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TUESday, JULY 27, 2021 Qatar’s Al Obaidly set for his Olympic debut

Tribune News Network achieve an honourable result,” Tokyo/Doha Mohamed Al Rumaihi gets ready for trap action he added. Qatar’s promising swimmer Younousse & Tijan now Abdulaziz Al Obaidly is ready ranked World No.1 to make his debut at Tokyo Qatar’s beach volleyball duo of 2020 when he Cherif Younousse and Ahmed participates in the men’s 200m Tijan, who attained World No. breaststroke on Tuesday. 1 ranking on Tuesday, will By participating at the take on Italy’s Adrian Caram- Tokyo 2020 Olympics and bula and Enrico Rossi in their competing against top world second match on Wednesday. champions, Al Obaidly will Also on the track of ambi- have an opportunity to de- tion and search for glory, top velop his swimming skills and Qatar track and field athletes come back home with greater are all set to begin their cam- experience. paign on July 30. Speaking ahead of his Qatar’s Superstar, Mutaz event, Al Obaidly said, “I will Barshim will compete in the do my best and fight tooth and men’s high jump while, his nail to improve my personal teammate Femi Ogunode will record and to gain further ex- participate in the men’s 100m perience in swimming.” and 200m respectively. In statement to the me- Ashraf Al Saifi will compete dia on Monday, Qatar’s Dep- in the men’s hammer throw uty Chef De Mission Ahmed Mohamed Al Rumaihi will be in action in the men’s trap in shooting at Asaka Shooting Range on Wednesday. while Abubaker Hayder will Yousef Al Darwish said: “Eve- race in the men’s 800m. Musab rything is going well, we are pics has been very good. The give my best to honour Qatar I am hopeful he will give a Adam and Abdulrhaman Saeed working together in full coop- training camp in Italy which sports. I want to thank the strong performance,” said will be competing in 1500m. eration, we are doing our best lasted for more than a month Qatar Shooting and Archery Al Mannai. Hurdles star Abdulrah- to take up Qatar’s sport move- Abdulaziz Al Obaidly will take to the pool at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic was very useful and I compet- Association (QSAA) for their “We started the jour- man Samba will be in ac- ment to new heights”. Games in the men’s 200m breaststroke swimming event on Tuesday. ed in different events there. help and guidance.” ney since the qualification in tion the men’s 400m hurdles Meanwhile Qatar shooter “After qualifying for Olym- Saeed Al Mannai, chair- 2019 and we developed a pro- while Bashayer Al Mnawari Mohamed Al Rumaihi will Al Rumaihi secured his panied by coach Robert Mlod- pics two years ago following man of the National Teams gramme that aims to make will become the first Qatari complete his official training spot at Tokyo Olympics when zianowski, said he was ready the Asian Championship in Committee, QSAA, has also Qatari shooting at the fore- woman athlete to hit the track sessions for men’s trap event he claimed the fifth place in to give off his best. Doha, I underwent extensive hoped for Al Rumaihi to shine front of the teams seeking to in 100m. at the Asaka Shooting Range the men’s trap event at the Ahead of his departure for preparations. I always wanted at the Olympics. win a medal in the Olympics. Qatar’s weightlifter Fares on Tuesday ahead of the 2019 Asian Shooting Champi- Tokyo, Al Rumaihi had said to be among the elite athletes “Muhammad Al Rumaihi Our presence in Tokyo will be Ibrahim will be seen in action qualifications which begin on onships held in Doha, Qatar. he was happy with is prepara- and I am very happy to com- has done a lot of hardwork a turning point in the shoot- in the men’s 96kg event on Wednesday. Al Rumaihi, who is accom- tions. “My training for Olym- pete in Olympics where I will after qualifying for Olympics. ing world and we expect to Saturday (July 31) at 1.50pm. Japan’s Nishiya, 13, wins first women’s skateboarding gold

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The first-ever Olympic gold in women’s skateboarding has gone to 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan in the street event at the Ariake Sports Japan’s Shohei Ono (white) and Georgia’s Lasha Shavdatuashvili Park. compete in the judo men’s -73kg final bout at the Nippon Budokan in Nishiya posted 15.26 Tokyo on Monday. (AFP) points to beat two fellow teen- agers to the gold, with 13-year- old Rayssa Leal of Brazil Ono gets fourth judo (14.64) winning silver and Japan’s 16-year-old Funa Na- kayama (14.49) taking bronze. gold for hosts, Gjakova The trio are believed to be the youngest Olympic podi- um on record, Olympics.com second for Kosovo reported. Nishiya is the second- DPA youngest summer gold med- Tokyo Medals allist in Olympic history. The Tally Osaka native is 13 years and Shohei Ono on Monday 330 days old and is the sec- claimed a fourth Olympic judo Country G S B T ond-youngest Olympic cham- gold for hosts Japan from six Japan 8 2 3 13 pion after US diver Marjorie events contested so far in the Gestring, at 13 years and 268 sport at the Tokyo Games. USA 7 3 4 14 days, in 1936. Ono won back-to-back China 6 5 7 18 Leal - 13 years and 203 golds after his Rio 2016 tri- ROC 4 5 3 12 days - would have broken umph when the three-time Britain 3 3 1 7 Gestring’s record had she won world champion beat Georgia’s S Korea 3 0 4 7 but this could yet fall in the Lasha Shavdatuashvili by a wa- skateboard’s park discipline za-ari 5:26 minutes into golden Australia 2 1 3 6 next week to Japan’s Kokona Japan’s Momiji Nishiya competes in the skateboarding women’s street final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo score time in the -73kg division Kosovo 2 0 0 2 Hiraki (12 years and 343 days) on Monday. (Inset) Nishiya rejoices after performing a trick. (AFP) at the iconic Budokan arena. Italy 1 4 4 9 or Britain’s Sky Brown (13 Shavdatuashvili completed 1 2 2 5 years and 28 days). on Sunday. it, to inspire girls around the a full set of Olympic medals af- Canada 1 2 1 4 “I didn’t think I could Skateboarding, along world to start skating.” ter 2012 gold and 2016 bronze. Hungary 1 1 0 2 win, but everyone around me with surfing, karate and sport There is also massive The bronze medals went to cheered me on so I’m glad I climbing, is making its debut at jeopardy in skateboarding as An Changrim of ’s Tunisia 1 1 0 2 was able to find my groove,” the Games as the International Brazilian world number one and Tsogtbaatar Tsend-ochir Croatia 1 0 1 2 said Nishiya, who was runner- Olympic Committee aims to Pamela Rosa and compatriot of Mongolia. Slovenia 1 0 1 2 up at the skateboarding world appeal to a younger audience Leticia Bufoni failed to reach Abdalrasool should have Austria 1 0 0 1 championships in Rome ear- through popular sports. the final despite being strong met Algeria’s Fethi Nourine Ecuador 1 0 0 1 lier this year. “Skateboarding is fun and medal contenders. in the first round but Nourine “I’m so happy to win the interesting to do, so I want “Sometimes you almost scratched ahead of the match in Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 Olympics in Japan, and I’m so everyone to try skateboard- land something and you just order to avoid a potential meet- Iran 1 0 0 1 happy to win my first Olym- ing,” said Nishiya. slip out,” said Sablone. ing with Butbul - a move that Norway 1 0 0 1 pics as one of the youngest And the age of Monday’s “That’s the difference be- saw him suspended by the ruling Philippines 1 0 0 1 competitors.” medallists suggests that the tween you making it into the body IJF along with his coach. 1 0 0 1 Each athlete in the eight- profile of skateboarding at finals or not. The leading judo nation woman final had to make two least fits the bill. “You can practice all day Japan had to be content with Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 runs of 45 seconds and show “She is a prodigy. She’s ex- long, and you can still get out bronze in the day’s other med- five tricks marked by judges, ceptional,” said American Alex- there and blow it.” al event, shared by Tsukasa head-dive attack less than with the worst scrapped. is Sablone, who finished fourth. Leal’s second placing sees Yoshida with reigning world three minutes into the contest. Nishiya failed to land her Japan’s Momiji Nishiya poses with her goal medal during the podium “It’s wild to see. And Momiji Brazil win the first two silvers champion Jessica Kimklait of It was the second judo first two tricks, before nail- ceremony of the skateboarding women’s street final of the Tokyo too. They’re exceptional. on offer in the discipline, after Canada in the women’s -57kg. gold for the Balkan nation ing her final three and pulling 2020 Olympic Games on Monday. (AFP) “For a long time there Kelvin Hoefler took runner-up Gold went to Kosovo’s at the Games, with Kosovo ahead to claim the top spot. were way fewer females do- in the men’s street. Nora Gjakova who won by ip- and Japan providing the only She was the only competitor run, but I wasn’t after that,” golds on offer in skateboard- ing this. It’s taken until now More skateboarding med- pon after her French opponent winners after three days and to land the fifth and final trick. she said. ing at the Games as Yuto Ho- to get enough people to pay at- als will be up for grabs in the Sarah Leonie Cysique was giv- Japan the only nation to med- “I was nervous in the first Japan has won the first two rigome took the men’s street tention, to get enough eyes on park discipline on August 4-5. en a penalty for an attempted al in every event. 10 Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Diaz makes history, securing first gold for the Philippines

