Gasol elected to be an IOC member Two-time NBA champion and He got 1,888 of more than international sports bodies, three-time Olympic medalist 6,800 votes cast by ath- business leaders and 12 ath- Spain’s Pau Gasol Pau Gasol won an election letes for the four vacant IOC letes elected by their peers. watches from the bench Wednesday at the Tokyo seats. Polls closed Tues- His new colleagues in- during a men’s basketball Games that means he’ll be day, the day Gasol played clude the Emir of Qatar, preliminary round game mixing with royals and repre- six minutes in Spain’s 95-81 Queen Elizabeth’s daughter against Slovenia at the senting athletes for the next loss to the United States in Princess Anne, the former 2020 Summer Olympics seven years at the Interna- the quarterfi nals. presidents of Costa Rica on Aug. 1, in Saitama, tional Olympic Committee. The 41-year-old Span- and Croatia, Laura Chin- Japan. (AP) Gasol was one of 30 can- ish basketball star joins an chilla and Kolinda Grabar- didates who were competing IOC membership list drawn Kitarovic, and two-time at the ballot box and in their variously from European and Olympic champion runner Olympic sports in Tokyo. Middle East royal families, Sebastian Coe. (AP) ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 Page 15 Stewart leads US to semis with 79-55 win over Australia Serbia rally to reach semifi nals by ousting China SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 4, (AP): Ana throws with 1:53 to go, giving her quarter in each contest. Stewart made times down the stretch to set up the Dabovic scored nine of her 13 points nine straight points and putting Serbia sure that wouldn’t happen against Aus- thrilling fi nish. in the fourth quarter as Serbia to beat ahead to stay. tralia. Trailing 5-2, she scored seven Hayashi put Japan ahead to stay with China 77-70 Wednesday to reach a Jelena Brooks led Serbia with 18 consecutive points to start a 19-1 run. her 3 from near the top of the key with second straight semifi nals. points. Vasic fi nished with 16 points, The Americans led 26-12 after the 15.2 seconds left. Kim Mestdagh had a The Serbians (3-1) now will play nine in the fourth quarter, and also opening quarter as Australia had 10 shot to give Belgium the win, but her either the United States or Australia grabbed 10 rebounds. turnovers in the period. pull-up jumper from near the free throw in the semifi nals on Friday trying to Shao Ting scored 17 points to lead Australia was able to get within nine line as time expired bounced off the rim. improve on the bronze they won at the China. Han added 15, and Li Yueru in the second quarter before the U.S. Then the celebration began for the 2016 Rio Games. had 12. closed the half with a 20-8 run to go host nation. Players rushed the court, At the fi nal buzzer, they gathered in US 79, Australia 55 up 48-27. hugging teammates and yelling out ex- a circle on the court and danced before Breanna Stewart scored 20 of her The Opals never threatened in the hilarating screams of joy after advanc- hugging in celebration after rallying 23 points in the fi rst half to help the second half as the lead ballooned be- ing to the medal round. from a nine-point defi cit for the win. U.S. beat Australia 79-55 in the quar- hind Brittney Griner, who scored 10 of Miyazawa fi nished with 21 points Dabovic helped fuel the comeback terfi nals. her 15 points in the third quarter. for Japan. Takada had 19, Hima- with a deep 3-pointer that was closer Japan 86, Belgium 85 wari Akaho added 12 points and Rui to the Olympic logo at halfcourt than Saki Hayashi hit a 3-pointer with Machida fi nished with 10 points and the 3-point line as Serbia grabbed the BASKETBALL 15.2 seconds left, and Japan advanced 14 rebounds. Nako Motohashi had 10. momentum with a 12-0 spurt to open to the semifi nals by edging Olympic France 67, Spain 64 the fourth. The Americans will face Serbia on newcomer Belgium 86-85. Marine Johannes scored 18 points China (3-1) went undefeated in pool Friday in the semifi nals looking to Japan joined the U.S. and Serbia in and France edged Spain 67-64 in the play and led 58-49 at the end of the advance to their seventh consecutive United States’s Breanna Stewart drives to the basket over Australia’s Ezi the semifi nals of the women’s basket- quarterfi nals of the women’s basket- third quarter. With Yao Ming watching gold medal game. The Serbians, who Magbegor (13) during a women’s basketball quarterfi nal round game at the ball tournament Friday and will face ball tournament. from the bench, the Chinese