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CCRICKETRICKET | Page 3 GGYMNASTICSYMNASTICS | Page 4 Sri Lanka Hashimoto level series takes Kohei’s with two all-around balls to spare crown Thursday, July 29, 2021 ATHLETICS Dhul-Hijjah 19, 1442 AH Qatar’s Barshim GULF TIMES among fi ve stars to watch out for SP RT Page 2 OLYMPICS / BEACH VOLLEYBALL Qatar’s Younousse and Tijan enter knockout round Qatar’s track and fi eld stars arrive at Olympic Village Tokyo: Qatar athletics stars “I will fight tooth and nail to had from Takasaki camp” arrived in the Olympic Vil- honour the country in the added al-Fadalah. lage in Tokyo yesterday after Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Noth- Qatar’s challenge at Tokyo their training camp in Taka- ing is easy in these games, Games is led by Barshim, MEDALS saki, Japan. Qatar’s athletics but I will put all eff orts to run who will be in action tomor- TALLY squad is spearheaded by faster, turn my dream into row (3:15am Qatar time). world high jump champion reality and step up the Olym- The 28-year-old holds Mutaz Barshim and 400m pic podium,” Samba said. the second highest jump in Country G S B T hurdles world bronze medal- Mohamed Essa al-Fadalah, history of 2.43m, a mere two Japan 13 4 5 22 list Abderrahman Samba. Assistant Secretary General centimetres short of Cuban China 12 6 9 27 The team also includes Femi of Qatar Athletics Federation Javier Sotomayor. Barshim, United States 11 11 9 31 Ogunode, Ashraf El Saifi, confirmed that the training who is London 2012 Olympic Abubaker Hayder, Musab camp in Takasaki has kept bronze medallist and Rio Russian OC 7 10 6 23 Adam, Abdulrhaman Saieed the athletes in good shape. 2016 Olympic silver medal- Australia 6 1 9 16 and Bashayer al-Mnawari. “Despite the tough restric- list, will return to his third Great Britain 5 6 5 16 Samba will head to the tions being imposed due to Olympic Games in Tokyo South Korea 4 2 5 11 Japanese capital alongside the pandemic to keep the 2020 looking for the top Germany 3 2 5 10 a handful of arch-rivals. But athletes safe and protected, Olympic glory. Samba too Qatar’s Cherif Younousse (left) and Ahmed Tijan celebrate after their win in Tokyo yesterday. (Reuters) the 25-year-old, however, is our athletes are fully satis- will be in action tomorrow France 3 2 3 8 confident of a podium finish. fied with the outcome they (5:25am Qatar time). Netherlands 2 6 3 11 By Sports Reporter points and won the set in overtime. With the mo- Canada 2 3 4 9 Doha mentum on their side, the Qatari pair was in full Hungary 2 1 2 5 control in the second. They dominated from the Slovenia 2 1 1 4 start to win the set comfortably. “The match was ewly crowned World No 1 Qatar’s Cherif great! It was a little bit tough in the fi rst set and Kosovo 2 0 0 2 Younousse and Ahmed Tijan secured we almost lost it. But we kept on fi ghting, until we Italy 1 6 8 15 their spot in the knockout stages of the were able to take over. The second set was normal Switzerland 1 3 2 6 men’s Olympic beach volleyball by reg- and we won it comfortably,” Tijan said. “Now we Taiwan 1 2 3 6 Nistering a second successive win yesterday. will focus on fi nishing at the top of the pool and Brazil 1 2 2 5 The Qatar team lived up to their top billing to then the real fi ght starts,” said Younousse. To fi n- score an emphatic 2-0 (24-22, 21-13) win over ish on top of the pool, the World No 1 Qatari pair Georgia 1 2 0 3 Italy’s Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi in the face of USA’s Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne tomorrow Romania 1 2 0 3 Pool C match at the Shiokaze Park yesterday. Earlier in the day, the Americans claimed a Serbia 1 1 2 4 Younousse and Tijan began their Tokyo cam- hard-fought 2-0 (21-19, 23-21) victory over Swit- Austria 1 1 1 3 paign on high note on Sunday with a 21-17, 21-16 zerland’s Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson. Hong Kong 1 1 0 2 victory over Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson of Meanwhile, Qatar’s Mohamed al-Rumaihi Switzerland. The new FIVB Ranking leaders were fi nished the fi rst day of the men’s trap shooting Tunisia 1 1 0 2 trailing Carambula and Rossi for the better part of qualifying rounds in the 16th place with a score of Croatia 1 0 1 2 the fi