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Amateur boxing could face suspension

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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mateur boxing in the Bahamas could be facing suspension from the International Boxing Association (AIBA) if the upcoming elections fail to comply with the international governing of the sport.

Ronn Rodgers, founder of the Strikers Boxing Club and one of three persons vying for president of the Amateur Boxing Federation of Bahamas (BABF), said the mishandling of the election process and subsequent suspension could have a detrimental impact

on the development of boxing in the country.

BABF Elections are scheduled for Friday, August 31.

“If we do get suspended, and it looks like that will happen, the Bahamas will be unable to compete in any international events.

No Pan Am Games, no CAC, no World Games, no Commonwealth Games and the big one, no Olympics. The possibility of all of that is out of the window if we are suspended.

“Our fighters will not be able to go to any qualifying tournaments and represent the country. The amateur boxing programme will be basically demoralised because

if you have no shows and tournaments then the fighters have no reason to continue and be in the gym. There will be no shows and no tournaments or no goals to reach for outside of the local shows we have here in the Bahamas. These guys can’t afford to be suspended for a year. With many big events coming up and many of these guys training towards these goals, if they understand that those goals are no longer attainable, we will lose many developing fighters.”

On April 21, Vincent Strachan won the BABF presidency on a 7-3 vote over Ikenna Johnson.

Discrepancies in the electoral

process were reported to AIBA, who investigated and declared the results of the election null and void. The BABF was mandated to host a new election by September 1 of this year.

Tom Virgets, AIBA executive director, outlined the compliance issues in a letter to outgoing BABF President Wellington Miller.

“A review of the AIBA records regarding the election has shown that the Bahamas Boxing Federation did not follow the AIBA requirements as outlined in Article 36 of the AIBA Bylaws. Please note that AIBA does not recognise

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Ayton rookie of the year?

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net DEANDRE Ayton was recognised by his peers and by his new Suns teammates as one of the difference makers in the 2018-19 NBA rookie class.

Ayton, the former Arizona Wildcats centre selected No.1 overall by the Phoenix Suns, was considered one of two frontrunners for the Kia Rookie of the Year award in an NBA survey that polled the league’s incoming rookie class.

Ayton got 18 per cent of the vote to equal the 18 per cent garnered

by Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton. Ayton also finished third in response to the question “Which rookie will have the best career?” with seven per cent.

Suns franchise guard, Devin Booker, who recently signed a five-year $158 million contract, highlighted Ayton as one of the reasons for the team’s turnaround this season.

“We’re in the best shape we’ve been in since I’ve been a part of the franchise. With the trades we’ve made, and with Deandre,” he said in an interview with Bill Reiter of CBS Sports. “He had an unbelievable summer league, playing the right way, not forcing it, was still dominating on both sides of the floor. He’ll be the down force threat we need to open up space for everybody else.”

Ayton’s first impression on the NBA landscape produced his first league-wide award when he was named to the 2018 All-NBA Summer League Second Team.

Ayton led the team with 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and one

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PHOENIX Suns’ Deandre Ayton dunks against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half of an NBA summer league basketball game on July 6 in Las Vegas.

(AP Photo/John Locher)

SUMMER LEAGUE: MOSS, SMITH AND RANGERS TAKE EARLY SERIES LEAD IN ROUND 1

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net MINOR league baseball playoffs opened in the Dominican Summer League with Keithron Moss, Courtney Smith and the DSL Rangers 1 taking an early series lead in round one.

Moss finished 2-3, including one triple, one RBI and two runs scored in the Rangers’ 9-8 win over the DSL Cardinals Blue in the Dominican Republic yesterday.

The Rangers 1 took a 2-0 lead in the series. They took a game one decision, 3-2 in Monday’s series opener.

The Rangers completed the regular season 48-24 and clinched the Dominican Summer League North division title. Both Rangers teams in the Dominican Republic advanced to the playoffs as DSL Rangers 2 (49-21) took the San Pedro division title.

Both Moss and Smith competed in their first seasons with the Rangers organisation since they signed during the last International Signing Period.

Moss, the 17-year-old shortstop, appeared in 51 games and hit .196 with 11 doubles, 23 RBI, 29 runs scored and eight stolen bases.

Smith, a 21-year-old catcher, appeared in 17 games and recorded two hits and two RBI on the season. He went 1-4 and got his first stolen base of the season in a 9-3 loss to the DSL Rays 2.

The Dominican Summer League is a branch of affiliated minor league baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985.

The league consists of 38 teams in five divisions.

Each team is affiliated with a different major league franchise with eight organisations fielding two teams: the Astros, Mariners, Mets, Orioles, Rangers, Reds, Red Sox and Yankees.

Six teams make the playoffs, the winners of each division plus the best runner-up. The two division champions with the best winning percentages receive byes to the semi-finals.

Augustine, Smith sign letters of intent to join the Knights

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

NOBLE Preparatory Academy continues its mission of facilitating student athletes to paths of higher education in Canada.

Stephone Augustine and Pilar Smith were the latest additions to sign their letters of intent to join the Niagara College Knights men’s and women’s basketball programmes respectively.

Alongside NPA Director Geno Bullard, the duo signed their paperwork at the NPA campus and are looking forward to the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level with the Knights this fall.

