Nadal, Djokovic Koreas to square and Murray roll off in football 16 17title clash WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 Bone-crunching kabaddi a knockout hit at Asiad Page 17 INCHEON: Men’s skeet gold medal winner Abdullah Al-Rashidi (right) and Men’s skeet team silver medal winners Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Saud Habib and Salah Al-Mutairi celebrate their victories. Al-Rashidi wins gold for Kuwait Amir congratulates skeet shooting champion INCHEON: Winning the gold medal in the skeet Al-Sabah also sent similar cables. ninth among fourteen participants. shooting competition for single shooters at Meanwhile, Chairman of the Kuwait Olympic Another Kuwaiti athlete, long jumper Saleh Al- Medals Table Incheon’s 17th Asiad, Kuwaiti gold medalist Committee Sheikh Dr. Talal Fahad Al-Ahmad Al- Haddad, failed to qualify for the medal rounds hav- Abdullah Al-Rashidi told KUNA yesterday that his Sabah said Kuwait has achieved advanced posi- ing posted his best long jump at 7.30 meters, put- INCHEON: Medals table at the Asian Games on yesterday: (gold, silver, bronze, total): toughest competition came from Chinese shoot- tions in the skeet shooting competitions in ting him in the 13th rank while his compatriot China 126 80 62 268 Bahrain 3 5 1 9 ers. Incheon’s 17th Asiad. Mubarak Qamber placed 17th having posted a South Korea 54 55 61 170 Kuwait 2 4 2 8 He noted that the Kuwaiti single and team He praised the performance of Kuwaiti skeet best jump of 6.59 meters. Japan 37 54 55 146 Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 3 competitors experienced setbacks in the prelimi- shooters Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Saud Habib, and Doping controversies overshadowed the Asian Kazakhstan 15 16 25 56 Myanmar 2 1 0 3 nary rounds yesterday due mostly to bad weather Salah Al-Mutairi at the competitions here, hop- Games yesterday. Malaysia’s Tai Cheau Xuen was Iran 14 11 10 35 Vietnam 1 9 22 32 conditions on the field. However, he said, these ing other Kuwaiti athletes at home would take stripped of her wushu gold medal and Iraqi super- North Korea 8 10 11 29 Tajikistan 1 1 0 2 conditions improved noticeably today resulting in cues from their endurance and determination to heavyweight weightlifter Mohammed Al Aifuri Taiwan 8 8 14 30 Pakistan 1 0 1 2 impressive showings by the Kuwaiti athletes. win medals. was also caught as doping cases ticked up to four. UAE 1 0 1 2 Thailand 8 6 21 35 He said the Chinese shooters posed stiff com- Sheikh Talal said the Kuwaiti shooters won It was the Iraqi’s second offence in six years. Macau 0 3 0 3 petition to their Kuwaiti counterparts right up until some valuable medals, among them gold medal in Malaysia said they would appeal the ruling against Qatar 8 0 3 11 Philippines 0 2 4 6 the penultimate round when Al-Rashidi himself singles competition and the silver in team compe- Tai, without giving details of how it would be India 6 8 32 46 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 3 5 tied with his Chinese competitor with a score of 15 titions. fought. A Tajik footballer and a Cambodian soft Hong Kong 6 8 22 36 Turkmenistan 0 1 3 4 hits each. Fortunately for Al-Rashidi the last and Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti ambassador to South tennis player were expelled for doping earlier. Uzbekistan 6 7 14 27 Laos 0 1 1 2 final round saw him scoring 16 hits against the Korea Jassim Al-Bedaiwi told KUNA the Kuwaiti Doping was not the only controversy. Boxing Malaysia 4 14 10 28 Bangladesh 0 1 0 1 Chinese competitor’s 12, to clinch the gold medal medal winners have become a source of great judges found themselves in the spotlight over a Singapore 4 6 11 21 Lebanon 0 1 0 1 for Kuwait. pride for the Kuwaiti people and have catapulted series of decisions that went in favour of South Mongolia 4 4 11 19 Iraq 0 0 2 2 Al-Rashidi thanked the Kuwaiti government Kuwait’s ranking in skeet shooting. Korean fighters. Indonesia 3 5 8 16 Sri Lanka 0 0 1 1 and sports officials for fostering the Kuwaiti youth Kuwaiti runner Jassim Al-Mas qualified for the Mongolia’s male bantamweight Tugstsogt to excel in international sports competitions. finals of the 400 meter hurdles in Incheon, having Nyambayar contentiously lost a decision against China surged to 125 golds, 71 ahead of hosts The judging row at the boxing overshadowed a Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Sheikh placed fourth in the third preliminary race, posting Ham Sang-Myeong, prompting a brief sit-in South Korea, with four days’ competition remain- positive day for India’s five-time women’s world Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent yesterday a time of 50.50 seconds. protest and an official complaint. ing in the quadrennial regional Olympics in champion Mary Kom, who reached her first Asian a cable of congratulations to Kuwaiti skeet shooter His third preliminary race pitted him against Later, Indian light flyweight Devendro Singh Incheon, west of Seoul. Games final. Abdullah Al-Rashidi for winning the gold medal. five runners from China, Philippines, Japan, South Laishram looked well on top against Shin Jong- Xie Wenjun cemented his status as the heir to China’s divers pushed their bid for a perfect 10- His Highness praised the dedication and Korea, and Uzbekistan where he did well enough Hun but the South Korean was handed their quar- China’s former Olympic champion and ex-world title haul when Chen Ruolin and Liu Hiuxia won efforts of the Kuwaiti skeet shooter which were to enter the finals today. ter-final on a unanimous points verdict. The record-holder Liu Xiang when he won the 110m the women’s synchronised 10m platform and Cao crowned by the coveted gold medal awarded to His colleague Yousif Karam in the same event International Boxing Association (AIBA) said it was hurdles in 13.36sec. Yuan and Lin Yue followed suit in the men’s 3m him yesterday. failed to make it to the finals, having posted a time not possible to appeal judges’ decisions. “This is a Li Jinzhe won the men’s long jump and Li Ling springboard. And China’s peerless table tennis His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf of 52.15 seconds. Disc thrower Eissa Al-Zanquwi very sad day. We want to see fair play in sport,” took out the women’s pole vault as China enjoyed players took the first two golds at the Games when Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the also failed to qualify for the medal rounds having Mongolia’s chef de mission Badmaanyambuu Bat a positive evening at the near-empty, 62,000-seat they combined to win the men’s and women’s Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad posted a best throw of 56.57 meters, and ranking Erdene told AFP. Incheon Main Stadium. team titles. — Agencies India and Pakistan to Kuwait thrash Indonesia clash in hockey final to reach AFC Cup final INCHEON: Arch-rivals India and fy for this year’s World Cup, were JAKARTA: Indonesian champions of the match and Amjed Radhi six minute Pakistan set themselves up for a rous- in tears after the match as they Persipura Jayapura failed in their bid to later proved decisive as the Iraqi team ing field hockey final at the Asian hugged coach Shahnaz Sheikh and become the first non-West Asian side to advanced to the final. Games after recording hard-fought other team members on the bench. make the final of the AFC Cup when they In front of a lively capacity crowd at semi-final wins yesterday. “God is great,” said Sheikh. “This was an were thrashed 6-0 at home by Kuwait’s Hong Kong’s Mongkok Stadium, substitute India, seeking their first Asiad title important win for us, although I Qadsia Sporting Club in the second leg of player Gao Wen pulled a goal back for since 1998, played a spirited game to thought the boys were under some their semi-final yesterday. Kitchee midway through the second half outlast hosts South Korea 1-0, with pressure during the whole game. The huge victory allowed the 2011 and but their hopes of becoming the first Hong Akashdeep Singh scoring the winner in “It should be a very good final 2013 runners-up to advance to another final Kong club to contest the AFC Cup final fell the 44th minute from a narrow angle. against India. We will be ready for 10-2 on aggregate as they seek a first title in short as Irbil won the tie 3-2 on aggregate. Defending champions Pakistan them.” Malaysian coach Arul Selvaraj, the AFC’s second tier club competition. Irbil Coach Ayoub Odisho said “the were held to a 0-0 draw by 2010 final- who was appointed a few months Bader Al Mutwa and captain Saleh Al result was hard luck for Kitchee. They must ists Malaysia before winning a thrilling before the Games, praised his team for Sheikh each scored twice to silence the certainly be a very good team to have penalty shoot-out 6-5. giving Pakistan a tough fight. “It is capacity crowd in Indonesia, who had been reached the semifinals, and they were very It needed eight attempts from each always heartbreaking to lose a game hopeful of reaching the final after their side close to getting to the final. side to break the deadlock, with Rashid like this, but I am proud of my team,” he INCHEON: China’s Xie Wenjun, finishes first as Kuwait’s Al-Mandeel Abdulaziz falls during men’s 110m hurdles final at the 17th Asian Games.