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OLYMPICS | Page 5 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 11 ‘Sluggish’ Younis and Bolt does Shah take To Advertise here enough in Pakistan to Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 100m heats brink of win Sunday, August 14, 2016 Dhul-Qa’da 11, 1437 AH SWIMMING Super Schooling TIMES upsets Phelps to win butterfl y gold Page 2 SPOTLIGHT/ QATAR ROUND-UP Medals tally Country G S B T Country G S B T United States 21 14 17 52 Romania 1 1 2 4 China 3 11 17 41 Belgium 1 1 1 3 Great Britain 8 10 6 24 Slovenia 1 1 1 3 Denmark edge Germany 8 4 3 15 Belarus 1 1 0 2 Japan 7 3 14 24 Colombia 1 1 0 2 Australia 6 6 7 19 Slovakia 1 1 0 2 South Korea 6 3 4 13 Vietnam 1 1 0 2 Russia 5 9 8 22 Czech Republic 1 0 4 5 France 5 8 5 18 Chinese Taipei 1 0 2 3 Qatar in thriller Italy 5 7 4 16 Ethiopia 1 0 1 2 Haroun advances in 400m, but Ogunode fails to qualify in 100m Hungary 5 3 3 11 Greece 1 0 1 2 Spain 3 0 2 5 Indt. Ol Athlts 1 0 1 2 New Zealand 2 6 0 8 Argentina 1 0 0 1 Canada 2 2 6 10 Fiji 1 0 0 1 Kazakhstan 2 2 3 7 Iran 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 2 2 3 7 Kosovo 1 0 0 1 Thailand 2 1 1 4 Singapore 1 0 0 1 Croatia 2 1 0 3 South Africa 0 4 1 5 Switzerland 2 0 1 3 Denmark 0 2 2 4 Sweden 1 3 1 5 Ukraine 0 2 1 3 North Korea 1 2 2 5 Azerbaijan 0 2 0 2 Brazil 1 1 2 4 Indonesia 0 2 0 2 Poland 1 1 2 4 Cuba 0 1 1 2 STAR OF THE DAY Joseph Schooling of Singapore The Star of the Day is Singapore’s Joseph Schooling, who beat swimming great Michael Phelps to win his country’s first Olympic gold medal and became an instant millionaire in the process. “Its been a hard road, I’ve done something that no one in our country has done before. I’ve received a lot of support and that’s phenomenal,” Schooling told reporters. Qatar’s right back Zarko Markovic (R) vies with Danish players during their men’s Group A handball at the Future Arena in Rio de Watched by his mother and president Tony Tan in the stands, Janeiro yesterday. the 21-year-old beat Phelps, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh in the 100 metres butterfly final Agencies on Friday, to grab the gold while the others completed a Rio de Janeiro remarkable three-way dead-heat for silver. Singapore has spent millions trying to win more medals at the Olympics, including off ering a Foreign Sports Talent programme which ikkel Hansen found the grants promising foreign athletes citizenship, as well as a target with seconds re- S$1mn ($743,494.42) prize for gold medals. Schooling left the maining to help Denmark country at 14 to train in the United States and now studies at Medge Qatar 26-25 in a the University of Texas in Austin, whose programme is led by thrilling Group A handball match at two-time US Olympic men’s head coach Eddie Reese. the Olympic Games yesterday. With precious little to choose be- tween the two teams, it was anybody’s game until the last moment, but it was Denmark who held their nerve to clinch their third win in four matches to take their points tally to six. Qatar, on the other hand have only three points from four matches, hav- ing lost two, won one and drawn one and will need to beat Argentina in their last group match in order to secure a spot in the quarter-fi nals. Qatar held the early advantage, al- beit by not more than two points at any given moment but Denmark displayed remarkable grit and determination to Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah, who won a bronze at the London Olympics in 2012, tie14-14 at half-time. crashed out of the skeet competition yesterday after finishing 31st in a 32-man field. Late in the second half, Qatar trailed 20-23, but caught up and even fence and goalkeeping at both ends Faris Ibrahim finished 8th in the went ahead 25-24 thanks to a goal of the court that meant the score re- men’s 85kg weightlifting after lift- from Rafael Capote, before Mensah mained the same at the 10-minute ing 158 kilograms in snatch and 203 in Larsen equalised with 51 seconds re- mark when Croatia coach Zeljko clean and jerk, giving him a total of maining to hand Denmark the advan- Babic requested the fi rst time-out of 361 kilograms Iran’s Kianoush Ros- tage. the game. tami recorded 396 kilograms to give And sure