Augustine, a former student at RM Bailey, decided to take the prep school route following his participation in the inaugural NPA Spring Classic. He was captivated by the opportunity to use the game to further his education.

“We made the championship, during the tournament we had a meeting with coach Bullard and he talked about life, our grades and our future and that really made an impact on me.

When I made the transition to NPA, it was a bit of a struggle going from a bigger environment to a smaller environment where you have a greater focus on you.

“At other places once you play on the basketball team you can talk in class, miss class, pretty much do anything you want, but at NPA it was a struggle for me to adjust because you’re held accountable for your actions here.

“Coach Bullard stuck with me through that,” he said. “I travelled with the team to Canada and then went to see the NPA alumni play at Niagara. It was mind-blowing. I made up my mind right there and then and I told coach Bullard that would be me in a few years. I went from a 2.15 GPA, to a 3.49

STEPHONE Augustine (left) and Pilar Smith sign their letters of intent to join the Niagara College Knights men’s and women’s basketball programmes respectively. and eventually graduated with a 3.7. Augustine had

the opportunity to attend Niagara at the conclusion

of the last academic year, but complications due to

paperwork and acquiring a passport prevented him from beginning his collegiate career.

Augustine completed his college prep year at NPA and, despite the setback, is now prepared for the life of a college student.

“It really got me ready for college. I’m much stronger than the programmes I’m interested in and it just made me appreciate the things you work hard to achieve. This is something I’ve always wanted, it’s here so now I have to make the most of it,” he said.

“I have the right support system here and in Canada with the other NPA alumni.

When I wasn’t able to go they really took me under their wing making sure I stayed on the right path.

Having them at my side will be very beneficial to me.

Even when I didn’t know them I looked up to them because I wanted to be on the wall at NPA campus

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AYTON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR? FROM PAGE 1

blocked shot per game while shooting 59.5 per cent from the field as he was one of just seven players in the Las Vegas Summer League to average a double-double.

When the Suns selected Ayton with the first overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, it represented an historic moment for Ayton, the franchise and The Bahamas.

With Ayton’s selection, The Bahamas joined the United States, Canada, Nigeria and Australia as the only countries with multiple No.1 overall NBA Draft picks. It also represented the first No.1 pick made by the Suns in franchise history and the first No.1 pick from the University of Arizona.

He was the ninth consecutive college freshman to be selected with the first overall pick.

During his lone season at Arizona, Ayton led the NCAA with 24 double-doubles, a PAC-12 freshman record. He averaged 20.1 points and 11.6 rebounds per game while shooting 61.6 per cent from the field, and was “Karl Malone Power Forward” of the year consensus First Team All-American.

The Suns will open the NBA preseason against Buddy Hield and the Sacramento Kings at Talking Stick Resort and Arena on October 1.

Phoenix will tip off ESPN’s regular season coverage with a matchup against the Dallas Mavericks at 10:30pm on October 17.

The game will feature Ayton against the No.3 overall pick in the draft, Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, in their regular season debuts. The NBA regular season tips off on October 16.

THE PULSE Boys and Girls community mentorship programme is offered free every Wednesday at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor street, with instructor Elnathan Corey Rolle (far right), better known as DJ Counselor.

Pulse Boys and Girls clubs in spotlight PULSE Boys and Girls Club, a community mentorship programme that caters to youth in Bain and Grants Town, Englerston and East Street, recently performed very well at the Space Coast Karate League in Orlando, Florida.

The results of the tournament are as follows:

1) Trevon Taylor 1st Kata, 2nd Fighting 2) Omar Woodside 2nd Kata, 3rd Fighting 3) Josh Woodside 3nd Kata, 1st Flighting 4) Micheal Prechard 1st in Kata, 1st intermediate Fighting, 2nd in Advance fighting 5) Elnathan Rolle 2nd in Kata

Instructor - Elnathan Rolle “It was great to see our students do well internationally, it proves once the opportunity is provided the sky is the limit for our Bahamian Youth,” the organisation said in a press release.

“Our students have been doing well in both traditional

and sport tournaments, and the programme is continuing to do well with curving many at risk youth in our inner city.”

The programme is offered free as a community programme every Wednesday at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor street, with instructor Elnathan Corey Rolle.

Amateur boxing in the Bahamas could face suspension FROM PAGE 1 the election as it was carried out in violation of the Article 36 of the Bylaws,” he said. “As a matter of urgency, AIBA requires that you call for a new election to take place before September 1 2018, that will be conducted in compliance with AIBA regulations, and ensure that all member clubs are invited in accordance with your statutes. AIBA also requires that an observer assigned by AMBC President, Mr Osvaldo Bisbal, be present during the elections. Failure to comply this mandate will result in AIBA referring the case to its Disciplinary Commission and the possibility of a provisional suspension of your Federation.

We trust you will take immediate

actions to organise to a proper election in accordance with AIBA Statutes and Bylaws.”

• Other issues listed by AIBA include: - Failure to conduct the formal Federation’s Annual General Meeting of its members before the election meeting - Failure to produce statements of formal audited financial accounts covering the 10-year tenure of previous administration - Failure to produce a financial report and President’s Report to the associated members - Illegal voters: out of 11 associations, seven were created just before the election took place and executive officials of legally constituted associations were denied the right to vote.

The list of voting delegates for the election include Cat Island, Exuma, the Berry Islands, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, Abaco, New Providence, Bimini, Andros, Inagua and San Salvador.

“The same things that were not right in the first election, those issues remain for this election Friday so it looks as if we are on the path to suspension. There’s Inagua, Grand Bahama and New Providence that have legit associations, the others have no activity.

As small as boxing in this country, that is too many governing bodies.

There are currently more associations voting than we have active clubs. There are about realistically few active clubs but we have all of these associations voting for the president, I don’t get that. These associations have no

infrastructure in place, no clubs, no coaches, have not produced fighters, participated in shows or hosted shows.

“I’ve been in this sport for over 30 years and many of these association heads I’m unfamiliar with in terms of the boxing world,” Pinder said.

“What I would like to see is for us to operate AIBA intended and under AIBA rules clubs vote, not associations. One club, one vote.

Our federation put into their constitution that associations should vote. But I would like to see is for the clubs voting and having a voice. The clubs are the ones that have the fighters that are on the ground training and do most of this work unassisted from the federation or the government. They should have the voice.”

In addition, with the activity of his Strikers Boxing Club, Rodgers, in conjunction with Ray Minus Jr, has established the Bahamas Community Boxing Programme which currently has over 200 amateur fighters. Their aim is to register 1,000 followers

by December. “I hope a suspension serves as a wake-up call and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture steps in and ensures we get this right because they are the only ones with the power over the federation. They are the ones responsible for funding the sport,” Rodgers said. “The gyms are going to be empty when the word gets out that there’s nothing you can achieve as an amateur so all we will have are the ones looking at a pro career, but you need the amateurs as a feeder system.”

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with all the other success stories. I always knew of these guys and knew their stories. I always wanted to be a part of that success and be recognised for something positive.”

He will be the first member of his family to attend college, a responsibility that weighs heavily on the mind of the incoming freshman. “I have a younger sibling and a niece.

They look up to me, they saw the challenges when I was getting in fights so to know that I was going off to school it may motivate her more,” he said. “Not just my family but guys in the Englerston constituency who grew up there with me.

Seeing m try my best and having the younger guys look up to me I know it’s important. They know I was once in the spot where they are so they know it’s possible to make it through.”

Smith was a former student at Mt Carmel before her transition to NPA for a year of prep school. Her basketball journey included battles with health complications and a difficult decision on whether to return to school.

“When I started playing in the eighth grade, I used to have health issues and they told me early on that I would never be able to play and I eventually joined the team. I picked up quicker than most of my peers and I had a passion for it so I stuck with it. I started to take it seriously in 11th grade because everyone was telling me how much potential I had. I

started practicing more and devoted myself to becoming a student of the game,” she said.

“I graduated and I realised that I wasn’t ready to leave high school yet. I had some academic issues and I realised another year could benefit me. I had a summer job at the MYSC at their basketball camp and I worked with a few of Mr Bullard’s students. I saw how good they were at basketball so I really wanted to know what school they attended. They gave me the info, I did my homework on the school and I found that it would be the right fit for me moving forward.”

She encouraged others to consider a year of college prep before making the transition to tertiary education.

“Everyone told me to get a job and start working. I knew my parents weren’t in a position to really put me through another year, but I still had that internal conflict because I knew I wasn’t ready academically for college and I felt I needed more time to develop,” she said. “I wasn’t always a focused student and when I came to NPA it tested my limits. I was in an environment where teachers were so invested in wanting to see you do well and I realised it took focus, time management, and dedication to be a really good student.”

Smith will be the first member of the NPA girls’ basketball programme to earn a scholarship opportunity. “I feel like I have a lot of pressure on my shoulder because the first is always remembered,” she said. “I feel like the weight on me

is exceptional to open up the door for other girls to walk through and really create a change to start this new era for Noble and girls basketball.”

In addition to being the founder and the president of the NPA, Bullard is also the international recruiter for the entire Caribbean region for Niagara College.

NPA has academic ties with Ridley, Niagara and Brock University.

“As students at NPA you don’t know what the future holds so you have to be ready, you have to trust the process in guiding you. It’s not just about being great at sports, which these guys will be because they are prepared, but it’s about being great in all areas of what it takes to be a student athlete at the collegiate level.

“It’s knowing time management and how to handle the workload. This is what universities want, students they can invest in that they know will produce great returns,” he said. “Having a full scope of being on the ground and being a part of those institutions, I fully understand what is demanded by a prep school, a college or a university and I am able to impart that knowledge to these kids and their parents. It is all about creating a total package - a student that is confident in their education, confident in their athletic ability and to be able to present themselves in a professional manner. It’s about accepting coaching, guidance, taking criticism and moving forward. We focus on the mentorship and the student portion of a student athlete.

It’s an honour to have them represent us.”

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Dream beats Mystics 78-75, Delle Donne goes down with knee injury

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Alex Bentley came off the bench to score 21 points and the Atlanta Dream evened their WNBA semi-final playoff series against Washington with a 78-75 victory last night, but the game was marred in the closing minutes when Mystics star Elena Delle Donne went down with what looked to be a serious knee injury.

