Boos, Then Applause for Gatlin

22 Monday, August 7, 2017 SPORTS Dutch lift first EuroEnschede, Netherlands titlePetersen at her left post. brace from Vivianne The valiant Danes equalised Miedema led hosts on 33 minutes when skipper ANetherlands to a 4-2 win Pernille Harder picked up a over Denmark and their first long pass on the right wing, women’s Euro title in Enschede took it inside the box and yesterday. Miedema pulled wrong-footed Dutch keeper the hosts level at 1-1 on ten Sari van Veenendaal, scoring minutes and added her second with a low left-foot shot to her goal two minutes from the end left post. Spitse then scored five to round off the scoring, with minutes after the break with Lieke Martens and skipper a low shot from a free-kick Sherida Spitse also scoring for and Miedema made it 4-2 after the champions. fooling a defender inside the Denmark took the lead as box and beating Petersen with Nadia Nadim scored from the a low shot in the 89th minute. penalty spot on six minutes The Dutch are only the after Kika van Es had brought fourth team to lift the trophy down Sanne Troelsgaard in after eight-time champions the box. Miedema then fired Germany, two-time winners home a superb cross from right Norway and Sweden, who won winger Shanice van de Sanden the first edition in 1984. who had outsprinted Cecilie Denmark made two changes Sandvej on the wing. in their starting line-up as Martens turned with the ball Sofie Junge Pedersen replaced just outside the box in the 28th midfielder Line Jensen, while minute and her low left-footer Sandvej came in for left-back Netherlands’ team players celebrate with the trophy and a Dutch national flag reading “champions” beat diving Danish keeper Stina Line Roddik. (AFP) Boos, then applause for Gatlin Kenya’s Kirui bags London when he was announced the men’s marathon pplause eventually winner on Saturday, received London drowned out the boos that his gold medal from Coe. enya’s Geoffrey Kipkorir Agreeted American Justin Gatlin It had looked ominous when Kirui won the men’s when he received his gold deafening roars rang out for Kworld marathon yesterday, medal for the 100 metres world Bolt as he stepped up for his making up for his country’s title yesterday at the London bronze medal and then some podium no-show in the last Stadium. boos greeted young American two championships. Sebastian Coe, president of silver medallist Christian Kirui, this season’s Boston the International Association Coleman who looked slightly marathon winner, clocked 2hr of Athletics Federations bemused. 08min 27sec for gold, 1min (IAAF), admitted earlier The two Americans then 22sec ahead of Ethiopian rival yesterday he was nervous at stood together, waiting Tamirat Tola. how the crowd would respond for Bolt, as the 30-year- Alphonse Simbu of Tanzania Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui when the 35-year-old two-time old 100m and 200m world claimed bronze, just 2sec his season’s best of 2:04.11, led dope cheat, who had taken the record holder lapped up the adrift of Tola after 42km the field through the halfway title denying crowd favourite Silver medallist US athlete Christian Coleman (L), gold medallist crowd chanting his name around a 10km Thames river point in 1:05.28, accompanied and Jamaican superstar Usain US athlete Justin Gatlin (C) and bronze medallist Jamaica’s Usain for almost the last time at a embankment loop in central by Kenyans Kirui and Gideon Bolt a final individual gold, in Bolt (R) pose on the podium major championships, before London in glorious sunshine. Kipketer, with this year’s Saturday’s final, stepped on top allayed when the booing, mixed clapping as Gatlin, who had shaking hands with each other Tola, the Olympic bronze London champion Daniel of the podium. with muted applause, was been jeered throughout the and walking off down the medallist at 10,000m and Wanjiru a couple of seconds However, those fears were replaced by more enthusiastic heats and then even more so tunnel. (AFP) fastest in the field here with back. (AFP) Marathon: Shaikh Khalid Thiam pips Schafer for heptathlon crown congratulates leadership London lympic champion Nafi Thiam DT News Network Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy added the world crown to Manama Supreme Commander and herO accolades with victory in the H Shaikh Khalid bin First Deputy Prime Minister heptathlon yesterday. Hamad Al Khalifa, and HH Shaikh Nasser The 21-year-old Belgian FirstH Deputy President of bin Hamad Al Khalifa, amassed a winning total of 6,784 the Supreme Council for Representative of His Majesty points, with overnight leader Youth and Sports, President the King for Charity Works Carolin Schafer of Germany of the West Asia Athletics and Youth Affairs, Chairman taking silver with 6,696. Federation and President of the Supreme Council for Dutchwomen Anouk Vetter of the Bahrain Athletics Youth and Sports, President claimed bronze (6,636). Association, escalated his of Bahrain Olympic “It’s really incredible, I’m very sincere congratulations to His Committee, on the occasion happy,” said Thiam, who trailed Majesty King Hamad bin Isa of the victory of Bahrain’s in a distant last in the seventh and Al Khalifa, Prime Minister Rose Chelimo in the women’s final event, the 800m, and was HRH Prince Khalifa bin marathon at the World made to wait for confirmation of Salman Al Khalifa, HRH Athletics Championships, her victory. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al held yesterday in London. Nafi Thiam “The 800m is not my favourite! But everybody has to do it.”(AFP).

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