I always try to surprise but at the same time it’s not a given. It takes a lot for me to get out those extraordinary times. Norway’s Karsten Warholm after winning the SUNday, JULY 21, 2019 400m hurdles

IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE ANNIVERSARY GAMES Simbine emerges fastest Qatar stars all set man; 200m for Thompson

Qatar athletes Abderrahman Samba (left) and . Barshim, Samba to be on show today Tribune News Network earlier this month, finishing second in the men’s 400m in Monaco in 45 seconds. Qatar’s star world athletes The 23-year-old Qatar Mutaz Essa Barshim (high athlete has a personal best of jump) and middle distance 44.60 seconds which he ran runner Abderrahman Samba in South Africa to kick-start (400m) will be cynosure of his build-up to the World all eyes when they hit the turf Championships. Samba won on the second and final day the 400m flat in Pretoria, be- of the IAAF Diamond League fore running away with 400m London Anniversary Games hurdles gold at the Asian on Sunday. Championships in April. The 28-year-old Barshim In ominous fashion, he has been a bronze medal- opened his Diamond League Reuters South Africa’s Akani Simbine wins the men’s 100m final at the IAAF Diamond League London Anniversary Games on Saturday.( Reuters) ist at London 2012 Olympic season in Shanghai with a LONDON Games and silver medalist at 47.27 second effort to win the Anniversary Games because I Britain’s James Ellington races for ani Copello (48.93). 2016 Rio Olympics. The Asian 400m hurdles gold before in- South African Akani Sim- had a shift at work, so to now Warholm, another with record holder with a mark of jury forced a break. bine pulled off something be a full time athlete, racing first time since horror crash fond memories of the Olym- 2.43m, he is in quest of Cu- In other events, world of a surprise in the London against Olympic champions, British sprinter James Elling- pic Stadium after winning the ban Javier Sotomayor’s world leader Malaika Mihambo Diamond League it’s just a dream come true. I ton said he was “lapping up world title here two years ago, record of 2.45m and prepar- (7.07m) of Germany takes on Saturday, holding off lo- was racing against my idols so every moment” after return- was in total control from the ing for the forthcoming IAAF on Brittney Reece of the US cal hope and I am absolutely buzzing.” ing to the track in London on start. Running in his preferred World Championships to be in the women’s long jump. In former world champion Yo- There was more to cheer Saturday following a motorbike lane seven, better for his ham- held in Doha this September. 2012 she jumped to Olympic han Blake to come home in for home fans as Laura Muir crash that left him with career- strings than the tighter inside This will be Barshim’s gold in London and in 2017 to 9.93 seconds. delivered a dominant front- threatening injuries. Ellington, lane, he wiped away his per- first Diamond League appear- the world title. She’s jumped Hughes had clocked an running display and a blister- who recorded the slowest sonal best of 47.33. ance in 13 months. The Qatari 6.95m this season. Among the impressive 9.96 in the heats, ing last lap to win the 1500m in time in the 100 metres heats “I always try to surprise athlete tore ligaments in his local favourites will be multi- despite easing up and running 3:58.25. “That’s probably close at the Anniversary Games, but at the same time it’s not a left ankle during an attempt eventer Katarina Johnson- into a slight headwind but he to my 400m PB,” the Scot said suffered the horrifying crash in James Ellington during heat 2 given,” Warholm said. “It takes on a would-be world record Thompson. was always trailing in the final, of the 57.54 burn up. Tenerife in January 2017. of the men’s 100m. (Reuters) hard work, dedication and a lot of 2.46m in Szekesfehervar, Zuzana Hejnova, the 2013 posting 9.95. Jamaica’s Danielle Wil- But the delighted sprinter said for me to get out those extraor- Hungary, last year, an injury and 2015 world champion, Blake, the joint-second liams fired out the fastest he was not looking at his time, event in London Ellington had dinary times.” that kept him on the sidelines heads the field in the women’s fastest man of all time with time of the year in winning admitting he had not run fur- tweeted that his goal was the There was huge disap- until he resumed training in 400m hurdles. The Czech is his 9.69 set in 2012, is getting the 100m hurdles in 12.32 – a ther than 60 metres in training 2020 Olympics in Tokyo but pointment for the crowd when April. the fastest in the field this year back towards his best and con- shade behind the world record because of ongoing pain. said he needed to get back Botswana’s Nijel Amos, who In a low key comeback, at 54.11. Jamaican Janieve tinued his good season with set by American Kendra Harri- On the eve of the two-day to competing. (AFP) ran the fastest 800m by any- Barshim topped 2.27m in Russell should also be in the third in 9.97 as the top sion in the same meeting three one since the London 2012 Sopot, Poland, on 23 June, hunt. five all broke 10 seconds. years ago. Olympics, in Monaco eight before bowing out with a pair In the women’s 800m, Olympic champion American duo Nia Ali wrong ready for the final.” uunder-20 record and put days ago (1:41.89), fell 120 me- of attempts at 2.30m and an- Catriona Bissett of Australia Elaine Thompson was (12.57) and Queen Claye In the 5,000m, Ethiopia’s him in good shape for his tres into Saturday’s race. other at 2.33m. and Jamaicans Natoye Goule a convincing winner of followed her home. Hagos Gebrihiwet had a little 5,000m/1500m double as- In his absence Kenyan Among the nine athletes will be in action. the women’s 200m in “It has been coming all too much in the tank for Jakob sault at the world champion- Cheruiyot Rotich held off com- who