Delle Donne had another huge game with 27 points, 14 rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal, giving the Mystics a chance to take control of the best-of-five series with a second straight road win.

Then, with just over 3 minutes remaining and Washington clinging to a 70-68 lead, Delle Donne stumbled on a drive to the basket and collapsed to the court, clutching her left knee.

The entire Mystics team raced to her side at the opposite end of the court, some turning away in dismay when they saw Delle Donne writing on the court in pain.

The injury may deprive the series of two of its biggest stars. The Dream already was missing its longtime leader, Angel McCoughtry, who went down late in the season with a knee injury and cheered on her teammates from the bench.

After Delle Donne’s injury, Washington struggled to create offensive chances down the stretch.

A travelling call gave the ball to Atlanta, which went ahead for good, 76-74, on Elizabeth Williams layup off an inbounds pass. Ariel Atkins missed a 3-pointer, Washington turned it over

again and Kristi Toliver’s long 3 at buzzer bounced off the rim, allowing the Dream to hold on.

The teams head to Washington for Game 3 on Friday night.

Bentley provided a spark off the bench, especially after Brittney Sykes went to the bench with four fouls early in the third quarter and the Mystics pushed out to a 10-point lead, the biggest for either team.

Bentley hit 8 of 14 shots, one of them on a flailing drive that really got the Dream fired up.

MAKE ROOM IN THE TROPHY CASE Atlanta’s Nicki Collen picked up another coach of the year award.

The WNBA recognised Collen as its top coach for 2018, adding to the honour she picked up last week from The Associated Press after leading the Dream to a franchise-record 23 wins during the regular season.

Collen wasn’t the only member of Atlanta’s leadership team to be honoured yesterday. First-year general manager Chris Sienko was selected as the WNBA’s executive of the year.

Collen is the second Dream coach to receive the league’s coach of the year award. Marynell Meadors claimed the honour in 2009.

ATLANTA Dream guard Renee Montgomery puts up a layup as Washington Mystics guard Elena Delle Donne defends during Game 2 of a WNBA semi-finals playoff last night.

(AP Photo/John Amis)

HENRY ROLLE TO GO FULL TIME WITH PUMA MVP INTERNATIONAL TRACK CLUB

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER spending the past 20 years as an assistant coach at Auburn University where he helped to nurture and develop a number of Bahamian athletes as members of the Tigers athletic team, Henry Rolle is now venturing full time in the elite field of track and field with his newly formed Puma MVP International Track Club.

On September 1, Rolle will complete his tenure at Auburn where he worked under coach Ralph Spry and was instrumental in the early development of such athletes as Avard Moncur, Osbourne Moxey, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands, Gerard Brown, Xavier Coakley, Teray Smith, Donald Thomas, Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferquson, Krystal Bodie, Nivea Smith, Cache Armbrister, Tamika Clarke and Jenae Ambrose.

They all made their presence felt for the Auburn Tigers and the majority of them went on to represent the Bahamas at the Olympic Games and the IAAF World Championships where Moncur, Sands and Thomas won multiple medals.

In addition to those athletes, Rolle also trained and assisted in the development of Olympians and World Championship competitors Dominic Demeritte, Anthonique Strachan, Everett Fraser and Bianca Stuart. Demeritte, now a track and field coach and agent, still holds the record for the IAAF Indoor 200m as the event was disbanded when he won the title.

As the Puma representative for the Caribbean, Rolle is currently attending the IAAF Diamond League Finals this weekend in Zurich, Switzerland and Brussels, Belgium where the shoe company is holding their annual general meeting and at the same time, he wants to use it as a springboard for his new club that will be based out

of Boca Raton, Florida.

“It’s good when you can retire early from one job and continue to do what you love doing in another job,” said Rolle, who began his coaching career at St John’s College before he went to Oral Roberts for a couple months and then at Auburn University in 1998.

“I feel refreshed, renewed. I almost feel like I did after I left St John’s. It’s like I hit a refresh button. I think this is exciting. Puma has been gracious to me in so many ways. It’s a great company to work for and I look forward to doing it full-time.”

HENRY ROLLE When he considers the fact that he endured more good than bad memories at Auburn, Rolle said he will miss it, but he said he was grateful to have been able to help so many Bahamians who passed through and competed for the Tigers to make his journey an interesting one.

He couldn’t help to mention the other Caribbean athletes who also played a pivotal role in his longevity there as a coach, including Trinidad & Tobago’s Darrel Brown and Mark Burns and Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart and Elva Goldbourne.

“I had a great network there, great friends and so forth. But with me now moving to Florida, it gives me a wide range to do some things,” he said. “I’m working with Puma and I will have an opportunity to be closer to home where I can fly back and forth to work closely with the BAAA (Bahamas Association of

Athletics). It’s exciting, it’s brand new.”

The new club will afford Rolle the opportunity to coach just elite athletes in an extension of the MVP Club in Jamaica that is now headed by Puma. It will be solely for those athletes represented by Puma who reside in the United States.

While at the IAAF Diamond League Final, Rolle will be meeting with the Puma principals as they fine tune the criteria and selection process for the eligible athletes.