NYT TOKYO ‘Entire Filipino nation is proud of you’ ’s com- : The Philippines on Monday cheered its first-ever gold petes on the Until Monday, the Philip- in the Olympics, hailing weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz for edging out during the pines, a sports-mad country of world champion Liao Qiuyun of China. “The entire Filipino nation men’s qualification at the Ariake nearly 110 million people, had is proud of you,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo. (AFP) never won an Olympic gold message to the 30-year-old Diaz. medal. The Philippine military also congratulated Diaz, who is a member But Hidilyn Diaz, a weight- of the air force, for her “masterful performance” in the Tokyo Russia lifter at her fourth Olym- 2020 Olympics. “We are now, more than ever, inspired by her ex- pics, finally broke the Philip- ceptional hard work, perseverance and dedication,” said armed gymnasts pines’ nearly century-long forces chief of staff General Cirilito Sobejana. drought by capturing a gold On Twitter, Filipino netizens greeted the historic win and thanked in the women’s 55kg division, Diaz for lifting the country’s spirit amid the Covid-19 pandemic. edge Japan achieving two Olympic records “Thank you for carrying us all,” they tweeted. Some joked that in the process. her victory also showed that the Philippines can actually beat for first “It’s unbelievable,” she China, in reference to a territorial dispute between the two coun- said, caressing the gold medal tries in the South China Sea. all-around hanging on her neck. “I expect- This is the second Olympic medal for Diaz, who won a silver in ed to win, but when you hold the women’s 53kg in 2016. In 2018, she also made history at this already, it’s like, Wow, I the as the first Filipino weightlifter to win gold in team gold never thought this would hap- the regional games. (DPA) pen today.” in 25 years Diaz, 30, said that her record-breaking 127 kilogram though, didn’t seem an option. the pandemic, Diaz has been DPA lift in the clean and jerk event Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz competes in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 “It was just survival,” she training in Malaysia, staying Tokyo was the first time she had Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Monday. (AFP) said. “I’m the breadwinner in away from the Philippines, successfully hefted that much my family.” where cases proliferated de- Russian gymnasts claimed weight. In training, she had to win a medal but the gold ograms, an Olympic record, with It turned out she could lift But the fun eventually re- spite a strict lockdown. a first men’s team all-around maxed out at 125 kilograms, seemed like it was the preserve barely a hint of discomfort. To more than the boys. She start- turned, and Diaz won a silver At the Asian champion- Olympic gold in 25 years on she said. of Liao Qiuyun, the Chinese win, Diaz would have to surpass ed out with pieces of wood, in Rio. Desperate for a gold ship in Uzbekistan in April, Monday when they withstood She also claimed another reigning Asia champion. In what she had done before — by then jeep wheel protectors, medal, the Philippine sporting Diaz held back, said Monico a late effort from hosts and Olympic record for the total the most recent Asia champi- 2 kilograms. She pulled the bar then blocks of cement. establishment persuaded her Puentevella, a veteran politi- 2016 winners Japan. of her two best lifts, one in the onships, Diaz, who is 4 feet 11 to her clavicle, then staggered She eventually was recruit- not to retire before Tokyo. cian who has also served as the A score of 14.466 from world snatch and the other in the inches, had come in fourth. for a moment as she thrust the ed to the Philippine national The Philippines is crazy head of the national weightlift- champion Nikita Nagorny in his clean and jerk. But as the other top con- barbells into the sky. One Mis- team, but when sports officials for sports. During the years ing federation and the Philip- exercise was enough to The finale of the 55 kilo- tenders approached the bar- sissippi, two Mississippi. mentioned the 2008 Beijing of American colonization, the pine Olympic Committee. She secure gold with Denis Ablia- gram competition provided bells grim-faced Monday, Diaz The gold was hers. Olympics to her, she didn’t YMCA introduced a new sport settled for fourth. The idea zin, and David high drama in a sport that can kept smiling. On the final lift, The second youngest of know what the Games were, played with a ball and fruit was to lull the Chinese into Belyavskiy in the eight-team fi- sometimes feel preordained, the top three competitors and six siblings, Diaz grew up in she said. As a 17-year-old at baskets. Today, basketball