STAR of the DAY Nals of Rio De Janeiro Olym- Picsq After Beating Argentina 22-18 in the fi Nal Game of the Group Stage
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Agencies Rio de Janeiro atar’s national handball team booked a date today with Germany in the quarter-fi - STAR OF THE DAY nals of Rio de Janeiro Olym- Qpics after beating Argentina 22-18 in the fi nal game of the group stage. Simone Biles of the United States The win took the Maroon’s tally to fi ve points in fourth place to qualify US gymnastics star Simone Biles claimed a ahead of Argentina and Tunisia who record-equalling fourth Olympic women’s both were eliminated from the com- gold on the floor in Rio yesterday. The petition. The victory was the second 19-year-old sealed the title with a powerful for the team after overcoming Croatia display of acrobatics and tumbling in the in the opening game. Qatar also drew Rio Olympic Arena. The three-time world with Tunisia and lost to France and floor champion scored 15.966 points to Denmark. lead a US 1-2 ahead of Aly Raisman (15.500), Qatar were quick to take the lead, the 2012 Olympic floor champion. Britain’s creating a 3-0 advantage in fi ve min- Amy Tinkler (14.933) won bronze. Biles had utes before Argentina scored their fi rst been bidding to win a record five women’s goal thanks to Federico Pizarro on a gold in Rio after taking the team, all-around fast break in the sixth. Matias Schulz and vault titles. But a slip on the beam on made a great save off Qatar right wing Monday saw her take bronze. She becomes Nasreddine Megdich, then followed the fifth woman to win four gold at the same with another on a fast break from Olympics joining Hungarian Agnes Keleti Kamal Aldin Mallash. (1956), Soviet Larissa Latynina (1956), Czech Once Argentina warmed up, they Vera Caslavska (1968) and Romanian Ecate- were well in the match, though their rina Szabo (1984). slow start had cost them a diff erence they had to work hard to close. Right back Federico Vieyra added the Pan American team’s third goal in the 10th (5-3 for Qatar). Two consecutive goals for the Asian champions, from Zarko Markovic and Mallash, opened a four-goal lead at 8-4 just after the 15-minute mark, before Argentina answered with two of their own courtesy of Vieyra and Pablo Si- monet. The Pan American team moved to a more active defensive system with Sebastien Simonet pushing forward, and he caused a turnover in the 20th Qatar’s Rafael Capote (right) makes an attempt at the Argentina goalmouth that enabled Argentina to come within during the handball match at the Future Arena in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. one on the next attack when Pizarro scored from right wing (7-8). utes left on the clock. Pablo Simonet him a rate of 43 percent at the end of The distance stayed at a steady one kept the diff erence there with a break- the match, Argentina could not fi nd to two goals, with Qatar narrowly in through goal in the 41st, which took the goal for more than 10 minutes un- front at 9:8 when the last fi ve min- the score to 14-16, but that was where til Federico Fernandez did so in the last utes of the half began. The Asian side the close contest ended. minute of the game. After he decreased pulled in front by three goals as the pe- Though Argentina certainly had the defi cit to 17-22, Agustin Vidal add- riod came to an end, and that distance bright moments including great saves ed another goal to secure the fi nal dif- would eventually prove diffi cult for Ar- from Schulz, Qatar pulled ahead to a ference of four, but the comeback was gentina to overcome. fi rmer advantage at 20-16 as the last 10 too late and Argentina were forced to Qatar returned stronger from the minutes began with a goal from right settle for a loss at the buzzer. break, creating a four-goal lead thanks wing Eldar Memisevic, then to a diff er- In the other quarter-fi nal games, to left back Rafael Capote in the 34th ence of fi ve when Capote struck to put Croatia will take on Poland, Slovenia (14-10), before two consecutive goals the score at 21-16. will face Denmark, while hosts Brazil from Vieyra pulled Argentina to a gap As Qatar goalkeeper Danijel Saric will battle it out with world champions of two at 13-15 with just over 20 min- made a save after save, which earned France. Medals tally Country G S B T Country G S B T Country G S B T 1. United States 28 27 27 82 11. South Korea 6 3 5 14 21. Poland 2 2 3 7 2. Great Britain 17 17 10 44 12. Hungary 6 3 4 13 22. Colombia 2 2 0 4 3. China 15 15 18 48 13. Spain 4 0 2 6 23. Cuba 2 1 4 7 4. Russia 12 12 14 38 14. New Zealand 3 6 1 10 24. Switzerland 2 1 2 5 5. Germany 10 7 6 23 15. Croatia 3 2 0 5 25. Belgium 2 1 1 4 6. Italy 8 9 6 23 16. Brazil 2 4 4 10 25. Greece 2 1 1 4 7. Netherlands 8 2 3 13 17. Kazakhstan 2 3 5 10 25. Thailand 2 1 1 4 8. France 7 10 10 27 18. North Korea 2 3 2 7 28. Argentina 2 1 0 3 9. Australia 7 8 9 24 19. Kenya 2 3 0 5 29. Uzbekistan 2 0 4 6 10. Japan 7 4 18 29 20. Canada 2 2 9 13 30. Jamaica 2 0 2 4 Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, August 17, 2016 FOCUS ROUND-UP Bleary-eyed Rudisha reigns Makhloufi in 1,500m semis supreme, targets AFP “I wasn’t sure about doubling Rio de Janeiro up. I did some training in Algeria and then we took the decision, me and my coach, here in Rio,” he lgeria’s defending confi rmed. champion Taoufi k Ma- “In my head I said I wanted to khloufi yesterday ad- run the 800m. vanced smoothly to the “I was very pleased with the Olympic treble Asemi-fi nals of the men’s 1,500m race, I am so happy with the sil- having had just two hours’ sleep ver medal in the 800m behind after bagging silver in the 800m. Rudisha. I wanted to win, but I ‘I’m looking forward to the world championships next year, 2019, and also 2020’ Makhloufi , who came in sec- didn’t get much chance in the ond in the 800m behind David last 250 metres.” AFP Rudisha late Monday, timed Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, 2008 Rio de Janeiro 3min 47.07sec to win his heat. Olympic gold medallist and “I had some massage after the three-time defending world 800m,” he said. “I was in my bed champion, easily won his heat in avid Rudisha delivered an 800m at 4 o’clock in the morning and I 3:38.97. masterclass in defending his slept only two hours! Also qualifying for tomorrow’s Olympic title on Monday and “This part between the 800m semi-fi nals, with the fi nal sched- immediately targeted the two and the heats of the 1500m was uled for Saturday, are Kiprop’s Dupcoming world championships and a always going to be the most dif- teammate Ronald Kwemoi as potential treble at the 2020 Tokyo Games. fi cult part in qualifying for the well as Morocco’s world bronze The Kenyan, also the world champion semi-fi nals of the latter.” medallist Abdalaati Iguider, Dji- and world record holder, timed a season’s Makhloufi admitted that he bouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman and best of 1min 42.15sec to become the fi rst hadn’t been certain that a double American duo Ben Blankenship man since New Zealand’s Peter Snell, in was on the cards. and Matther Centrowitz. 1960 and 1964, to defend the 800m title. Rudisha was quick to dub his stunning victory the greatest moment of his career, but warned there was more to come. “Now this is over, I’m looking forward to the world championships next year and 2019, and also looking forward to 2020,” he said. Defending his title for a third time “is my focus now that this is over”. “I hope I’ll be there in Tokyo in good form and in good spirits.” Rudisha admitted that the race had not panned out as planned. “My plan was to run from the front as usual,” he said.