“We’re going to be very selective with the athletes that we choose to be a part of the club,” Rolle pointed out. “It’s just not an open door policy. It’s an agreement with myself and Puma on who spots are given to.

“The goal is to get athletes who can be very successful in winning medals at the 2020 Olympic Games and so obviously I will keep my eyes on the Bahamians coming up to give them the same opportunity.”

Looking back at his trek from high school to college and now to the professional ranks, Rolle said he owes a debt of gratitude to a number of persons, including Alpheus ‘Hawk’ Finlayson, the late Livingstone Bostwick, Sheldon Barr, the late Thomas A Robinson, his former principal Arleen NashFerguson, Franklyn Wilson, Nat Adams and Sidney Cartwright.

All of those individuals were instrumental in getting me to this point,” Rolle stressed. “In this business of elite athletes, your success is truly measured by winning medals. So I’m glad that I’ve had individuals who won Olympic, World and other regional medals.

“But now it’s full time, so my success is truly built on winning medals.”

Having had a long collegiate season to deal with, Rolle said none of his athletes are here competing this weekend, but he will be rooting for the Bahamian trio of Shaunae

Miller-Uibo, Steven Gardiner and Donald Thomas.

“I think Shaunae will run really well. She’s ran well all season. She’s so gracious,” Rolle pointed out. “I think Stevie will also run very well. Donald Thomas has always been so consistent, so it could be good if he can get back on the podium with another medal.”

At the Weltklasse Zurich on Thursday, Gardiner will be the first to compete

when he contests the men’s 400m final.

Then on Friday at the AG Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday, Thomas will be entered in the men’s high jump and if she defends her two titles, Miller-Uibo will have about an hour in between the 400 and 200m respectively.

During the course of 12 meets held in Doha, Qatar, on May 3 and in Birmingham, Great Britain, on

August 18, athletes qualified for this weekend’s finals by accumulating points to earn one of the top eight-12 spots, depending on whether it was track or field events. The final events will come down to the winner taking the lion’s share of the cash prizes that range from $50,000 for first place to $2,000 for eighth.

The IAAF is dishing out a total of $3.2 million in total cash prizes this weekend.

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Backup battle: Dolphins’ No. 2 quarterback still unclear

By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer DAVIE, Florida. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback David Fales has been on the bubble for his entire five-year NFL career, so he almost sounds convincing when he says Thursday’s exhibition finale at Atlanta is just another game.

Waived four times and released from a practice squad twice, Fales will likely be awarded the No. 2 job for the first time if he plays well against the Falcons.

If he plays poorly, he might be cut.

In his latest battle to stay in the league, Fales is competing with Brock Osweiler for Miami’s backup job.

“You can’t put too much weight on one game,” Fales said. “I’m going to approach it the same way I have every preseason game and every game. You can’t put too much pressure on yourself. Otherwise you’re going to be forcing stuff and trying to do crazy stuff, and it’s not going to help you.”

It’s the oddest thing about these preseason finales the week before the season — they’re poorly attended and mostly meaningless,

but for players fighting to make the roster, the pressure’s perhaps greater than in a playoff game.

So Dolphins coach Adam Gase will see how Fales and Osweiler fare under pressure. Gase seeks a successor to the departed Matt Moore, Miami’s backup quarterback since 2011.

Osweiler and Fales haven’t looked like keepers much since training camp began, but Gase said he’s comfortable with his options at backup quarterback — an important role given doubts regarding the durability of starter Ryan Tannehill, who’s coming off knee surgery and missed the entire 2017 season.

Miami might decide to keep both Osweiler and Fales, but the fourth quarterback on the roster, Bryce Petty, is a long shot to make the team. There has also been speculation the unimpressive camps by Fales and Osweiler might prompt the Dolphins to go quarterback shopping before the season.

Gase said he’s certain his No. 2 QB will be either Fales or Osweiler. The reason for his comfort level?

“I’ve called games for both of them,” Gase said.

MIAMI Dolphins quarterbacks David Fales (9) and Brock Osweiler (8) run drills at NFL football training camp on July 29. The battle for the Dolphins’ backup quarterback job between Brock Osweiler and David Fales will go down to the team’s final exhibition game Thursday at Atlanta. (AP) Fales won praise from Gase after his first career start in last year’s season finale. He threw for 265 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Buffalo.

Osweiler, a seventh-year veteran, was a backup with the Denver Broncos and played in 13 games when Gase was an assistant coach there.

The two contenders for the No. 2 job did little to help their cause in Saturday’s exhibition game against Baltimore. When Miami was outscored 24-0 in the second half, each threw an interception and finished with a passer rating under 36.0.

Gase blamed poor protection by second- and third-team linemen.

“I think Brock’s temper is better than it used to be,” Gase said with a slight smile. “He took a couple shots there. It’s not on him.”

For the entire preseason, Osweiler is 25 for 41 for 174 yards with one interception and six sacks.

Fales is 14 for 27 for 184 yards with two interceptions and one sack. Neither has thrown a touchdown pass.

Like Fales, Osweiler tries to characterise the exhibition finale not as a winner-take-all battle for No. 2, but just another day in the ongoing competition to stay in the NFL. “It doesn’t really matter what spot you’re labelled in,” Osweiler said. “You need to come to practice every single day and get better. Otherwise someone will take your job.”

