SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 SPORTS Mertesacker named ‘Slow Moe’ speeds to gold London long jump champ LONDON: Olympic gold medallist Mohamed Sbihi’s lack of enthusiasm for his family’s barbershop busi- Rutherford in final Arsenal captain ness earned him the nickname ‘Slow Moe.’ The 6ft RIO DE JANEIRO: Defending Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford 8in-tall rower has now set the record straight after scraped into the Rio Games final on Friday, finishing 10th out of 12 qualifiers LONDON: Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has been named as the Premier League club’s showing everyone that he is in fact no slouch. Sbihi after the Briton flirted with disaster by fouling on his first two jumps. new captain even though the injured German may not play again this year. Gunners boss stormed to gold for Britain with the help of col- Rutherford, who holds the Olympic, world, Arsene Wenger defended the curious decision and said he will choose from a pool of experi- leagues Alex Gregory, George Nash and Constantine Commonwealth and European titles, won gold at enced players to lead the side during Mertesacker’s prolonged absence. Louloudis, following in the footsteps of iconic row- London 2012 in what British media later dubbed “Per is a very respected figure in the dressing room, is loved as well and is ers Sir Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent.Yet Super Saturday when three British athletes also a very demanding figure,” Wenger told Arsenal Player. “I think it is Sbihi may never have even started rowing had it not topped the podium in the space of an hour. He absolutely natural to be him. In his absence that’s where it will be taken been for a strange turnaround of fate. In an inter- looked in danger of an early exit in Rio, however, by the assistants. “One of them will be Laurent Koscielny, also Santi view with The Press Association London, Sbihi’s making two foul jumps before recording a dis- Cazorla - the experienced players - Petr Cech maybe. “We will have a father, also called Mohamed, explained how his son tance of 7.90 metres on his last attempt. ‘I know group of people that will take care of the energy levels and the problems almost quit rowing immediately. “He was very tall 7.90 metres is not good but it was just a matter of the team. That will be down a lot to the experienced players.” Arsenal for his age, a very big boy. Somebody from a rowing of making (the) finals,’ Rutherford said. ‘Going needed to appoint a new captain following Mikel Arteta’s departure in programme went around to his school and they into the final round I definitely wasnít as stressed the close-season. The Spaniard’s injury problems over the last two noticed the size of him - they said he should be row- as my family were at home,’ he added. ‘For me itís seasons have seen several players fill in as temporary captain. ing. “So at the age of 14 he was going to his first one of these where you draw on all the experiences Mertesacker, who joined Arsenal from Werder Bremen in rowing class. But I don’t think he fancied it because that youve had. The 29-year-old will now defend his 2011, captained the side on occasions last season before he he turned to walk out the moment he got there. “It title against challengers including China’s Jianan was dropped as Wenger preferred to partner Gabriel with was only because a PE teacher recognised him and Wang and Jeff Henderson of the United States, who Koscielny at the heart of his defence. — AFP knew he was supposed to be training instead that qualified in first and second place with jumps he told him to go back. — AFP measuring 8.24m and 8.20m. — Reuters Rodriguez bags double in MLB results/standings Chicago Cubs 13, St. Louis 2; Atlanta 8, Washington 5; Philadelphia 10, Colorado 6; NY Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 3; Houston 5, Toronto 3; Boston 9, Arizona 4; Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 2; Cleveland 13, LA Angels 3; San Diego 8, NY Mets 6; Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee Yankee Stadium swan song 4; Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3; Oakland 6, Seattle 3; Pittsburgh 5, LA Dodgers 1; Baltimore 5, San Francisco 2. NEW YORK: His pregame tribute ended by a American League National League storm, Alex Rodriguez soaked in repeated Eastern Division Eastern Division cheers during his final game in pinstripes, get- W L PCT GB Washington 67 47 .588 - ting one more hit for the New York Yankees and Baltimore 65 50 .565 - Miami 60 55 .522 7.5 returning to third base one last time. On a night Toronto 65 51 .560 0.5 NY Mets 57 58 .496 10.5 filled with nostalgia as the Yankees and Boston 62 52 .544 2.5 Philadelphia 54 63 .462 14.5 Rodriguez turn to uncertain futures, baseball’s NY Yankees 59 56 .513 6 Atlanta 44 72 .379 24 most notorious star of the last two decades Tampa Bay 46 68 .404 18.5 drove a 96 mph fastball from Tampa Bay’s Chris Central Division Archer into the right-center field gap in the first Central Division Chicago Cubs 73 41 .640 - inning of New York’s 6-3 victory Friday. And Cleveland 65 48 .575 - St. Louis 60 56 .517 14 with the sellout crowd of 46,459 chanting “We Detroit 61 54 .530 5 Pittsburgh 58 55 .513 14.5 want A-Rod!” the 41-year-old designated hitter Kansas City 56 59 .487 10 Milwaukee 51 63 .447 22 trotted to third base for the first time in 15 C W Sox 55 60 .478 11 Cincinnati 47 67 .412 26 months at the start of the ninth inning as the Minnesota 46 70 .397 20.5 organist played “Thanks for Memory.” He was Western Division replaced after a leadoff strikeout, hugging his Western Division San Francisco teammates. A-Rod ran back on the field for Texas 69 48 .590 - 65 50 .565 - more hugs after the final out, grabbing a hand- Seattle 60 54 .526 7.5 LA Dodgers 64 51 .557 1 ful of dirt from the infield. Houston 61 55 .526 7.5 Colorado 56 60 .483 9.5 Rodriguez grounded out, struck out and Oakland 52 64 .448 16.5 San Diego 50 65 .435 15 bounced out again on the first pitch in his last LA Angels 49 66 .426 19 Arizona 48 67 .417 17 at-bat. The 1-for-4 night left him with a .200 average, nine homers and 31 RBIs in his 12th and final Yankees season. Rodriguez has 696 home runs, fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe GE supplies image diagnosis for Ruth (714). Rodriguez said last Sunday he had accepted an offer to play one final home game Rio 2016 Olympic, Paralympic Games and then become a team adviser through 2017, tasked with mentoring young players. Starlin DUBAI: GE, official sponsor of the Rio 2016 moment to make a check-up of their Castro had four RBIs for the Yankees, hitting a Olympic and Paralympic Games, is supply- health. Thus, not only we will be contribut- tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth off NEW YORK: New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez reacts to a sudden thunder- ing image diagnosis equipment for the ing for them to improve their performance, Archer (6-16) that gave CC Sabathia (7-9) his storm, while joined by his two daughters, mother, and another family member after he was Polyclinic, which was built in Barra da but to have a healthier life in long terms as second win since mid-June. Dellin Betances got presented with a signed base before his final game as a player, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tijuca, close to the Athletes¥ Village, and well,” he says. the save. 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Willson Contreras launched a three- shot, giving Twins starter Kyle Gibson (4-7) a Rookie Ryan Schimpf hit a grand slam and run shot to cap a five-run second inning, and one-run lead he took into the fifth inning. well-being of the athletes and their teams of the IOC and the Rio 2016Committee added a two-run shot in San Diego’s victory Javier Baez and Jorge Soler also went deep to Salvador Perez’s bat broke on a two-strike, two- with innovating technologies, which rein- with GE is the base of our partnership, over New York. Jabari Blash and Christian make things easy for Arrieta (14-5).