rst set. However, with the help of some acro- 72. The top six qualify for the fi nal. The last two Qatar’s athletics contingent pose after arriving at the Olympic Village in Tokyo yesterday. Estonia 1 0 1 2 batic returns Qatar team managed to save four set qualifying rounds and the fi nal will be held today. Uzbekistan 1 0 1 2 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Ecuador 1 0 0 1 HORSE RACING Fiji 1 0 0 1 Iran 1 0 0 1 Latvia 1 0 0 1 Norway 1 0 0 1 Philippines 1 0 0 1 Thailand 1 0 0 1 Lady Princess wins Qatar New Zealand 0 2 1 3 Spain 0 2 1 3 South Africa 0 2 0 2 Indonesia 0 1 2 3 Mongolia 0 1 2 3 International Stakes Belgium 0 1 1 2 Czech Republic 0 1 1 2 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Al Shaqab Racing’s Armor takes Group 3 Markel Molecomb Stakes in Goodwood Colombia 0 1 0 1 Denmark 0 1 0 1 Agencies Goodwood, United Kingdom India 0 1 0 1 Jordan 0 1 0 1 North Macedonia 0 1 0 1 he second day of the QREC- sponsored Qatar Goodwood Poland 0 1 0 1 Festival featured a massive Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 Qatari victory when Kha- Venezuela 0 1 0 1 Tlifa bin Sheail al-Kuwari-owned Lady Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 Princess took her Group 1 PA tally to Ukraine 0 0 3 3 four with a win in the Qatar Interna- Egypt 0 0 2 2 tional Stakes yesterday. QREC Board Member and Al Mexico 0 0 2 2 Shaqab Executive Director Khalifa bin QREC vice-chairman Hamad bin Turkey 0 0 2 2 Mohamed al-Attiyah presented the Abdulrahman al-Attiyah presented Argentina 0 0 1 1 trophies to the winners after the race. the trophies to the winners of Qatar Cuba 0 0 1 1 Trained in France by Thomas Four- Sussex Stakes (Group 1) after Alcohol Ireland 0 0 1 1 cy and ridden to success by Oisin Free won the race yesterday. Murphy, it was Lady Princess’ fi rst Israel 0 0 1 1 start in Britain and was able to retain also produced Group 1 PA winner and Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 the title for Qatari owners for the stallion Mister Ginoux, an Al Shaqab Ryan Moore rides Armor to victory in Kuwait 0 0 1 1 third straight year as Ebraz had won Oisin Murphy rides Lady Princess to Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) Purebred Arabian sire. the Markel Molecomb Stakes at Qatar the event in 2019 and 2020. victory at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. PICTURES: Toby Adamson, Goodwood Festival yesterday. Held up towards the rear in the ear- Dominic James and Racingfotos ARMOR TAKES GROUP 3 ly stages of the 1,600m contest, Lady MOLECOMB IN FINE STYLE QATAR IN Princess travelled well in the hands habb) with a devastating turn of foot “We will have a look at taking in the The two-year-old colt Armor stormed the Jeff Smith-owned Alcohol Free of Murphy and had fellow Group 1 PA and went on to score by three lengths Qatar Arabian World Cup before go- clear to win the Group 3 Markel Mole- stormed clear to take the Qatar Sussex winner Ebraz for company. The two from Ebraz, who battled on gamely ing off to run in Saudi Arabia and then comb Stakes for his owners Al Shaqab Stakes (Group 1). ACTION TODAY remained towards the rear as the lead- to claim second. Tayf, who is also hopefully Qatar for the His Highness Racing in the third race in the card at Having celebrated Group 1 success Shooting: Trap qualification Day 2: ers set a decent pace throughout the trained by Fourcy, ran on well to take The Amir Sword. As for Tayf, I would the Qatar Goodwood Festival. in both the Cheveley Park and the Mohamed al-Rumaihi at 3.50am opening furlongs of the race. On the third late on. have preferred if he had a clearer run The colt is trained by Richard Han- Coronation Stakes, the three-year- downhill run for home, Lady Princess “Lady Princess was well tucked in in the straight. He was in great con- non and was partnered to victory old is trained by Andrew Balding and took closer order and looked menac- behind Deryan by Oisin Murphy and dition coming into this and will go by jockey Ryan Moore. Armor won was ridden to success by Murphy. ing on entering the home straight. when he pulled her out for a chal- straight to the Qatar Arabian World impressively by three lengths and a Alcohol Free duelled out the fi nish With the early leaders tiring, Ebraz lenge, she did it extremely easily.