is thinking that Diaz had reached nal with 262.500 points. given the dominance of a Chi- their coaches scrambled to de- the southern Philippine city of those Games, she was the ubiquitous across the archi- her full potential, he said. The “We are overwhelmed. Six nese squad that was expected to cide what weight they should Zamboanga, a place intermit- youngest female weightlifter pelago. Boxing is popular, too, ploy seemed to have worked. months ago we said we would prevail in all four weight classes call. Too light, and they might tently seized by sectarian con- in competition. especially after Manny Pac- “I have been dreaming of win this gold and we have now it was contesting in Tokyo. be outpaced. Too heavy, and flict. Her family was poor, and In 2012, Diaz suffered an quiao, the longtime champion this gold medal for so many confirmed it,” said Dalaloyan Diaz, a silver medalist at they might not make the lift. she tried weight lifting as an injury that left her mentally turned politician, burst onto years,” said Puentevella, 75. who was competing in Tokyo the 2016 Rio Olympics, went For her last turn, the Chi- 11-year-old, tagging along with and physically drained, she the scene. “Now that she’s won, I can die despite rupturing his Achilles into the competition hoping nese competitor cleared 126 kil- the older boys of her family. said. Quitting weightlifting, Since the early days of happy.” tendon in late April. But it was an anxious wait for the Russians before they could celebrate a first gold since Atlanta 1996 in the Ari- ake Gymnastics Centre. Gold for Peaty and MacNeil, Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto had received 15.000 point for a spectacular performance in the final rota- Ledecky loses to Titmus tion. That was good enough to DPA snatch silver from China but Tokyo Nagorny’s score which flashed up a minute later meant they A dominant Adam Peaty won missed gold by the fraction of gold in the 100m breaststroke .103 of a point with a tally of at the Tokyo Olympics on 262.397. The Chinese team Monday, as Australia’s Ari- amassed 261.864. arne Titmus shocked Ameri- “I was waiting with baited can superstar Katie Ledecky breath and nervous,” Dalaloy- Japan’s Jun Mizutani (3L) and Mima Ito (L) celebrate beating China’s to win the 400m freestyle and an said. Xu Xin (2L) and Liu Shiwen (R) in their mixed doubles table tennis Margaret MacNeil won the “But in the end we won the final match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Monday.(AFP) 100m butterfly. gold. We did it. We were all The US meanwhile won great.” gold in the men’s 4x100m Hashimoto said: “We Japan end China’s table freestyle relay. weren’t quite sure how the re- Peaty became the first Brit- sult would turn out. on to win consecutive Olympic I was carrying the passion tennis hegemony with golds in the same swimming of the team. I was exhilerated event thanks to victory in when I landed. I didn’t even 57.37 seconds, the fifth fast- consider the colour of the mixed doubles gold est time in the history of the medal.” event. He now has 18 of the 19 Team-mate Kauzuma Kata DPA 1 hour 17 minutes. fastest times ever recorded. said that “it was very disap- Tokyo The mixed doubles made “I’m so buzzed because pointing when we saw that gap its Olympic debut in Tokyo that was the first,” he said of 0.1 points” and team-mate Japan’s Jun Mizutani and and Mizutani and Ito made “You can do what you want all Britain’s Adam Peaty (C) celebrates winning to take gold ahead of Netherlands’ Arno Kamminga (R) in the Wataru Tanigawa admitted Mima Ito claimed a historic the most of it and with it also year round, you can do what final of the men’s 100m breaststroke swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo “I thought we had won” after first table tennis mixed dou- got a first-ever gold for their you want in your own arena, Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Monday. (AFP) Hashimoto’s routine. bles Olympic gold on Monday country in the sport. your own backyard - it doesn’t The men continue with as they ended China’s un- China has won 28 of the mean anything. “I’m trying to contain it as region record in the process. come early in the Japanese the individual all-around on beaten run in the sport at the 33 Olympic table tennis golds, “It means everything here. much as I can. I have a big pro- China’s Zhang Yufei day to suit American broad- Wednesday, with Tuesday re- Games after 17 years. South Korea have three and No one thinks about times. gramme ahead of me, but I can missed out on gold by just 0.05 casters. served for the women’s team China had not lost a table Sweden and Japan one apiece. Yes, it would have been amaz- enjoy this afterwards.” seconds, while Emma McK- Ledecky posted an Olym- event where the Russian ath- tennis final since