Sports Thursday, June 24, 2021 15 DOHA ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS APPARATUS WORLD CUP Qatar’s Duha Al Habshi qualifies for vault final Qatar’s judo athelete Ayoub Al Idrisi. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Qatar judoka Ayoub Al Idrisi QATAr’S Duha Al Habshi qualified for the women’s vault final at the 13th FIG Artistic qualifies for Tokyo Olympics Individual Apparatus World Cup here at the Aspire Dome QNA France, and has encountered on Wednesday. DOHA the best international players The two-day qualifiers got and trained with them under underway with the final rounds QATAr’S judo athelete Ayoub the supervision of his coach- scheduled on June 25 and June Al Idrisi, has officially quali- es, Mohamed Bouhdo and 26 (Friday & Saturday). fied for the Tokyo 2020 Olym- Hamid Chaalali. On the first day, the wom- pics, which will be held in Ja- In a statement, Secretary- en’s (WAG) vault and uneven pan from July 23 to August 8. General of the Qatar Taekwon- bars and men’s (MAG) Floor, Ayoub Al Idrissi qualified do, Judo and Karate Federatio, Pommel Horse, Rings were for the Olympics well after col- Eid Al Muraikhi, expressed his held. lecting 699 points thanks to happiness over the qualifica- The competition is being the good results he obtained tion of Al Idrisi. Al Muraikhi held without the fans due to during his participation in said that this qualification is an COVID-19 restrictions. international tournaments in achievement for Qatari sports, Al Habshi had a cumula- 2020 and 2021, especially in the Qatar Olympic Commit- tive score of 11.850 to finish the recent Grand Slam tourna- tee and the Qatar Games Fed- fourth behind France’s Coline ments: the Georgia Champion- eration for their continuous Devillard (14.033), Uzbeki- ship last March, and the Turk- support and advancement of stan’s seven-time Olympian ish Championship last April, sports to the Olympic ranks Oksana Chusovitina (13.566) And the Russian Champion- and their keenness to have the and Egypt’s Nancy Taman ship last May, and the World most supportive team in the (13.416). Championships in Hungary, Olympic forum. He added that Coline won the 2017 Eu- which was held last week. this qualification came after ropean title and became the Al-Idrisi has participated extensive training for the most first French female to win the in many camps in Japan, Mo- supportive player and his par- continental title on vault. Two rocco, Algeria, Uzbekistan and ticipation in overseas camps. years later she added silver and was part of the French team that won silver at the 2018 European Champion- ships which was France’s best Clap don’t cheer European team finish ever. Qatar gymnast Duha Al Habshi in action on the vault at the 13th FIG Artistic Individual Apparatus World Cup at the Aspire Dome on Wednesday. Uneven Bars Brazilians Rebeca Andrade and no high-fiving, and Lorrane Oliveira qualified for the uneven bars. Rebeca, who accumulated fans for Toyko 14.333, is the reigning 2021 Pan American all-around champion and she would Olympics told compete at the Tokyo Games next month on a continental DPA verbal support for athletes. quota. LONDON Alcohol will not be availa- The 22-year-old overcame ble for purchase at the venues, a third ACL injury and Olym- HIGH-FIVING, autograph- and nor can it be brought in, pic postponement last year to hunting and towel-waving will the guidance stated. earn a Tokyo ticket in artistic all be off limits to spectators at Spectators are asked to gymnastics. the Tokyo Olympic Games. wear face coverings through- Compatriot Lorrane col- Qatar’s Ahmed Aldyani in action on the pommel horse. Officials during the even at the Aspire Dome. A code of conduct was pub- out their visit to a venue, but lected 13.400 points to finish lished by the local organizing they are advised to bear in third on the qualification table. Kazakhstan’s Karimi month’s Summer Olympics in Eleftherios Petrounias was (Egypt) and Ahmet Onder of committee on Wednesday af- mind their physical condition Zsofia Kovacs, DianaV ar- qualifies in two apparatus Tokyo. Karimi finished behind in elements to qualify for the Turkey. ter it was confirmed this week in relation to heat stroke, with inska, Jana Mahmoud Ana- Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi Artem Dolgopyat (14.900) and men’s rings final. that Games venues could be the guidelines acknowledging stasiia Bachynska and Zeina was in top form to qualify for Rayderley Zapata (ESP). He scored 15.133 points Pommel Horse 50 per cent full, up to a maxi- that wearing a mask could in- Ibrahim were the other quali- the men’s floor and pommel Antonios Tantalidis to raise hopes of a chance to Nariman Kurbanov of Ka- mum of 10,000 people. crease the risk. fiers. horse finals. (Greece), Ilyaz Azizov (KAZ), qualify for the Tokyo Games. zakhstan topped the Pommel On Monday