MORALES’ HOME RUN STREAK ENDS AT 7 AS O’S BEAT BLUE JAYS 7-0 BALTIMORE (AP) — Kendrys Morales had his home run streak snapped at seven games by the Baltimore Orioles, who ended an eight-game skid by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Monday night.

Striving to tie the major league record of homering in eight straight games, Morales went 0 for 3 with a walk and did not hit the ball out of the infield. In his final chance, the Toronto slugger swung through a slider from Paul Fry to strike out in the eighth inning.

Though he failed to match the mark shared

by Dale Long, Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey Jr., Morales owns the big league record for successive games with a home run by a switch-hitter. He also owns the franchise record for consecutive games with a long ball.

Facing Baltimore rookie David Hess, against whom he homered last week, Morales struck out in the first inning, grounded out in the fourth and drew a fourpitch walk in the sixth.

Hess (3-8) tossed six innings of four-hit ball to earn his first win since May 25. He was 0-7 in his

previous 12 starts, though he did pitch very well against Toronto his last time out.

The game was scoreless until the Orioles broke through in the sixth against Sam Gaviglio (3-7).

Trey Mancini homered and matched a career high with five RBIs as Baltimore improved to 2-12 against Toronto with its first win since Aug. 18.

ASTROS 11, ATHLETICS 4 HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman and Tyler White homered and drove in four runs apiece as Houston rallied to beat Oakland in the opener of their AL West showdown. It was the sixth straight win for the first-place Astros, who moved to 2 1/2 games ahead of the Athletics.

George Springer and Jose Altuve each drove in a run during a five-run third inning that erased an early 4-0 deficit. This was the first game with Springer, Altuve and Carlos Correa in the lineup together since June 25. Springer, who pinch-hit Sunday, missed the previous five games with a quadriceps injury.

TORONTO Blue Jays’ Kendrys Morales walks off the field after striking out swinging in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Bregman tied a career high with four hits.

The A’s jumped on starter Gerrit Cole (12-5) for four runs behind a two-run homer by Marcus Semien in the second and a two-run run shot by Matt Chapman in the third.

Cole allowed four hits and struck out eight to move ahead of teammate Justin Verlander (229) and into first place in the AL with 234 strikeouts.

Brett Anderson (3-4) allowed five runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings.

NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Stephen Strasburg threw six effective innings, Matt Wieters hit a solo homer and Washington defeated Philadelphia.

Strasburg (7-7) gave up two runs and five hits, striking out five. He rebounded from a rough start against Philadelphia last week in his return from the disabled list.

The Phillies fell 3 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East after losing the opener for the seventh straight series.

They’re 6-12 since August 8 and have dropped five games in the standings during that span.

Zach Eflin (9-5) allowed five runs — three earned — and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. His throwing error in the fourth cost him.

Rhys Hoskins hit his 27th homer for Philadelphia.

Justin Miller tossed a perfect ninth for his first save.

WHITE SOX 6, YANKEES 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Rodon pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Yoan Moncada doubled in two runs and the surging Chicago White Sox beat New York for their fourth straight win.

Rodon (6-3) allowed a two-run homer to Gleyber Torres but was strong otherwise, and Chicago’s bullpen closed out a three-hitter.

The White Sox have won 10 of 13 and clinched their first winning month this season by improving to 15-10 in August. Rodon is 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in

his past nine starts. The 25-year-old left-hander hasn’t lost since June 30.

New York (83-48) missed an opportunity to gain ground on the idle Red Sox, falling 6 1/2 games back of the AL East leaders.

The Yankees were coming off four-game sweep in Baltimore and had won eight of nine, shaving 4½ games off Boston’s lead in a span of eight days.

Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (9-5) permitted four runs in seven innings. He gave up 10 hits, equaling a career high.

GIANTS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chris Stratton threw a career-high eight innings to outpitch Patrick Corbin, and Steven Duggar hit an early two-run homer as San Francisco blanked Arizona.

The Diamondbacks remained a game up in the NL West over Colorado when the Rockies lost to the Angels.

Stratton (9-7) permitted five hits, struck out six and allowed only two runners past first base.

He walked none and retired 17 of his final 18 batters to win for the first time since June 17.

Tony Watson set down two hitters and Hunter Strickland got one out for his 14th save, completing the five-hitter.

Corbin (10-5) had nine strikeouts and one walk in seven innings while absorbing his first loss in six starts against the Giants this season. He gave up four hits.

ANGELS 10, ROCKIES 7 ANAHEIM, Calif.

(AP) — Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani homered, Eric Young Jr. drove in the go-ahead run during a fiverun eighth inning and Los Angeles blew a three-run lead before rallying past Colorado to snap a sixgame skid.

After DJ LeMahieu’s first career grand slam put the Rockies up 7-5 in the eighth, the struggling Angels improbably mounted a five-run surge in the bottom of the inning.

Los Angeles loaded the bases against Adam Ottavino (6-3) and got a run on Andrelton Simmons’ sacrifice fly before Young capped an eightpitch at-bat with a two-out, bases-loaded single off Seunghwan Oh. The Angels added two insurance runs on shortstop Trevor Story’s throwing error.

