Racing Team) Barwa grand Prix of Qatar be- will leave the test happy, and throughout, the Spaniard is on in the summit clash.
- England open had come to an
- cial as it was set in testing.
- kept his consistency to end gins on Friday.
- so too will Jake Dixon (Petro- course for an incredibly im-
- The 22-year-old defeated end on Saturday as PV Sindhu
- And who was closest on his the day eighth for Husqvarna,
- nas Sprinta Racing) as the Brit pressive debut race weekend. Axelsen 30-29, 20-22, 21-9 in lost her semifinal clash.
tail? His rookie teammate Pe- ahead of Filip Salac (Rivacold Lowes, Bezzecchi and dro Acosta, as both the 2020 Snipers Team) in P9. Dar- Gardner end Sunday Red Bull Rookies Cup win- ryn Binder (Petronas Sprinta within just 0.048
- rounded out Sunday in fourth. So too, now, is Albert Arenas the summit clash which lasted
- Sindhu
on
Saturday
- After a wrist injury that could (inde Aspar Team) though as for one hour and 14 minutes.
- crashed out of the ongoing All
- have been a career-threatener, the reigning Moto3™ world
- with this win, Malaysia’s ti- England open after losing to
- ner and 2020 FiM Moto3™ Racing), quickest on Friday,
- Sunday at the official getting straight back into the Champion shot up into the tle drought came to an end and it Thailand’s Pornpawee Cho-
- Junior world Champion izan rounds out the top ten.
- Moto2™ and Moto3™ Qatar top five is no mean feat.
- top ten on Sunday, only 0.052 is after four years, that someone chuwong in the semi-final.
- guevara (gasgas gaviota As-
- 11th was third rookie Xa- Test saw Sam lowes (Elf Marc
- That top five on Day 3 of off fellow rookie Fernandez. from the country has managed
- The reigning world cham-
- pion lost to sixth seed Chochu-
- par Team) continued their vier Artigas (leopard Racing) VDS Racing Team) snatch P1 the test was completed by Dix- Arenas’ teammate Aron Canet to win the All England open.
incredible rookie form, with as he settles into Moto3™ as a in the intermediate class, but on’s teammate Xavi Vierge, completes the top ten, sliding guevara taking fourth. Be- debuting full time rider with a the top three was covered by who was fastest on Saturday. tween the two debutants, podium already under his belt, just 0.048 as Marco Bezzecchi Sixth place goes to Bo and Day 2 but another with lee Chong wei had last wong in straight games 21-17, down from second on Day 1 won the All England open for 21-9 in 45 minutes.
leopard Racing’s Dennis Fog- with Jason Dupasquier (CarX- (Sky Racing Team VR46) took Bendsneyder on Day 3 as the some key consistency.
- gia was third overall.
- pert Pruestel gP) putting in a second and Remy gardner Dutchman continues to im-
- Stefano Manzi (Flexbox
- The conditions were good solid 12th on Sunday. niccolo (Red Bull KTM Ajo) third.
- press upon his move to Per- HP40) takes P11 by just 0.003
- once again on Day 3, with Ma- Antonelli (Avintia Esponso-
- All three will likely be start- tamina Mandalika SAg Team ahead of another impressive
sia’s best lap taking a second rama Moto3), Kaito Toba ing the year expecting to chal- and Kalex. He was only 0.033 rookie in the form of Ai ogura off the fastest effort on Satur- (CiP green Power) and Sergio lenge for wins, and their tests off Vierge as he made a late (idemitsu Honda Team Asia),
- day. That best lap came late in garcia (gasgas gaviota Aspar only underlined their speed.
- leap up the timesheets, and is with yet another right be-
the day but it was a cracker, a Team) completed the top 15, 2:04.263 as he pipped team- the latter despite a crash – on Sunday once again, and ently improving. mate Acosta by three tenths rider ok. lowes’ best is the quickest nicolo Bulega (Federal oil American was only 0.016 off and set that new, unofficial That’s it from the test, now lap of the test as preparations gresini Moto2) ends Sunday ogura too... and pipped com-
The conditions were fair another who has been consist- hind him: Cameron Beaubier (American Racing). The
scorcher. The two Red Bull all that’s left to do is race. will continued for the coming race in seventh, another late to patriot Joe Roberts (italtrans
- KTM Ajos have been consist- the timesheets look similar weekend(s).
- move up the timesheets but Racing Team) by 0.011. Mar-
- The gaps one again show doing so in style. cel Schrötter (liqui Moly in-
- ently quick, as have guevara once the race weekend begins?
- and Foggia, with the mix of who has the pace in race trim we have a stunner in store,
- Style is also a good word to tact gP) completed the fastest
veterans and rookies at the top and who’s ready to battle it out across the top three and describe the start of Raul Fer- fifteen, just edging out rookie making for interesting read- as only Moto3™ can? we’ll throughout the timesheets. nandez’ (Red Bull KTM Ajo) teammate Tony Arbolino.
Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia poses on the podium with the winner’s trophy after beating Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final of the All England Open Badminton Championship at the Utilita Arena in
- Birmingham, England, on Sunday. (aFP)
- Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (left) and Sky Racing Team VR46 riders in action at the Losail International Circuit on Sunday.