organizers Other documents from the Doha is the eighth and fi- Last week, Karimi won Adem Asil (TUR), Petro Pa- The Greek star, chasing his Horse qualifiers list followed said spectators would be asked organisers set out that there nal stop on the 2018-2021 FIG a bronze at the 2021 Artistic khniuk (Ukraine) and Ahmet Olympic dream here, was fol- by Marios Georgio (CYP), to refrain from shouting or were 3.63 million tickets cur- Apparatus World Cup series, Gymnastics FIG World Chal- Onder (Turkey) are the others lowed by Ibrahim Colak (Tur- Iran’s Saeedreza Keikha, Ko- talking loudly, and to avoid rently owned, and that the where some of the top-ranked lenge Cup in Osijek, Croatia. who made it to the finals. key), Arthur Zanetti (Brazil), hei Kamayema (JPN), Abu any stop-offs on their way to or number would have to reduce gymnasts will have one last The 22-year-old, who Igor Radivilov (Ukraine), Caio Ahmad Al Soud (JOR), Matvei from Games venues, and now by 910,000 to 2.72m with a chance to book their places for collected 14.433 points, has Petrounias qualifies Souza (Brazil), Mahdi Ahmad Petrov (ALB), Ferhat Arican further guidelines designed to lottery being used to bring the the Tokyo Games. already qualified for next 2016 Olympic champion Kohani (Iran), Ali Zahran (TUR) and Karimi. limit the spread of coronavirus figure down. have been issued. A decision to bar overseas One section entitled spectators was taken in April. ‘Watching the Games competi- Tokyo 2020 chief execu- tion and cheering the athletes’ tive Toshiro Muto said on encourages spectators to clap Monday that dignitaries such Elbows out! Schumacher ready for the rather than cheer, and con- as International Olympic tains an image of a trumpet Committee officials and spon- crossed out above the words sor representatives would be next F1 encounter with Haas teammate ‘no noisemakers’. regarded as organisers and They are also encouraged therefore not included in the DPA to bring a towel or handker- capacity limits. SPIELBERG (AUSTRIA) There is no friendship chief with them to clean their Children attending events between the Haas hands on, but waving that as part of the schools pro- MICK Schumacher’s biggest drivers and even their towel or other items to cheer gramme were also exempt problem in his Formula One working relationship is on athletes is forbidden, as is from the limits, Muto said, debut season does not seem high-fiving other spectators though he said it was unlikely to be his rivals or his car - but coming under strain who are not family members, the overall attendance for the rather his Haas team-mate in amid a series of or venue staff. opening ceremony on July 23 the garage beside him. questionable moves from Spectators are told not to would be as high as 20,000, as While Schumacher has seek autographs or to express had been reported. made a solid start to his F1 ca- one side of the garage. reer, squeezing the limit out of his limited car and improving irritation among other drivers each weekend, he has clashed with his antics but Haas will repeatedly on track with Ni- be aware of the bottom line - kita Mazepin. his father Dmitry’s company is “It seems to be his style a major team sponsor and it is possibly,” Schumacher told not for nothing Schumacher’s Sky after the last French car is kitted out in the colours Grand Prix. “We don’t un- of the Russian flag. derstand each other perfectly “Eventually the team chief on the level but then we all will also have something to have to drive with our elbows say, even if the dad pays the out.” Formula Two champion big bill,” said Ralf Schumach- Schumacher does not want to er, uncle of Mick, in his role as let Mazepin, who often seems Sky analyst. “Or it’s all worth- overwhelmed in F1, get away less.” Haas principal Guenther with his inconsiderate moves Steiner judged the French after almost being forced off scene as “hard racing” and track at the Circit Paul Ricard. “not unfair”. He trusts both If the German had re- drivers and their common mained as obstinate as his Haas F1’s German driver Mick Schumacher drives during the third practice session at the Circuit Paul-Ricard sense. Russian colleague, both would in Le Castellet, southern France, on June 19, ahead of the French Formula One Grand Prix. (AFP) Mazepin said his manoeu- have crashed out of the race. vre was “totally normal” but And that was just two riously? Does he want to kill tests the Styrian Grand Prix on and hopeful “he will definitely Schumacher has admitted he Dutch head of mission for the Paralympic Team NL Esther Vergeer weeks after a 320-kilometre us?” The son of F1 record Sunday, the first of an Austri- learn” from their various in- now lacks confidence in his speaks during the presentation of the Olympic Festival Tokyo 2020 on per hour drama in Baku which champion Michael Schumach- an double-header in Spielberg.