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Sunday June 30, 2019
Kaieteur News
National Athletics Championships
Archibald and Gustave fastest
Damon Williams won the men’s long jump ahead of Emmanuel Archibald. West Demerara was blessed with fair weather yesterday, despite intermittent rainfall during the week, for the first day of the 2019 National Athletics Championships that is being sponsored by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC), Leonora. As expected, Emmanuel Archibald, who attends the University of th e We s t Indies’ Mona Campus (Jamaica) on a sport scholarship, ran away with t h e m e n ’s 1 0 0 m t i t l e . Archibald, whose stronger event is the long jump, ran an impressive 10.26 seconds ahead of Winston George (10.36) and Rupert Perry (10.45) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). The men’s 100m final was peculiar, it started with Archibald leading before George and Perry commanded the lead, however, Archibald,
The women’s 100m final which was won by Jovanna Gustave (leader).
The men’s 100m was won by Emmanuel Archibald (second left) in 10.26s. who has a win against Jamaica’s Olympian medalist Johan Blake, exhibited his scorching sprint speed to overtake George and Perry for the win. The women’s 100m was won by Barbados based Jovanna Gustave in a decent 11.61 seconds. Gustave was chased to the line by Running Brave Athletics Club’s (RBAC) Kenisha Phillips
(11.73) and Tonya Rawlins (12.02) of GDF. Carifta Games gold medalist Chantoba Bright of Upper Demerara had an off day, losing the Long and High Jump events. University of Guyana’s (UG) Ruth Sanmoogan won the women’s Long Jump with a decent leap of 6.02m. Bright was second with 5.86m, while Keliza Smith of
RBAC was third with a distance of 5.59m. The girls’ high jump was won by the lanky Natrena Hooper of the RBAC with a height of 1.75m; Bright was second with a height of 1.65 and Shantel Browne of Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) third with 1.60m. National record holder Archibald, who is looking to
boost his rankings in the Long Jump to ensure his qualification at the World Championships, fell short to Damon Williams of GDF in the event yesterday. Unofficially, Williams recorded 7.51m while Archibald who holds the 8.12m national record, registered 7.39m. Mark Jhalu of GDF won the men’s high jump with
2.02m, Damon Williams second with 1.95m and Isaiah Lewis of PPYC third with 1.85. Anfernee Headecker won the men’s 1500m in 4m 03s and Aaliyah Moore won the women’s 1500m in 4m 56s. The 800m and 200m finals are scheduled to run off today at the NTFC. Tickets cost $300 to enter the venue. (Calvin Chapman story and photos)
Pakistan edge Afghanistan in World Cup thriller (Reuters) - All-rounder Imad Wasim’s unbeaten 49 guided Pakistan to a thrilling three-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Leeds yesterday, maintaining their hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Chasing a target of 228, Pakistan lost opener Fakhar Zaman for a duck on the second ball of the innings when he was trapped legbefore by off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Babar Azam, who scored his maiden World Cup century in Pakistan’s win over New Zealand earlier this week, combined with Imam-ul-Haq to stabilise the innings with a steady 72-run partnership. Off-spinner Mohammad Nabi removed the pair to expose the middle order, before Mohammad Hafeez and Haris Sohail fell cheaply
to leave Pakistan reeling at 142-5. Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (18) and Shadab Khan (11) were run-out to set up an intense finale but Wasim and Wahab Riaz (15) ensured there were no further hiccups as they chased down the target with two balls to spare. “When I went in they were bowling brilliantly but I just hung in there. We wanted to bat out the 50 overs and see,” Wasim, who was named man-of-the-match, said. “Thank you to the crowd, it feels like home here. They gave us a boost in confidence. Win our next game and we’ll see what happens. Now we believe we can win from anywhere.” Pakistan, who moved ahead of England to fourth in the table, now need to win their final match against
Bangladesh on Friday and hope other results go their way to advance to the semifinals. EARLY BLOWS Earlier, Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi claimed four wickets to restrict Afghanistan to a modest 227 for nine from 50 overs on a flat batting track at Headingley. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Afghanistan stumbled early on, losing captain Gulbadin Naib and Hashmatullah Shahidi in back-to-back deliveries to Afridi, who produced a blistering opening spell with the new ball. Afridi, playing only his 18th ODI at the age of 19, returned in the death overs to remove Najibullah Zadran and Rashid Khan to finish as pick (Continued on page 65)
Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz hits a six versus Afghanistan at Headingley. (Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith)