El-Bakkali Ends Kenyan Dominance Carey Shines
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ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021 16 Liu Yang, of China, performs on the rings during the artistic gymnastics men’s apparatus fi nal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com INDONESIA UPSET CHINA FOR DOUBLES GOLD; LOPEZ MAKES HISTORY El-Bakkali ends Kenyan dominance Carey shines TOKYO, Aug 2, (AP): Sou- fi ane el-Bakkali of Morocco ended more than 40 years of Kenyan 3,000-meter stee- plechase Olympic domi- nance. El-Bakkali won in 8 minutes, 8.90 seconds on a wet track at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. He fi n- ished well clear of Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia, who took the silver. Benjamin Kigen claimed a bronze for Kenya after Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale, who was third heading to the fi nal straight, fell. Wale struggled back to his feet and clung on for fourth. The 25-year-old el-Bakkali was fourth at the last Olympics in Rio de Ja- neiro and on the podium at the last two world championships, but this was his fi rst major title. Kenya had won nine straight Olym- pic golds in the 3,000 steeplechase since 1980. Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto, the leading star of the steeplechase, didn’t defend his Olympic title in Tokyo after failing to make the Kenyan team at the national trials. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands started her bid to win three medals at the Tokyo Games by earning gold in the 5,000 meters. Hassan pulled away with about 250 meters to go and cruised to the win in a time of 14 min- utes, 36.79 sec- onds. She beat Hellen Obiri of Kenya by nearly two seconds. Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia was third. Earlier in the day, the 28-year- old Hassan had a Hassan scare when she fell on the fi nal Soufi ane El Bakkali of Morocco celebrates after winning the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase fi nal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP) lap in the opening round of the 1,500. She picked herself up, caught the pack Kevin Cordon of Guatemala, which is and won her heat to advance. She’s also Medals Table not a traditional power in badminton. Amiri Diwan advisor receives entered in the 10,000 meters. Cuba’s Mijain Lopez became the fi rst Discus thrower Valarie Allman won man to win four Olympic gold medals in the fi rst track and fi eld gold medal for wrestling by defeating Georgia’s Iakobi Olympic ‘medalist’ Al-Rashidi the United States at the Tokyo Games. TOKYO, Aug 2,: Olympic Games Kajaia 5-0 in the Greco-Roman 130-kil- Allman’s winning throw went 68.98 medals table on Monday. ogram fi nal. G S B T The 38-year-old was unscored upon KUWAIT CITY, Aug 2, (KUNA): The Advisor conveyed greetings meters (226 feet, 3 inches) to hold off China 29 17 16 62 Amiri Diwan Advisor Sheikh Faisal of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Kristin Pudenz of Germany in a compe- United States 22 25 17 64 in his four matches. He joins Japan’s Japan 17 6 10 33 Kaori Icho as the only wrestlers to claim Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah tition that was delayed by rain. Yaime Australia 14 4 15 33 received Monday shooter Ab- to Al-Rashidi, whishing the shooter Perez of Cuba captured the bronze. ROC 12 21 17 50 four Olympic golds. Icho won freestyle gold medals in 2004, 2008, 2012 and duallh Al-Rashidi after winning a further success in future events. Al- The 26-year-old Allman’s winning Great Britain 11 12 12 35 bronze medal in the 2020 Olym- Rashidi voiced deep appreciation throw was on her fi rst attempt. She went France 6 10 7 23 2016. Lopez won gold at 120 kg in 2008 Germany 6 6 11 23 and 2012 and 130 kg in 2016 before his pic Games, currently being held in for the political leadership’s encour- to high school in Colorado, college at South Korea 6 4 9 19 Tokyo. agement. Stanford and trains in Texas. Netherlands 5 7 6 18 victory Monday. Italy 4 9 15 28 Turkey’s Riza Kayaalp won bronze New Zealand 4 3 4 11 by defeating Iran’s Amin Mirzazadeh OLYMPICS Czech Republic 4 3 1 8 resenting the Russian Olympic Commit- Samir Ait Said of France, who broke Canada 3 4 7 14 7-2. The Russian Olympic Committee’s tee and Mai Murakami of Japan tied for his left leg while competing on the vault Switzerland 3 4 5 12 Sergey Semenov won the other bronze, Croatia 3 2 2 7 KUNA photo bronze with a score of 14.166. The gym- at the 2016 Olympics, fi nished fourth. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece edged Chinese Taipei 2 4 4 10 defeating Chile’s Yamani Acosta Fer- Amiri Diwan Advisor Sheikh Faisal nasts had both the same diffi culty score Shin Jeahwan of South Korea was the Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria for the Brazil 2 3 5 10 nandez. Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah with and execution score in their routines. winner in men’s vault. Cuba 2 3 3 8 men’s long jump gold medal with a win- Cuba’s Luis Orta Sanchez beat Ja- shooter Abduallh Al-Rashidi. Liu Yang of China edged teammate Jeahwan earned the gold in a tie- Hungary 2 2 2 6 pan’s Kenichiro Fumita 5-1 in the men’s ning jump on the last attempt. Denmark 2 1 2 5 You Hao to capture men’s still rings breaker with Denis Abliazin. Both men Greco-Roman 60-kilogram fi nal. Tentoglou’s 8.41 meters in the last Slovenia 2 1 1 4 China’s Qian Zhou and Turkey’s Ya- title . averaged 14.783 on their two vaults. round equaled Echevarria’s best mark Ecuador 2 1 0 3 Orta Sanchez led 4-0 at the break, then semin Adar earned bronze medals. Jeahwan claimed the top spot because Greece 2 0 1 3 held on for the victory. Fumita, trying to The 26-year-old put together a spec- but he won because he had the better of Kosovo 2 0 0 2 American gymnast Jade Carey won he had the single highest vault score. win in his home country, was the No. 1 the gold medal on fl oor exercise. tacular routine to post a score of 15.500, the next-best jumps. Qatar 2 0 0 2 just ahead of You’s 15.300. Liu’s 9.0 The 14.833 he received for his second Echevarria, jumping last, lost rhythm Georgia 1 4 1 6 seed and a two-time world champion. The 21-year-old from Arizona vault was higher than Abliazin’s top Spain 1 3 3 7 Bronze medalists were the Russian execution score from the judges was the in his run-up and stopped before the Romania 1 3 0 4 bounced back from a frightening stum- score of 14.800. Olympic Committee’s Sergey Emelin ble during the vault fi nal on Sunday to highest of the eight men in a tight event board, kneeled on the ground and hit the Sweden 1 3 0 4 fi nal. The silver was the third straight on the runway with his hands. Venezuela 1 3 0 4 and China’s Sailike Walihan. claim the top spot on fl oor with a score event at the Olympics for Abliazin, who Hong Kong 1 2 0 3 Germany’s Aline Rotter-Focken of 14.366. The medal is the fi fth claimed The win was an upset of sorts for Liu, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto South Africa 1 2 0 3 who fi nished fourth in Rio de Janeiro is competing for the team representing Rico won gold in the women’s 100-me- Slovakia 1 2 0 3 beat American Adeline Gray 7-3 in the by the U.S. women’s gymnastics team in the Russian Olympic Committee. Ablia- Austria 1 1 3 5 76-kilogram wrestling fi nal. Gray was Tokyo even with star Simone Biles sit- fi ve years ago. He captured gold in the ter hurdles, powering ahead of Ameri- Indonesia 1 1 3 5 zin won a gold earlier in the Games can Keni Harrison. trying to join Helen Maroulis as the only ting out four fi nals to focus on her men- event at the 2014 world championships Serbia 1 1 3 5 two U.S. women’s wrestling gold me- but had never fi nished higher than third while helping ROC to the team title. That kept the United States out of the Jamaica 1 1 2 4 tal health. Artur Davtyan of Armenia earned Belgium 1 1 1 3 dalists. Italian Vanessa Ferrari, fourth at both at any major competition until Monday. win column at the Olympic track meet Ethiopia 1 1 1 3 bronze. for yet another session. This was Gray’s fi rst Olympic medal the 2008 and 2016 Olympics, claimed Defending Olympic champion Norway 1 1 1 3 and just the sixth for a U.S. women’s silver. The 30-year-old’s dramatic per- Elftherios Petrounias of Greece took The Chinese women’s cycling sprint Camacho-Quinn fi nished in 12.37 Poland 1 1 0 2 team of Bao Shanju and Zhong Tian- Tunisia 1 1 0 2 wrestler.