the 2004 The last non-Chinese Olympic ing to finish on a world record, China’s Li Bingjie came eon of Australia won bronze pic record 15:35.35 seconds in letes surprisingly led qualifying Games but Xu Xin and Liu champion until Monday was but it’s not about that.” distant third with 4:01.08, a thanks to an even smaller qualifying first for the 1,500m ahead of the American team Shiwen squandered a 2-0 set South Korean Ryu Seung Min The 26-year-old, whose new Asian record. margin, 0.01 seconds, over final, a race she is expected to with superstar Simone Biles. lead and after tying at 3-3 were in men’s singles 2004 in Athens. gold was the first for Britain Ledecky, a five-time Olym- fourth-placed Torri Huske of win by a distance. beaten 11-6 in the deciding It was the eighth gold over- in Tokyo at the time, handily pic champion, had not lost an the US. She also topped the 200m frame on second match point all for Japan at their Tokyo dispatched Dutchman Arno Olympic final before Monday. Sarah Sjostrom, cham- freestyle heats, with Titmus when Xu netted a return after home Games. Kamminga, the only other The 24-year-old American pion in Rio and world record fourth, while Italian great Fed- swimmer who has managed is also set to compete in the holder, placed seventh. Her erica Pellegrini had a scare but to step on Peaty’s previously 200m, 800m and the newly participation in the Games reached the semis 15th of 16 uncharted waters by clocking introduced 1500m freestyle was in doubt after she broke who advanced. a sub-58-second swim. races in Tokyo. her elbow slipping on ice in There was a similar escape Quick read Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi “I can’t be too disappoint- February. for South African Chad Le took home the bronze with ed,” said Ledecky. “It was my The US team of Caleb Clos, champion in 2012, who Storm approaches but worries ease 58.33. second best swim ever (over Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen took the last spot in the men’s The impact of tropical storm Nepartak on the Olympic Games in Titmus defeated world re- 400m freestyle). I felt like Becker and Zach Apple was 200m butterfly semis. Tokyo could be less than feared despite some events already be- cord holder and Rio champion I fought tooth and nail and just half a second shy of the Hungarian world cham- ing rescheduled, organizers said Monday. “You should not be too Ledecky of the US by 0.67 sec- that’s all you can ask for.” world record with 3:08.97 in pion Kristof Milak topped the worried about the storm,” Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Tayaka onds with an Oceania record Earlier, reigning world their relay win ahead of Italy standings. said. The storm is expected to arrive on the Japanese mainland 3:56.69 minutes, her second champion MacNeil turned on and Australia. His compatriot Katinka (From L) Gold medalits Russia’s late Tuesday and archery has already adjusted the timing of gold, the day after success in the jets after finishing the first Dressel is chasing a six- Hosszu, champions in Rio, David Belyavskiy, Russia’s Denis matches with ties due to be played in the second session moved to the Australian 4x100m free- 50 metres in seventh position gold haul at the Games over was a strong second in the Abliazin, Russia’s Artur Dalaloyan Wednesday and Thursday. Rowing has also delayed medal events style relay. to touch the wall in 55.59, win- three individual events and women’s 200m individual and Russia’s Nikita Nagornyy to Wednesday but sailing and surfing, depending on where exactly “It is the biggest thing you ning Canada’s first gold medal three relays. medley after disappointment celebrate on the podium after win- the storm lands, could now be unaffected. Nepartak had caused can pull off in your sporting at the Tokyo Games after tak- The second session con- in the 400m earlier in the ning the artistic gymnastics men’s weather authorities concern as they warned of heavy rains. (DPA) career, so I’m over the moon,” ing silver in the relay. sisted only of heats as, unu- Games. America’s Kate Dou- team final at the Ariake Gymnas- said Titmus. She also set an Americas sually, the finals inT okyo all glass was quickest. tics Centre on Monday. (AFP) Sports Tuesday, july 27, 2021 11 Djokovic thriving off athletes’ village energy, marches on

