Monday 13th October 2008 13 Australian wins Ironman edge Championship in Hawaii KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - Australia’s Craig Alexander rallied Saturday to win the Sri Lanka in Ironman World Championship. The 35-year-old triathlete from completed the 140.6- T20 thriller mile (226-kilometer) endurance test in eight Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by Pakistan were struggling at 91-7 hours, 17 minutes and three to win their Toronto at one stage following a four- 45 seconds. Twenty/20 clash with just one ball to return for debutant Kaushalya Alexander, second spare on Saturday. Weeraratne, but Malik and Fawad last year in his first Pakistan made 141-7 with man of Alam added 50 in four overs in front Hawaii Ironman, was in the match making an of packed King’s City ground. 11th place at the end of unbeaten 42 after Sri Lanka, who Malik hit the winning boundary the 112-mile (180-kilo- rested skipper Mahela Jayawardene off the penultimate ball to send meter) bicycle ride. But and spin wizard , Pakistan top of the table in the four- he moved up after run had hit 137-9 off their 20 overs. nation tournament which also fea- Shoaib Malik leaders Torbjorn tures makeweights Canada and to fine leg. Sindballe of Denmark Zimbabwe. Mahela Udawatte and Jehan and Normann Stadler Pakistan had needed 13 from the Mubarak added 51 for the second of Germany faded. Craig Alexander, of Australia, winner final over but Alam slammed his wicket but the middle order strug- At the 18-mile (29- of the 2008 Ironman World third six and Malik then sealed vic- gled to push on against Shahid kilometer) mark of the Championship triathlon, crosses the tory with consecutive boundaries off and Malik. 26.2-mile (42-kilometer) finish line on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 Nuwan Kulasekara. However, the main late action run, Alexander took the in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The 35-year- When Sri Lanka batted, opener came from paceman Umar Gul who lead from Eneko Llanos old triathlete from Sydney came from Sanath Jayasuriya smashed consec- finished with four wickets. of Spain, who finished behind to win the 140.6-mile utive boundaries off , Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are second in 8:20:50. The endurance test Saturday in 8 hours, but fell next ball when he top-edged expected to meet in Monday’s final. race began with a 2.4- 17 minutes, 45 seconds. mile (3.9-kilometer) Scoreboard (AP Photo/Chris Stewart) ocean swim. Sri Lanka Pakistan “I can’t believe it. It was the lead. S Jayasuriya c Tanvir b Akhtar 8 S Butt lbw b Maharoof 7 a hard race,” Alexander “That was the hardest M Udawatte b Afridi 16 S Khan c Dilshan b Maharoof 6 said. thing I’ve ever done,” Y Khan b Weeraratne 24 Britain’s Chrissie Wellington said. “It didn’t go J Mubarak st Akmal b Malik 39 M Ul-Haq c Dilshan b Weeraratne 20 Wellington won her second exactly to plan. I had a good C Kapugedera c Haq b Gul 27 S Malik 42 consecutive women’s title, swim and felt strong in the T Kandamby st Akmal b Alam 10 S Afridi c Kandamby b Weeraratne 1 finishing in 9:06:23. She first phases of the bike.” K Weeraratne not out 20 K Akmal c Thushara b Fernando 11 overcame a flat tire that cost She thanked Keat, say- S Tanvir c Maharoof b Weeraratne 2 her 10 minutes on the bike ing, “She’s a legend.” T Dilshan c Akmal b Gul 0 ride. Nina Kraft of Germany F Alam not out 23 F Maharoof b Gul 2 She had a 5-minute lead returned to the race after a Extras: (b - 0, w - 1, nb - 2, lb – 2) 5 when her tire went flat. two-year suspension for fail- T Thushara b Gul 1 Total: (for 7 wickets) 141 Rebekah Keat of Australia ing a drug test. She was the N Kulasekara run out 1 Overs: 19.5 came to the rescue with a first woman to finish in D Fernando not out 0 Did not bat: Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar spare canister of air, and 2004, but later was stripped Extras: (b - 2, w - 4, nb - 1, lb – 6) 13 : Maharoof 4-0-23-2, Kulasekara Wellington quickly regained of her title. Total: (for 9 wickets) 137 3.5-0-36-0, Thushara 4-0-30-0, Fernando 4-0-31-1, Weeraratne 4-0-19-4 Sri Lanka bowler Kaushalya Weeratne, second from left, is congratulated by Overs: 20 Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Karran teammates after capturing the wicket of Pakistan’s Misbah Ul Haq (not shown), Bowling: Akhtar 4-0-31-1, Tanvir 4-0-29-0, Bayney (Can) part of four-wicket haul, in the Canada Cup 20/20 game between Pakistan and Sri Malik 4-0-23-1, Afridi 4-0-20-1, Gul 3-0- Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) Lanka in King City, Ontario, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. 13-4 Alam 1-0-13-1 Toss: Pakistan (Elected to field) (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Chris Young) Klitschko stops Peter for WBC title

BERLIN (AP) - reclaimed the WBC belt interim belt in a fight against Jameel and fulfilled a self-proclaimed dream to hold a McCline last September, whenever title at the same time as his brother, stopping Samuel Peter Klitschko chose to come out of retire- with a technical knockout Saturday night. ment. Peter chose not to come back out after eight rounds that “I knew if I lost the fight I wouldn’t saw him weaving and occasionally wobbling as Klitschko land- get a second chance,” Klitschko told ed a persistent stream of heavy jabs to Peter’s head in front of reporters after the fight. “It was a one- more than 12,000 people at the new O2 World Arena. way ticket, and I used my chance.” The 37-year-old Ukranian fighter (36-2, 35 KOs) used his height - he’s 6-foot-7 - and reach to keep Peter crouched and defensive. , widely considered the most talented among the chaotic field of so-called heavyweight champions, holds the IBF and WBO heavyweight belts - and dealt Peter his only previous loss, in September 2005 in a 12-round . Peter, a 28-year-old Nigerian-born fighter, kept a tight defensive stance and managed to plant a series of solid body shots on his towering opponent. But after

Vitali Klitschko, from Ukraine hits Samuel Peter, from Nigeria during a WBC heavy- weight boxing world championship fight in , Germany, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) eight rounds he hadn’t worked consis- tently inside Klitschko’s massive reach. Klitschko told reporters after the fight that he wouldn’t have needed much longer to deliver on a promise to end the fight by knockout. “If Samuel Peter didn’t stop the fight, I have the feeling in the next two rounds, I would have knocked him out,” Klitschko said. “He got more and more punches, and his chin (was) not so strong as the first rounds.” Klitschko has been WBC “champion emeritus” since a knee injury forced to withdraw from a fight and retire from boxing in 2005. The honorary status gave him the right to fight Peter (30-2), who won the