enough that proved to be a Marko Kopljar was the next on the Iran their first gold medal. key moment as a great assist by Rene board, breaking the scoring drought The silver went to China’s Tian Tao Toft found Hansen and he drilled the of three minutes to put Croatia in with 395 kilograms while the bronze ball into the middle of the Qatari goal front at 5:4, but after that Guigou was claimed by Romania’s Gabriel much to the joy of the Danes. scored two more goals – to tally four Sincraian with a lift of 390 kilograms. Meanwhile Croatia stunned world by the time the clock showed 15 min- Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah fin- champs France 29-28 thanks to a last utes – and earned France their fi rst ished 31st, only ahead of countryman second penalty save by goalkeeper lead of the game at 6:5. Rashid Hamad, who came last, in the Ivan Pesic. Croatia started stronger Meanwhile, Qatar’s Abdelalelah men’s skeet shooting event at the Rio with two goals scored before France Haroun was the lone bright spot for Olympics yesterday. added two of their own to equalise, the Qatari contingent yesterday as Al-Attiyah, who boasts an impres- but the EHF EURO 2016 bronze med- he qualifi ed for the men’s 400 metres sive CV of motorsport feats including allists showed they were ready to play semi-fi nal. 11 Middle East Rally Championships when they allowed the level score line Haroun finished his heat in second and two Dakar Rally titles, had won to exist only temporarily, opening up place with a time of 45.76 seconds, bronze medal at the London 2012 the two-goal advantage with a coun- behind US athlete LaShawn Merritt, Games. In Rio, al-Attiyah was not at ter attack goal from Manuel Strlek who took first place in 45.28s, while his best as he scored 109 points, with just after the fi ve-minute mark (4:2). Botswana’s Isaac Makwala came Hamad securing just 109 points. But then it was France’s turn to third place in 45.91seconds. The gold medal went to Italy’s score two consecutive goals, and they Qatar’s Femi Ogunode, the Asian Gabriele Rossetti, who beat Marcus levelled with two goals in the seventh 100m champion, however failed to Svensson of Sweden 16-15 in the fi nal. courtesy of Mathieu Grebille then make it to the next round, finishing Kuwait’s Abdullah al-Rashidi, who is Michael Guigou. Neither side could fifth in his heat. competing as an Independent Olym- fi nd the goal after that, with great de- Meanwhile, Qatari weightlifter pic Athlete, took bronze. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, August 14, 2016 SPOTLIGHT DELIGHT Singapore celebrates Super Schooling fi rst Olympic gold stuns Phelps to win Singaporeans watch Joseph Schooling competing at the Rio Olym- Singapore’s fi rst gold pics at the OCBC Aquatic Centre. ‘Its been a hard road, I’ve done something that no one in our country has done AFP ets for Schooling’s winning time Singapore “5039” sold out by late morning while others called for a public before. I’m not going to lie, the first guy through the wall, it’s always bloody’ holiday to celebrate the win. ingapore exploded in cel- On the internet Pokemon- ebration Saturday after themed memes celebrated homegrown swimming Schooling’s evolution from fan- hero Joseph Schooling boy to champion, while school- Sbeat US legend Michael Phelps in ing puns abounded. the 100m butterfl y in Rio to win Schooling met Phelps when the tiny republic’s fi rst ever Ol- the US Olympic swim team vis- ympic gold. ited Singapore in 2008, and the The 21-year-old Asian cham- American helped inspire the pion set a new Olympic record young Singaporean to move to of 50.39sec as he edged out his the United States for extensive American idol Phelps, who ended training at 14. in a sensational dead heat for silver Schooling is now based at the alongside South Africa’s Chad le University of Texas. Clos and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. He pulled off one of the big- In Singapore cheers broke out gest upsets in Rio, interrupting across housing estates and social the 31-year-old Phelps’ quest for media erupted in celebration as what would have been his fi fth Schooling won in Brazil. gold in Brazil and 23rd Olympic Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gold of his career.