DPA that a lot of athletes from our German’s comfort. Tokyo sport have been experienc- Zverev clipped a ball at the ing in the past and it’s going camera suspended above his World number one Novak to happen in the future.” The head as he prepared to serve Djokovic made light work 20-time grand slam champion - the world number five claim- of Jan-Lennard Struff on also revealed he is splitting his ing he almost hit the wire hold- Monday to continue his pro- time between a hotel and the ing the device in place when gress at the Olympic Games, Olympic athletes’ village, as he threw the ball. and he revealed he is thriving he looks to soak up the atmos- “It was three meters above Al Shaqab Racing’s Fowairet won the Prix des Sables-Wathba off the energy in Tokyo as he phere in Tokyo, despite the me, I almost hit the wire rope Stallions Cup, a conditions race for Purebred Arabians aged 4 and copes with the weight of ex- ongoing coronavirus restric- when I was throwing the over at Pompadour in France, on Sunday. pectation. tions. ball. It just hung too low,” he Djokovic is aiming to com- “I only stayed in the Olym- said, though the chair umpire plete a Golden Slam this year, pic village the first few days in disagreed. Al Shaqab Racing’s Fowairet having already swept up the Rio, then I moved when the There was ultimately no Australian Open, French Open competition started to the ho- negative impact on Zverev’s wins Prix des Sables-Wathba and Wimbledon titles. tel,” he explained. performance, and the 24-year- Olympic gold is next on “Here, I’m between the old will face Georgia’s Nikoloz Stallions Cup in France his list, before the Serbian will hotel and the village but I’m Basilashvili for a place in the head to the US Open. spending every single day in last eight. Tribune News Network Cahrein) throughout. She then Struff was no match for the village mostly and the ho- Basilashvili got the better came to take the lead just be- the 34-year-old on Monday, tel is mostly for sleeping over, of Italian world number 26 In the colours of Al Shaqab fore the final bend on the tight as he teed up a round-of-16 basically, and having my own Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Racing, Fowairet (FR) (TM turning track and once in the tie with Alejandro Davidovich routine in the morning. to secure his progression. Fred Texas x Balica De Faust) home straight the Fowairet Fokina by beating the German “Other than that, I’m al- The gulf in quality between opened her scorecard in the galloped out well to hold off 6-4, 6-3. ways in the village because Daniil Medvedev and Sumit Prix des Sables-Wathba Stal- her rivals, winning comfort- Djokovic will be joined by it’s just so special. Most of Nagal of India was clear to see, lions Cup, a conditions race ably by ¾ of a length in front fellow favourites Alexander the tournaments I’m in a ho- as the world number two - who for Purebred Arabians aged of the Mrs JF. Bernard-trained Zverev and Daniil Medvedev, tel anyway and this [Olympic is representing the Russian 4 and over at Pompadour, and Tom Pauquet-ridden Hal- as the singles competition be- Games] happens once in four Olympic Committee - cruised France, on Sunday. wicha De Bozouls (FR) (Ma- gins to hot up. years. Of course, I try to bal- through in just 66 minutes. Trained by Charles Gour- habb x Jidwicha De Bozouls) Djokovic is aiming to be- ance things out with keeping Nagal, ranked 160th in the dain, Fowairet was making with the Eric Dell’ova-trained come the first man in the Open my own routines and things world, dropped serve in the her belated seasonal bow. She and Jordan Plateaux Hor- Era to complete a Golden that make me feel good, but first game of the match and ran 4 times as a 3YO and was jamne-ridden coming in third Slam, though even if he did not I’m thriving also on that won- never looked likely to recover, placed once. This time, she as he was further ¾ of a length have such a feat in his sights, derful energy in the village.” and the Australian Open run- dropped back in trip in this behind the runner-up. he would still have the expec- Serbia’s Novak Djokovic serves to ’s Jan-Lennard Struff Zverev moved confidently ner-up breezed into the next race, over 1,700 metres, hav- By Al Shaqab Racing’s tation of clinching gold, given during their men’s singles second round match at the Ariake Tennis into the round of 16, defeating round 6-2, 6-1. ing only run over 2,000 me- Purebred Arabian sire TM Roger Federer and Rafael Na- Park in Tokyo on Monday. (AFP) Colombia’s Daniel Elahi Galan Medvedev will next go up tres or further previously. Fred Texas, Fowairet was also dal chose not to compete. Riveros 6-2, 6-2. against Italy’s Fabio Fognini. Under jockey Maxime Fou- bred by Al Shaqab Racing. “I think that once you you’re going to experience dif- and from people around,” In fact, his greatest nem- The Russian has faced the lon, the 4-year-old filly sat in Her dam, Balica De Faust, was reach the top spots of the rank- ferent kinds of expectations Djokovic said. esis was the spidercam, which world number 31 on four occa- second behind the pacemaker placed on multiple occasions ings and start winning slams, and pressure from yourself “It’s kind of a normal thing came a little too close for the sions, winning three times. Horjamne (FR) (Dormane x in Qatar.

