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RIO DE JANEIRO: Jamaica’s Omar McLeod (4th right) reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the Men’s 110m Hurdles Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 at the Olympic Stadium in . — AFP Jamaica unleashes new sprint sensation

More glory for Jamaica, but Chinese fans upset

RIO DE JANEIRO: Jamaica unleashed a new as Lavillenie was presented with his silver Meanwhile questions were raised about sprint sensation as Omar McLeod took the medal. The gold was won by Brazil’s Thiago Britain’s dominance in cycling. Britain remain Rio Olympics 110m hurdles while Chinese Braz da Silva in a major upset. The crowd in second place in the medals table with 19 sports fans lamented the team’s perceived had also jeered Lavillenie when he jumped golds, behind the United States on 28, and lack of gold medal success in Rio. Frustration in Monday’s competition. their cyclists have accounted for six of the bubbled over in China where sports fans Tears streamed down Lavillenie’s face as Rio titles. Jason Kenny won the men’s keirin branded their athletes Olympic failures he stood for the Brazilian anthem. and Laura Trott the team pursuit Tuesday. while Britain cemented its position in sec- Afterwards, athletics legends Sebastian Coe Rivals such as Germany’s Kristini Vogel, ond place ahead of China in the medals and Sergey Bubka and International who beat Briton Becky James into second table with more gold medals in cycling. Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach place in the women’s sprint, wondered why Meanwhile sports officials slammed the consoled the 27-year-old Frenchman. Bach British riders do relatively badly at annual Rio Games crowd for abusing French pole said on Twitter that it was “shocking behav- world championships and then clean up at vault star Renaud Lavillenie, leaving him in ior for the crowd to boo Renaud Lavillenie the Olympics every four years. “Of course tears following his medal ceremony. As on the medal podium.” Elsewhere in track I’m not saying that they took drugs or had Usain Bolt prepared to take to the track and field, ’s Faith Kipyegon beat world an engine in the bikes,” said the 25-year-old. again yesterday in the 200m semi-finals record holder of Ethiopia to Britain has won 20 of the 30 golds disputed compatriot McLeod, 22, led the hurdle race 1500m gold, and American triple jumper going back to 2008. However British from start to finish and won in 13.05sec. He Christian Taylor and Croat discus thrower coach Iain Dyer insisted it was a fallacy to said inspiration had come from Bolt and Sandra Perkovic both retained their Olympic suggest his team is not successful at the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who took bronze in crowns. worlds. They topped the medals table at the the 100m. “You see them, they go out and worlds in 2013 and 2016, finished fourth in have fun and represent themselves and their Upsets for China 2014 and only 2015 was a real blip-a 10th country and they win, and you just want to In China, the knives are out for the place finish without a single gold medal. go out and do the same thing,” McLeod said. nation’s sports administrators following Meanwhile in football, Brazilian women’s some upsets in Rio. The Asian giant lan- soccer heroine Marta, five-time world player French pole vaulter jeered guished behind Britain-once dismissed as an of the year, exited in tears when Brazil were As well as Bolt’s reappearance, yesterday’s “old declining Empire”-in third place on the edged 4-3 on penalties by Sweden at Rio’s action also see the return of Darya Klishina, Olympic medal table. China topped the Maracana Stadium. Sweden, who also beat the sole Russian athlete represented in track medals table in 2008 with 51 golds and came defending champions the United States in and field following a ban imposed on their second with 38 in four years ago. the quarter-finals, now play Germany, vic- athletes over state-sponsored doping With only 15 so far in Rio, online posts dis- tors over Canada, in Friday’s final. Brazil’s charges. Klishina will compete in the long played fury at China’s failure to keep up with men, led by Neymar, took on Honduras in jump final, one of 16 gold medals on offer Britain, which has a fraction of its population. their semi-final yesterday. Germany were on the day. Earlier Tuesday the Rio Olympics “Screw you (China), not only have you fall- again involved - playing Nigeria. In gymnas- atmosphere soured when the crowd in the en behind in gold, but you’re actually soon tics, Simone Biles finished with four golds RIO DE JANEIRO: France’s Renaud Lavillenie competes in the final of the men’s pole sparsely populated stadium jeered France’s about to lose the medal count to an EU-quit- and a bronze. The American took the floor vault during the athletics competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Lavillenie for the second day. Boos rang out ting kingdom,’ wrote one sports fan. event in Tuesday’s finale.