missed won the bronze medal in the 2016 Rio 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 4, in Saitama, Japan. (AP) either Spain or France. The French team will face host Ja- reaching the semifi nals for the fi rst Games, rallied to beat China 77-70 in Yuki Miyazawa made three of her pan in the semifi nals on Friday in a re- time since the 2008 Beijing Games. the quarterfi nals. looked like the dominant team that’s ing back to the 1992 Barcelona Games. seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, match of a group play game. The U.S. Han Xu’s layup tied it up at 70 with For the fi rst time since getting to- won the last six gold medals and 53 During the pool games the U.S. got helping Japan erase Belgium’s nine- plays Serbia in the other medal round 2:13 left. Sonja Vasic hit two free gether about three weeks ago the U.S. consecutive games in the Olympics dat- of to slow starts, trailing after the fi rst point lead. Japan tied it the game four matchup. India women’s fi eld hockey drop semifi nal to Argentina Casas’ 3rd homer, Kazmir TOKYO, Aug. 4, (AP): India’s wom- Gurjit Kaur scored for India in the en’s fi eld hockey team lost to Argen- second minute to provide hope, but tina 2-1 in an Olympic semifi nal on Argentina’s Maria Noel Barrionuevo Wednesday night. responded with two goals to push In- India has a spectacular history in dia into the bronze medal match Friday the sport, but it mostly has been on against Britain. help US beat Dominicans the men’s side. The men won Olympic India will be motivated to win the gold seven times between 1928 and fi rst medal ever for its women’s team. 1964 and again in 1980. India’s 1-0 win over Australia in the India’s women had only qualifi ed quarterfi nals on Monday was a stunner. Japan defeat South Korea to earn spot in title game for the Olympics twice before. They Australia had been dominant up to that fi nished fourth in 1980 and 12th in point, fi nishing pool play with a 5-0 re- YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug 2016. cord and outscoring its opponents 13-1. 4, (AP): For Triston Casas, the Olympics feel as com- Olympic Medalists fortable as spring training. That’s because when he stepped to the plate in the United States’ elimination game against the Do- ARTISTIC SWIMMING SILVER: Peder Fredricson, Sweden Duet BRONZE: Maikel van der Vleuten, minican Republic on Wedesday, GOLD: ROC (Svetlana Romashina, Netherlands he was facing Boston Red Sox Svetlana Kolesnichenko) MARATHON SWIMMING SILVER: China (Wenyan Sun, Xuech- Women’s 10km Double-A teammate Denyi Reyes. en Huang) GOLD: Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil “I have one career at-bat off of him BRONZE: Ukraine (Marta Fiedina, SILVER: Sharon van Rouwendaal, in spring training, and I hit a home run Anastasiya Savchuk) Netherlands over the batter’s eye, as well,” Casas ATHLETICS BRONZE: Kareena Lee, Australia said after he crushed a two-run, fi rst- Men’s 200m SAILING GOLD: Andre de Grasse, Canada Men’s Two Person Dinghy - 470 inning drive that started the Americans SILVER: Kenneth Bednarek, United GOLD: Australia (Mathew Belcher, to a 3-1 win. “So 2 for 2 with a walk.” States Will Ryan) Tyler Austin, a former major leagu- BRONZE: Noah Lyles, United States SILVER: Sweden (Anton Dahlberg, er in his home ballpark of the Central Men’s 800m Fredrik Bergstrom) GOLD: Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir, BRONZE: Spain (Jordi Xammar, Nico- League’s Yokohama Bay Stars, added Kenya a solo home run in the fi fth against Ga- SILVER: Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, las Rodriguez Garcia-Paz) Kenya Women’s Two Person Dinghy - 470 briel Arias, his second long ball of the BRONZE: Patryk Dobek, Poland GOLD: Britain (Hannah Mills, Eilidh tournament to go with a .412 average Men’s Hammer Throw McIntyre) and fi ve RBIs. GOLD: Wojciech Nowicki, Poland SILVER: Poland (Agnieszka Skrzy- SILVER: Eivind Henriksen, Norway pulec, Jolanta Ogar) BRONZE: Pawel Fajdek, Poland BRONZE: France (Camille Lecointre, BASEBALL Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Aloise Retornaz) GOLD: Peruth Chemutai, Uganda SKATEBOARDING The U.S. (3-1) plays defending SILVER: Courtney Frerichs, United Women’s Park States GOLD: Sakura Yosozumi, Japan champion South Korea (3-2) on Thurs- BRONZE: Hyvin Kiyeng, Kenya SILVER: Kokona Hiraki, Japan day night for a spot in Saturday’s gold Women’s 400m Hurdles BRONZE: Sky Brown, Britain GOLD: Sydney McLaughlin, United medal game, with the loser facing the States WEIGHTLIFTING Dominicans for the bronze.