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P16 Layout 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 SPORTS Woman ace takes on men in extreme-sport air racing LAUSITZRING: For Melanie Astles, the only cloth, air-filled pylons, just above water or you against the cockpit seat as if on a super- al air race. But she left school aged 18, unin- very similar to downhill slalom skiing,” he woman pilot to compete in the Red Bull Air ground level. The planes race against the charged fairground ride. terested in academics. “I worked at a petrol adds. Competing at the Lausitzring race- Race, flying low and fast is a childhood clock, taking off one after another and flash- But you also must be fully in tune with station, got some money together and, bit track, in eastern Germany, the planes come dream come true and offers her the chance ing through the obstacles with just 3.5 your plane, hardly conscious of touching the by bit, paid for my flying lessons,” she says. roaring out of the sky, trailing smoke for to literally go up against some of the best metres to spare at each wingtip. “The psy- control stick. Asked if she ever feels fright- Today, aged 34, she is both a flying higher visibility, looping their way around aerobatic pilots in the world. chological aspect is really important because ened, Astles says she’s much too focused on instructor and a five-time French aerobatics the pylons before candle-climbing away into The race aboard single prop, high-perfor- you need to be completely focussed for one performance. “I’m very calm in the plane and champion. “I’ve always loved to race, be it car the sky. The ground teams-serving pilots in mance aerobatic planes, takes place this year minute and 30 seconds, 110%, and a mistake you can’t be frightened, you don’t have time racing, motorbike racing, I’ve always loved the beginners’ ‘Challenger class’ or top over three continents and eight venues. of just one millisecond will cost you the race,” for that,” she says. that. It’s part of me,” she says, adding her hero ‘Champion class’-keenly observe each other It started in March, in Abu Dhabi, with 22 says Astles, who was born in Rugby, England, is the late Formula One Grand Prix legend as they compete to gain micro-seconds by competitors and winds up on October 15-16 to an English father and French mother, but CHAMPION Ayrton Senna. The race is all that and more. reducing wing drag, or work up computer in Las Vegas, in the United States for the final who grew up mainly in France. For the first Being the only woman in the field does “It’s airplane meets motor-racing, meets programmes to analyse the best trajectories. round after a stop in Indianapolis on October time since the Red Bull Air Race was first run however add to the pressure, she says, but downhill skiing,” explains Paul Bonhomme, The number of pilots competing in the 1 and 2. Flying at speeds of 370 km/h (230 13 years’ ago, a woman is competing in this it’s also an opportunity to be a role model for Astles’ coach, and himself a former Red Bull race is now down to 21 after Austrian pilot miles/hour), pilots launch into a slalom-like adrenaline-high, male-dominated extreme- other women pilots. She once dreamed of Air Race champion. “You might sacrifice a bit Hannes Arch died in a helicopter crash, in obstacle course, winding their way between sport where you need to be physically-fit to becoming an Air Force pilot, like many of her of time into one turn, but that will save you early September, while flying privately at and around 25-metre-high (82-feet) light- cope with the G force accelerations that slam male competitors in the Red Bull internation- more time on the exit, same as car-racing, home. — AFP Injured Craig out as NZ recall Patel NEW DELHI: New Zealand’s Mark Craig has itation and is likely to take four weeks to been ruled out of the rest of the test series fully recover. In a like-for-like replacement, against India because of a side strain and 36-year-old Patel returns to the squad hav- will be replaced in the squad by fellow off- ing played his last test against South Africa spinner Jeetan Patel, New Zealand Cricket in 2013. “Jeetan is up to speed from a bowl- (NZC) said yesterday. ing load perspective having recently com- Craig claimed two wickets in the first pleted a successful county season - so he test in Kanpur but left the field after sus- will be ready for the rigours of test cricket,” taining an injury to his left side while bowl- Hesson said. ing in