He’s the Champ! Cameron Osaka cherishing the Olympic takes 3M Open title with experience, eases into 3rd round bogey-free finale DPA my head down, then good things will happen. For DPA London me, it’s dream to be here, to play the Olympics. This Berlin is my first one, soI ’m just trying to cherish this ex- Naomi Osaka continued her pursuit of a historic gold perience.” Cameron Champ’s three- medal by easing into the third round of the Olympic On her performance against Golubic, Osaka said: day charge up the 3M Open singles competition at the Ariake Tennis Park. “I was a bit more nervous before the match. I felt a leaderboard ended at the top The Japanese star won her first match in eight lot of butterflies. But I think, as I started playing and on Sunday as the American weeks against Zheng Saisai on Sunday, saying she feeling more comfortable, I knew that no matter what took his third PGA Tour title. felt refreshed and happy after stepping away from the it would be a great match. I feel like I played better Champ spread five birdies court for mental health reasons. today, I think my movement was better.” Men’s gold throughout a bogey-free fi- There were a few understandable signs of rust medal favourite Novak Djokovic also moved into the nal round at TPC Twin Cities, but Osaka, who is hoping to follow up her starring third round with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Germany’s shooting 66 to finish the tour- role at the opening ceremony with a first gold medal Jan-Lennard Struff. nament at 15 under par. for Japan in tennis, was very sharp in a 6-3, 6-2 vic- The top seed, who is looking to complete an un- That was two strokes bet- tory over Swiss Wimbledon quarter-finalist Viktorija precedented Golden Slam in 2021, survived a tight ter overall than the trio of Golubic on Monday. opening to the match to win in straight sets and set Louis Oosthuizen (66), Charl Cameron Champ poses with the The 23-year-old, who has only lost one of her last up a clash with Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Schwartzel (68) and Jhonat- trophy after winning the 3M Open 24 matches on hard courts, said: “It would mean a There were comfortable wins for several big tan Vegas (68), who tied for at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Min- lot to win gold here but I know it’s a process. I know names, with Garbine Muguruza beating Wang Qiang second at 13 under. nesota, on Sunday. (Getty/AFP) these are the best players in the world and, honestly, 6-3, 6-0, French Open champion Barbora Krejciko- The 26-year-old Califor- I haven’t played in a while, so I’m trying to take it one va seeing off Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-4, Alexander nian winner looked like he wins at the 2019 Safeway notch at a time. Zverev defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2, 6-2 and sec- would need that cushion on Open and the 2018 Sanderson “All in all, I’m just really happy to be here. I ond seed Daniil Medvedev racing to a 6-2, 6-1 victory the final hole as he yanked his Farms Championship. haven’t been in Tokyo for a couple of years.” over Sumit Nagal. tee shot well off the fairway, “I was definitely dehydrat- Osaka did not play a match between the first But three high seeds did fall in the women’s draw but a perfect approach shot ed, but obviously I feel a lot round of the French Open in May and Sunday’s vic- - third seed Aryna Sabalenka of going down gave him a two-foot putt for better now,” tory, having skipped Wimbledon, but she has shown 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) to Croatia’s Donna Vekic while par and the title. Champ told reporters, before she can find her best tennis straight off the sixth seed Iga Swiatek was beaten 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) by Champ battled his own adding that he began to feel bat, going unbeaten between February 2020 and Paula Badosa of Spain and Czech flag bearer Petra body at times in the Minne- light-headed when he bent March this year while playing just four tournaments. Kvitova fell in three sets to Belgium’s Alison Van sota heat, moving slowly late down to place or pick up his “I put this pressure on myself to do well because Uytvanck. in his round and occasionally ball marker. I know that I don’t play that many tournaments and Fourth seed Elina Svitolina has had two tough bending over while waiting to “Not sure why I was, be- I feel like I watched these players playing the tourna- Japan’s Naomi Osaka returns a shot to Switzerland’s matches so far, the Ukrainian defeating Ajla Toml- hit his shots. cause I drank a lot of wa- ments while I was on my break so I just really, really Viktorija Golubic during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic janovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Karolina Pliskova battled He hung on at the end, ter. You have so much adrena- want to do well,” she said. Games women’s singles second round tennis match at to a 6-3 6-7, (0-7), 6-1 win over Carla Suarez Navarro though, adding a third title line going and I was just trying “I feel like as long as I work hard, relatively keep the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on Monday. in the Spaniard’s final Olympic singles match. to his previous two PGA Tour to control that.”