will line up in the men’s World indoor 1500m re- 22.13, holding off fast- season and it was just Ingebrigtsen, the European ships in Doha in September. patriot Wyclife Kinyamal in event will be the cord holder Samuel Tefera, finishing Marie-Jo- about when,” said champion, as he surged home “I’m definitely able to go 1:43.14. world leader Ilya Ivanyuk, 2017 World Championships see Ta Lou (22.36) Williams. “This is a in 13:01.86. under 13 minutes. I was hop- The second day of the event who topped 2.33m in Szekes- bronze medallist Filip In- and Britain’s Beth fast track and the fact There was some conso- ing for a personal best, but a takes place on Sunday, with fehervar, nine days ago, and gebrigsten and British stars Dobbin, who was that we get two op- lation for the 18-year-old national record is even better,” the women’s 5,000 metres, Syria’s Majd Eddin Ghazal, Jake Wightman and Charlie delighted with a portunities because though as his 13:02.03 took Ingebrigtsen said. featuring new mile world re- who took bronze at the IAAF Da’Vall Grice lead the field in personal best of of the heats you can a remarkable 15 seconds It was Norway all the cord holder Sifan Hassan, and World Championships Lon- the Emsley Carr Mile. After 22.50. fix what you did off his pb to set a European way in the 400m hurdles as the women’s 100m, where lo- don 2017, a competition won his 3:30.62 1500m personal “I’m over the Karsten Warholm destroyed cal favourite Dina Asher-Smith by Barshim. best in Monaco last week, moon with that,” Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson eases to victory in the the field to come home in a Eu- goes against double Olympic Meanwhile, Samba made Grice will attract considerable she said. “This time women’s 200m race during the IAAF Diamond League ropean record 47.12 seconds, champion Shelly-Ann Fraser- a roaring return from injury attention. last year I missed the meeting at the London Stadium on Saturday. (EPA-EFE) miles ahead of Turkey’s Yasm- Pryce, top of the bill. Brilliant Lowry shoots 63 to seize four-shot Open lead AFP the tee times in an attempt lEADERBOARD tournaments for the first Portrush (N Ireland) to avoid the forecasted bad time alive. weather – after the popular top scores after 3rd round The 28-year-old, who fin- Ireland’s Shane Lowry Englishman carded a 67. -16 Shane Lowry (Republic of Ireland) 67 67 63; ished runner-up to Koepka at -12 Tommy Fleetwood () 68 67 66; -10 J.B. fired a stunning eight-under- J.B. Holmes sits six shots Holmes (USA) 66 68 69; -9 Brooks Koepka (USA) last year’s US Open, played his par 63 on Saturday to take a off the lead on 10-under, with The 33rd-ranked Shane Lowry 68 69 67, Justin Rose (England) 69 67 68; -8 Rickie 18 holes without dropping a four-shot lead over Tommy world number one Brooks is the first golfer from the Fowler (USA) 70 69 66, Lee Westwood (England) 68 shot, making four birdies. Fleetwood into the final round Koepka and Justin Rose one 67 70; -7 Tony Finau (USA) 68 70 68, Jon Rahm Holmes at one point Republic of Ireland to hold the (Spain) 68 70 68, Jordan Spieth (USA) 70 67 69, of the 148th British Open at further back. Danny Willett (England) 74 67 65. reached 11-under overall, but Royal Portrush. The 33rd-ranked Lowry is advantage after three rounds missed a succession of short The 32-year-old delighted the first golfer from the Re- of an Open as he bids to win putts to see his challenge stall, the thousands of fans follow- public of Ireland to hold the his first major title. Lowry saved his best until only to drain a long birdie try ing him around the course in advantage after three rounds the closing stages, reeling off at 18 to move into third place. the first Open to be held in of an Open as he bids to win three consecutive birdies to Koepka and Rose now both Northern Ireland since 1951, his first major title. send the crowd into raptures, need either something special pouring in eight birdies in his He will be hoping to avoid before coming agonisingly or a Lowry collapse to clinch bogey-free third round, the a repeat of the 2016 US Open, close to adding another on the Claret Jug. best of the championship. when he blew a four-stroke the last. The American struggled His 16-under overall total advantage with a fourth- Only South African Branden with the putter, as he has done of 197 is the lowest after 54 round 76 as Dustin Johnson Grace has shot a lower major all week, for much of the day, holes in British Open history. took the spoils. score, with his third-round 62 before finding his form on the Lowry saw a 20-foot putt Lowry started the day tied at the 2017 British Open. greens late on to keep himself to tie the major record of 62 on for the lead with Holmes at Lowry is in the perfect in the conversation with a 67. the 18th green slip narrowly eight-under, and moved ahead position to become the first England’s Rose, who fin- past the edge of the hole, but by making three birdies on the golfer from either Ireland or ished tied-second at Carnoustie put himself in total control at front nine. Northern Ireland to win a ma- 12 months ago, threatened to the top of the leaderboard. An incredible recovery jor since Rory McIlroy, who shoot up the leaderboard when He will play with Fleet- shot from deep rough on the missed Friday’s cut, took the he picked up four shots in as wood in the final pairing on par-four 10th set up another 2014 PGA Championship title. many holes on the back nine, Sunday at 1247 GMT -- after birdie, and he produced late Ireland’s Shane Lowry celebrates on the 15th hole during the third round of The 148th Open Championship Fleetwood kept his hopes but bogeyed the 16th and had organisers moved forward fireworks to take total control. at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Potrush, Northern Ireland, on Saturday. (REUTERS) of winning one of the big four to settle for 68.