— AFP Olympic stadium. — AP Website hacked as Iranians protest lifting ‘conspiracy’ Qatar’s Barshim wins silver Drouin joins Canadian greats with high jump gold TEHRAN: The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked yesterday and its Instagram page RIO DE JANEIRO: Canada’s Derek Drouin beat a quality field to add the Olympic high jump crown to his world title after a cliff- hanger of a final in Rio. Drouin cleared 2.38 meters in Tuesday’s competition, edging Qatari Mutaz Barshim into the silver medal spot to become Canada’s first Olympic high jump champion WEIGHTLIFTING since 1932. Barshim, the world indoor silver medalist, took silver after flooded with over 285,000 comments after Iran’s star posting a height of 2.36 while Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko, lifter Behdad Salimikordasiabi controversially crashed who was runner-up to Drouin at last year’s world champi- out of the Rio Games. Having broken a world record in onships, took bronze with 2.33m. “There was obviously some a previous round, the 26-year-old super heavyweight pressure but I’m very proud of the way I jumped,” Drouin told was disqualified when Olympic officials ruled that he reporters. “I didn’t feel anxious at all. I certainly was calm and I had failed to register a total in the clean and jerk, lead- was hungry to come out here and win gold. “I’m sure people are ing to angry protests by his coach and fans that led to going pretty crazy back home,” added the 26-year-old, who won riot police being called to the arena in Rio. bronze in London four years ago. The IWF website was unavailable after it was hacked “Four years ago I was very, very relieved but I didn’t think it by someone using the moniker “Master of Pain”, who was my best day. Now I thrive in situations like this and I would plastered the homepage with the Iranian lifter’s name have been disappointed with anything less than gold.” The last and photograph. “Keep your head up Behdad!,” a mes- Canadian to capture gold in the men’s high jump was Duncan sage said. “God gives his hardest battles to his strongest McNaughton, whose medal was subsequently stolen from his soldier.” Tens of thousands of Iranians also poured on to the federation’s Instagram page in the hours after the car and American Bob Van Osdel, who finished second and was jury’s decision. “Behdad is winner in our hearts. God a dentist, made a replica to replace it using a cast of his silver damn the Olympics,” wrote one angry user, @hadis- medal.”I didn’t realize that,” smiled Drouin, confessing he was RIO DE JANEIRO: Iran’s Behdad Salimikordasiabi dr1375. “Hope one day sport world become more fair not completely up to speed on Canadian Olympic history. and closer to the humanity,” said @nader_beglary. State cries after the Men’s +105kg weightlifting compe- “Canada has a pretty strong history in track and field so it’s television slammed the decision as “unfair” and a video tition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de been awesome to try and find my place in history.” Drouin of the “Iranian Hercules” crying went viral. Janeiro. — AFP blushed slightly when asked if he thought he deserved to be Unlike Facebook and Twitter, Instagram is not Salimikordasiabi’s first jerk was a no lift. The jury then mentioned alongside the likes of sprinter Donovan Bailey, the blocked by authorities in the Islamic republic and has dramatically overruled the judges’ decision that his sec- 100m gold medalist at the 1996 Olympics, or speed skater and become hugely popular among the country’s young, ond lift was legitimate. “There’s a conspiracy. Our ene- two-time gold medal winner Catriona Le May.”When you grow well-connected population. Salimikordasiabi set a new mies were on the jury,” irate Iranian coach Sajjad up idolizing people like that it’s really, really difficult to see RIO DE JANEIRO: (Top) Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim com- world record of 216kg in the snatch, and was leading Anoushiravani told reporters. “He is a gold medalist yourself as one of them,” he said. “I don’t know if I could ever petes in the Men’s High Jump Final during the athletics Georgian lifter Lasha Talakhadze by 1kg as they went from London. He broke the world record here. They consider myself in that company. It’s going to take a little while event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Above) Barshim cel- into the clean and jerk. But the judges ruled that may as well throw the whole thing in the trash.” — AFP to sink in.” — AFP ebrates winning the silver medal.— AFP