Fencer Perez Maurice loses match India call-up Shaw, Suryakumar for England Tests Agencies “Bowling coach B Arun, Wriddhiman but gains hubby at the Games Saha and Abhimanyu Easwaran have India have added Prithvi Shaw and completed their self-isolation in London” DPA we want to spend our lives Suryakumar Yadav to their squad in Eng- and joined the team in India. Tokyo together. We are going to cel- land, following injuries to Shubman Gill, This will be India’s first series since ebrate in Buenos Aires with a Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan. the ICC World Test Championship 2021 Argentine fencer Maria big barbecue.” Shubman Gill suffered a “stress reac- Final against New Zealand, which they Belen Perez Maurice suffered Saucedo, 51, succeeded tion on his left lower leg” after the ICC lost by eight wickets to New Zealand. defeat at the Tokyo Games on with Perez Maurice at the sec- World Test Championship Final 2021 India have since played the warm-up Monday but had an Olympics ond time of asking after hav- against New Zealand. match against the County XI, a drawn to remember regardless as she ing a first proposal in Paris It was initially reported that he’d encounter in which the likes of KL Rahul, received a marriage proposal turned down after the 2010 miss the first Test against England, but Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav im- from her coach. world championships. Gill has now returned home to India, pressed. The 36-year-old Perez “She said no,” he said. “Af- meaning he will not take any part in the India’s series against England will be- Maurice was doing a television Argentina’s Maria Belen Perez ter she competed, we went out Test series. gin with the first of fiveT ests in Notting- interview when coach Lucas Maurice with coach and fiance for a coffee and a walk, then I Washington Sundar injured his right- India’s Prithvi Shaw plays a shot during the ham on 4 August. Guillermo Saucedo appeared Licas Guillermo Saucedo at the asked her, and she told me, ‘it hand bowling finger during the three-day third One-Day International against Sri Lanka India squad for England Tests behind her with a written note Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba is a joke, no, I am young, may- warm-up game against County XI – he at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Chetesh- saying “Do you want to marry City, Japan, on Monday. (AFP) be in the future’. has been ruled out for the remainder of July 23, 2021. (AFP) war Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, me?” in Spanish. “I love her, and when she the tour, with his recovery taking longer Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, “They (the press) told me for 17 years. lost the match she got very sad, than expected. In better news for India, Rishabh Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bum- to turn around, and he had “We are very happy. We so maybe this proposal should Avesh Khan, the young pacer, also Pant, the wicketkeeper batsman who re- rah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, the letter. I forgot everything. are very good partners. Of change her mentality. I wrote sustained an injury during the warm-up cently recovered from Covid-19, and “has Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh I was like, ‘oh my god’,” said course, we have fights, but we on the paper in the moment. If match – a blow to his left thumb that led begun preparations for the upcoming Test Yadav, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket- Perez Maurice, who has been enjoy each other’s time. We she had won, no, I would have to a fracture. He is also ruled out of the series.” keeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi in a relationship with Saucedo love each other so much, and waited for the moment.” tour, and will return to India. The BCCI release also confirmed Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav.