MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 SPORTS US Eagles rip Chile to seize Americas tourney lead WASHINGTON: Mike Te’o scored two bonus point in the overall standings, giv- from the US Sevens squad, scored in the were Chris Baumann, Nic Edwards, Joe points kicking from Andrew Ferguson in tries and the United States routed Chile ing them a 13-12 edge with two matches 64th and 77th minutes and fly half J.P. Taufete’e, Lorenzo Thomas, Jake keeping pace with the leaders. Marcos 64-0 Saturday to seize the lead of the remaining in the round-robin interconti- Eloff kicked seven conversions and Anderson, Chad London and Luke Hume. Bollini, Juan Cappiello and Franco Americas Rugby Championship over nental showdown. Canada remained scored his first international try, one of six “For me, it was a good performance but Cuaranta scored tries for Argentina, Argentina by a lone bonus point. third at 2-1 on 10 points with a 52-25 Eagles to achieve that feat in the rout. maybe too much individualism,” Mitchell which also had two conversions from The South American side took a 24-21 home triumph over winless Brazil, getting “The performance is more important said. “Sometimes that can happen in a Juan Novillo and a conversion and penal- road victory at Uruguay that left them two tries each from Lucas Rumball and (than the margin),” US coach John game like this. At times the execution ty kick by reserve Pedro Mercerat. The level at 2-0 and one drawn with the Clay Panga. Mitchell said. “I think we’re still naive in wasn’t on, but if you keep going to space scene shifts to South America as the five- Americans, who were deadlocked 35-35 “To get one try was amazing but to terms of game management, but these there’s always going to be a high proba- week event continues next weekend with with Argentina in their opening match. get two was just a bonus,” Panga said. “It are problems that have solutions and bility of scoring.” the United States at Brazil and Uruguay at But the 10-try outburst by the US was an unreal feeling. It’s a great testa- we’re dealing with a very youthful team.” Canada also had tries from Paul Ciulini, Chile on Saturday and Canada visiting Eagles against Chile earned an extra ment to how hard the boys worked.” Te’o, Also scoring tries for the Americans Mike Hamson and Ray Barkwill and 13 Argentina today. — AFP Chan wins gold at Four Continents TAIPEI: The 2014 Olympic silver medallist China’s Jin Boyang, the leader of the Patrick Chan of Canada claimed the men’s short programme, finished runner-up with title at the Four Continents Figure Skating a total of 289.83 points in his first Four Championships in Taipei yesterday, despite Continents competition. a stressful start to the competition. The 18-year-old also became the first Skating to the music of Chopin, Chan skater to land four quads-a quad lutz, a kicked off his free skating programme with quad salchow and two quad toeloop-in an a quad toeloop/triple toeloop combination international competition. “In my previous and added two triple axel, among others, competition which was a domestic compe- to bring his total to 290.21 points. tition I also landed four quads in my free The three-time World champion, 25, skate, so it gave me confidence coming admitted he had been “very worried and into this competition,” he said. stressed” when he finished fifth after “I think I’ve done better today so I am Friday’s short programme, which he attrib- very happy with this.” China’s Yan Han took uted to “being jet-lagged and the ice not the bronze medal while Japan’s Shoma Uno being perfect”. and Takahito Mura ranked fourth and fifth, “But finally today it seemed that every- respectively. thing, my body, the ice, just felt just right Earlier in the past week Japanese and I could finally just relax and enjoy the skater Satoko Miyahara, the 2015 World programme,” Chan told a press conference silver medallist, claimed the ladies’ single after his victory. title. In the pairs event, 2015 World silver “I just let everything go and focus on medalists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of myself and not focus on the other skaters. I China took gold. American sibling team think it paid off today,” added Chan, who Maia and Alex Shibutani, the newly was competing in his first Four Continents crowned US National Champions, won the after taking a one-year break. ice dance event. — AFP Coe: IAAF could suspend Kenya if it violates doping rules LONDON: Track and field’s governing body place,” Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya chief is prepared to ban Kenyan athletes from executive Kiplimo Rugut said. LA THUILE: Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather, center, winner of an alpine ski women’s World Cup super G race, celebrates on the podium with sec- the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro if the coun- ond-placed Switzerland’s Lara Gut, left, and third-placed Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, in La Thuile, Italy, yesterday. — AP try fails to comply with global anti-doping MAKING PROGRESS rules, IAAF President Sebastian Coe said. WADA said last week that Kenya was The IAAF has already suspended Russia’s under investigation for failing to meet an Weirather wins while Vonn is track and field program from global com- initial deadline for complying fully with its petition, and now Kenya could be at risk of ant-doping code. the same sanction. Kenyan track and anti-doping authori- reminded of social media gaffe The IAAF’s ethics commission is investi- ties said Thursday they were making gating alleged extortion and doping cover- progress. ups in Kenya involving top officials. The “It does not worry me now that we may LA THUILE: A daughter of skiing royalty, Tina um result after losing sleep to clean up damage they have for the sport and it makes our job a lot World Anti-Doping Agency has also put face an Olympic ban, since ADAK (The Anti- Weirather of Liechtenstein won a slushy super-G from an ill-advised Facebook post. Vonn apolo- more fun as well.” Kenya on notice that it could be declared Doping Agency of Kenya) is working out a yesterday for her first victory of the season while gized to her equipment supplier Friday after Vonn’s overall lead over Gut was reduced to non-compliant with the global anti-doping policy bill which will be taken to parliament Lindsey Vonn was reminded of her social media posting a video of an angry outburst in which 23 points, while in the super-G ranks she holds a code. to be made into law,” gaffe during another podium finish. she destroyed her bindings with a hammer fol- 79-point lead on Gut with three races remaining “We know that a disproportionate said Jackson Tuwei, the acting president Racing in unusually warm weather, Weirather lowing a downhill where one ski detached. in the discipline this season. amount of reputational damage is caused of Kenya’s track and field federation. “I am finished 0.57 seconds ahead of Lara Gut with Fabienne Suter of Switzerland finished fourth by a relatively few countries and we have to confident we will succeed. And since we Vonn 0.64 back in third. It was the fifth career ‘MISTAKES HAPPEN’ and Romane Miradoli of France fifth, while local be very much more proactive,” Coe told have been given another two months we win for Weirather, the daughter of two-time The DJ during yesterday’s race poked fun at favorite Federica Brignone of Italy was sixth. British television network BT Sport when will work day and night to conform with Olympic gold medalist Hanni Vonn by playing MC Hammer’s 1990 hit “U Can’t Saturday’s downhill winner Nadia Fanchini asked about investigations into Kenya. “Yes, the rules.” Wenzel and Harti Weirather, who won down- Touch This,” during the American’s run. and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany were if it means pulling them out of World Former marathon world record-holder hill gold at the 1982 world championships. With “That was funny,” Vonn said. “There’s a lot of among those who didn’t finish. Championships or Olympic Games then we Wilson Kipsang is urging the Kenyan gov- the temperature soaring well above freezing on jokes out now but I did it to myself. “Mistakes Up next is a special parallel slalom city event will have to do that.” ernment to implement the necessary the Franco Berthod course in the shadows of happen and you just got to move forward and in Stockholm for men and women tomorrow. “I know the World Anti-Doping Agency measures, including fast-tracking legisla- Mont Blanc, organizers treated the snow with today I was finally 100 percent focused on the While Gut said she would travel to Sweden, Vonn has looked very closely at the Kenyan tion criminalizing doping. salt to prevent it from melting. skiing and I felt a lot better,” Vonn added. “I actu- was considering skipping the event over con- National Anti-Doping Agency, we of course “We must all step up the fight against “They did a really good job on the snow. It ally got some sleep last night. So now I’m just cern about a jump on the temporary course - monitor that through the IAAF so that work doping because if we are banned, Kenya was not easy to prepare the course,” Weirather thinking about racing and that’s what I should potentially giving up points to her Swiss rival.