the second innings. “He’ll also add invaluable experience to “We’re really disappointed for Mark, our young spin group.” Patel is the second knowing the work he’s put in to prepare for spinner of Indian-origin in a touring party this series,” coach Mike Hesson said in a that also includes leg-spinner Ish Sodhi. statement. Kolkata hosts the second of the three tests The 29-year-old will fly home for rehabil- from Friday. — Reuters KANPUR: India’s Ajinkya Rahane and captain Virat Kohli (2L) remove the stumps after the wicket of New Zealand’s Neil Wagner during the fifth day of the first cricket Test match between India and New Zealand at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur yesterday. — AFP India thump New Zealand to celebrate 500th test in style KANPUR: India celebrated their 500th test in style when they overcame New Zealand’s final SCOREBOARD dogged resistance with mesmeric spin and mas- terful swing to claim the series opener by 197 KANPUR, India: Final scoreboard of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur runs yesterday. yesterday: New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian India 1st innings 318 (M. Vijay 65, C. Pujara M. Santner c Sharma b Ashwin 71 celebrations when they resumed on 93 for four 62; T. Boult 3-67, M. Santner 3-94) BJ. Watling lbw b Shami 18 in their pursuit of an improbable 434-run victory M. Craig b Shami 1 New Zealand 1st innings 262 (K. Williamson Kuwaiti motor-cyclist Muaz Al-Ansari with Mohammad Al-Khlaifi target on a track offering generous spin and I. Sodhi b Ashwin 17 bounce. 75, T. Latham 58; R. Jadeja 5-73, R. Ashwin 4-93) T. Boult not out 2 To their credit, they kept the home bowlers at N. Wagner lbw b Ashwin 0 Kuwaiti rider reigns in India 2nd innings 377/5 declared (C. Pujara bay for 50 overs on a turning day-five track Extras (lb2, nb1) 3 before collapsing for 236 to give the hosts a 78, M. Vijay 76; M. Santner 2-79, I. Sodhi 2-99) Total (all out; 87.3 overs) 236 Aquabike Championship comprehensive victory in the milestone test. Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Guptill), 2-3 (Latham), 3-43 Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 6-132 to com- (Williamson), 4-56 (Taylor), 5-158 (Ronchi), 6- plete his 10-wicket match haul and prove why New Zealand 2nd innings (overnight 93/4) KUWAIT: Kuwaiti rider Yousef Al- great care and encouragement they offer. T. Latham lbw b Ashwin 2 194 (Watling), 7-196 (Craig), 8-223 (Santner), he is considered India’s premier spinner. His spin 9-236 (Sodhi), 10-236 (Wagner) Abdulrazzaq grabbed the first and second Al-Abdulrazzaq is the only Arabic champi- partner Ravindra Jadeja was adjudged man-of- M. Guptill c Vijay b Ashwin 0 Bowling: Shami 8-2-18-2, Ashwin 35.3-5-132-6, places in third round of Aquabike World on who won the world title seven times in the-match for claiming six wickets and scoring K. Williamson lbw b Ashwin 25 Championship that concluded its activities the professional categories. 92 runs without being dismissed in either R. Taylor run out 17 Jadeja 34-17-58-1, Yadav 8-1-23-0, Vijay 2-0-3-0. in Shanghai, China on Sunday. Al- innings. “A target of 430-odd on a fifth day wick- L. Ronchi c Ashwin b Jadeja 80 Result: India win by 197 runs Abdulrazzaq, in remarks to KUNA, Kuwaiti motorcyclist wins et is very, very hard to get,” home skipper Virat expressed his happiness and satisfaction In another development Kuwaiti motor- Kohli told reporters. “All your batsmen, right till with his achievement. cyclist Muaz Al-Ansari came first in the first number 10, have to bat really well (to achieve pouched the skier at point. The dismissal pretty side strain. He was replaced in the squad by The Kuwaiti world champion said that a and second rounds of the Trans-World that). We knew it’s just a matter of being patient. much summed up a test in which India’s spin Jeetan Patel. Santner completed his fifty but was technical problem during the race has pre- championship held in California, the US. In “Having batted on that wicket, and all the duo, who shared 16 of the 20 Black Cap wickets then served a near unplayable ball from Ashwin, vented him from snatching the first place in a telephone contact with KUNA, Al-Ansari batsmen would vouch for this, you could not between them, combined to wreck New which pitched way outside the leg-stump, the first round. said he ranked first in the “novice-fit” com- defend your way out of the game,” Kohli added.
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