Ohtani hit a three-run shot and Trout added his first homer since returning from injury for the Angels, who have won 11 of their last 12 meetings with Colorado. Noe Ramirez earned his first career save.

Tony Wolters hit an early homer for the Rockies, but their bullpen wasted a chance to pull even with Arizona atop the NL West.

Jim Johnson (5-3) was the winner.

CUBS 7, METS 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester pitched six innings, drove in two runs with a timely single off Noah Syndergaard and made two nice plays in the field to help Chicago beat New York Mets for its sixth consecutive victory.

Anthony Rizzo homered and Daniel Murphy reached three more times from the leadoff spot as the NL-leading Cubs moved a season-high 24 games over .500 by improving to 5-0 against the Mets this year. Murphy, who began his career with the Mets, is batting .407 (11 for 27) in six games since he was acquired in a trade with Washington.

Lester was in line for his 15th win before Kevin Plawecki hit a solo homer off Steve Cishek (4-1) in the seventh, tying it at 4 on a warm and windy night at Wrigley Field. But the Cubs went ahead to stay with two runs in the bottom half, including Ben Zobrist’s tiebreaking double off Jerry Blevins (1-2).

New York loaded the bases in the ninth before Jesse Chavez struck out Amed Rosario and Austin Jackson for his third save of the season, helping the Cubs (77-53) increase their NL Central lead to 4 1/2 games over idle St. Louis.

Michael Conforto hit a tape-measure homer for New York. Syndergaard allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018, PAGE 5

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW AND SOCCER POLITICS ON MONACO AGENDA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — At beachside venues in ritzy Monaco, the biggest names in European soccer will gather this week to shape high-class games and highstakes politics.

The annual draw for the group stage of the Champions League is also a talking shop for issues on the European and world stage, including presidential elections.

• A look at the two-day gathering starting Thursday in Monaco:

JOHANNA KONTA, of Great Britain, reaches for a shot by Caroline Garcia, of France, yesterday during the first round of the US Open tennis tournament.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Djokovic turns to ‘survival mode’ for victory at steamy US Open

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — His cheeks red, hair matted with sweat, Novak Djokovic appeared to be in such distress as he trudged to a changeover on a steamy US Open afternoon that someone suggested it would be a good idea to have a trash can at the ready, just in case he lost his lunch.

Djokovic sat down and removed his shirt. He guzzled water from a plastic bottle. He placed one cold towel around his neck, a second across his lap and a third between his bare upper back and the seat.

He was not even 1½ hours into his first match at Flushing Meadows in two years, and while Djokovic eventually would get past Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 yesterday, it was a bit of an ordeal.

“Survival mode,” Djokovic called it.

With the temperature topping 95 degrees (33 Celsius) and the humidity approaching 50 per cent — and that combination making it feel more like 105 (40 C) — nearly everything became a struggle for every player across the grounds on Day 2 of the US Open, so much so that no fewer than six quit their matches, with at least four citing cramps or heat exhaustion.

About 2 hours into the day’s schedule, the US Tennis Association decided to do something it never had at this tournament: offer men the chance to take a 10-minute break before the fourth set if a match went that far. That is similar to the existing rule for women, which allows for 10 minutes of rest before a third set when there is excessive heat.

The whole thing raised several questions: Should the genders have the same rules moving forward?

Should the US Open avoid having matches during the hottest part of the day, not just for the players’ sake but also to help spectators?

Should the men play bestof-three-set matches at majors, instead of best-offive? Should the 25-second serve clock, making its Grand Slam debut here, be shut off to let players have more time to recover between points?

How bad was it out there at its worst Tuesday?

“Brutal,” said 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic, who advanced when his opponent retired in the third set.

“Really not easy,” said three-time Grand Slam title winner Angelique Kerber, who defeated Margarita Gasparyan 7-6 (5), 6-3.

“Terrible. It’s awful out there,” said Tennys Sandgren, an American who

NOVAK Djokovic puts an ice towel to his face during a changeover in his match against Marton Fucsovics during the first round yesterday in New York.

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) won in straight sets and will face Djokovic in the second round.

“I don’t know how guys are hanging in there. I was thinking in the third set, like, ‘It’s getting really bad.

I just don’t know how long I have to play out there.’

And I think everybody kind of feels similarly.”

Djokovic certainly did.

“Everything is boiling — in your body, the brain, everything,” said Djokovic, who’s won two of his 13 Grand Slam titles in New York but sat out last year’s US Open because of an injured right elbow.

He is a popular pick to hoist the trophy again, coming off a Wimbledon title in July and a victory over Roger Federer in the final of the hard-court

Cincinnati Masters in August.

Federer was among those lucky enough to play a night match yesterday, facing Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan.

Djokovic was appreciative of the chance for a chance to recover a bit after the third set. He even took about a minute for a quick ice bath — as did Fucsovics, nearby.

Because action began at 11am, and the USTA implemented the heat rule for men at about 1pm, those playing in the earliest matches weren’t able to get that sort of relief. That included Italy’s Stefano Travaglia, who quit in the fourth set of his match after feeling dizzy and cramps.

Afterward, he said, he could barely walk.

“My head was spinning. ... I didn’t have any energy. I saw four balls when I swung. It was a terrible feeling. I couldn’t stay on court,” he said. “There was no sense in continuing.

Things probably would have gotten worse.

I probably would have hurt myself.”

Travaglia also thought it wasn’t fair that the USTA’s decision to offer the 10-minute breaks came too late for him.

“We all should play with the same rules in this sport.

Unfortunately, they don’t ask (players) anything, and they decide,” he said.

“If they’re going to have a break, they need to say so in the morning, before matches begin — not after I almost was going to pass out because my blood pressure was so low.”

Konta loses in 1st round Twice a Grand Slam semifinalist, Johanna Konta can’t seem to make any headway at the majors these days. A 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 6 seed Caroline Garcia in her opener at Flushing Meadows is Konta’s fifth consecutive exit in the first or second round at a Slam.

Before that, Konta made the final four at the Australian Open in 2016 and Wimbledon last year, propelling her to No. 4 in the rankings. Now she’s 46th.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW The main business in Monaco on Thursday is the first Champions League draw using an entry system that gives four places to each the big four leagues.

Teams from Spain, England, Italy and Germany now skip the playoff round in August and comprise half of the 32-team lineup being drawn into eight groups.

Last season, the four countries had 11 guaranteed places and could add four more in playoffs.

Inter Milan — the 2010 Champions League winner which last played in the group stage seven years ago — is a tough draw option in the pot of fourth-seeded teams.

The obvious underdog in the pot of top-seeded teams — defending champion Real Madrid, Europa League winner Atletico Madrid, plus champions of Europe’s six highest-ranked leagues — is Lokomotiv Moscow, which is ending a 15-year absence from the elite stage. The Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid will host the final on June 1.

UEFA PLAYER AWARD The Champions League draw ceremony is a gala affair allowing UEFA to present its awards for last season.

Either Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric or Mohamed Salah will be named the best player in Europe after a vote by Champions League coaches and selected media.

The best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward from the 2017-18 Champions League will also be honored.

A three-player shortlist for the best women’s player features Pernille Harder, Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry.

David Beckham will be recognised for achievements on and off the field.

MANU GINOBILI, A 4-TIME CHAMPION WITH SPURS, RETIRES AT 41

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MANU Ginobili has played his final game, and with that a new era awaits the San Antonio Spurs.

Ginobili announced his decision to retire Monday, the 41-year-old wrapping up what he called a “fabulous journey” in which he helped the Spurs win four NBA championships in 16 seasons with the club.

The smooth left-handed guard from Argentina came to San Antonio in 2002, forming what quickly became a powerful “Big 3” alongside Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Now, they’ve all moved on: Duncan retired two years ago, Parker left San Antonio earlier this summer as a free agent to sign with the Charlotte Hornets, and Ginobili has worn Spurs colors for the last time as well.

“Today, with a wide range of feelings, I’m announcing my retirement from basketball,” Ginobili wrote on Twitter in making the announcement.

“IMMENSE GRATITUDE to everyone (family, friends,

teammates, coaches, staff, fans) involved in my life in the last 23 years. It’s been a fabulous journey.

Way beyond my wildest dreams.”

The image Ginobili chose to accompany that tweet: a photo of him walking off the floor, away from the camera, with four fingers aloft — signifying his four titles.

“An NBA champion and All-Star, Manu Ginobili is also a pioneer who helped globalise the NBA,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “He is one of basketball’s greatest ambassadors who believes in the power of sports to change lives.

And for 16 years, we were fortunate to watch a legend compete at the highest level. Thank you, Manu, for a career that inspired millions of people around the world.”

Ginobili’s pro career lasted 23 seasons in all, starting with stints in Italy and Argentina. His drawing power was massive even in his final season, and it was common for him to spend plenty of time before road games posing for photos and signing autographs

IN this June 17, 2007, file photo, San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, holds the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy as he and teammates take part in a river parade to celebrate winning the NBA Basketball Championship, in San Antonio. Ginobili retired at age 41 after a “fabulous journey” in which he helped the Spurs win four NBA championships in 16 seasons with the club. (AP)

— often international fans proudly displaying an Argentine flag. “A role model for all of us that love this wonderful sport,” Spurs forward Pau Gasol said.

Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard were the backbone of San Antonio’s drive to its most recent NBA championship in 2014, and this will be the first time that Gregg Popovich begins a season as the Spurs’ head coach with none of those players on the roster. Leonard was traded to the Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan earlier this summer, the end of a relationship in San Antonio that had apparently gone too sour to save.

Leonard’s departure meant Ginobili would have been the last significant player tied to the Spurs’ title years. But in the end, retirement was his call.

“Great player. Fierce competitor. Winner,” Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki said on Twitter. “Next stop: HOF.” Getting enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame would seem like a certainty for Ginobili, especially when adding his accomplishments outside of the

NBA. He led Argentina to the 2004 Olympic gold medal, with a victory over the US in the semi-finals.

The No. 57 pick in the 1999 draft, Ginobili averaged 13.3 points and 3.8 assists in 1,057 regularseason games. He was a two-time All-Star and was the league’s Sixth Man of the Year for the 2007-08 season (getting 123 of 124 votes), plus he teamed with Popovich for 135 playoff wins — the third-highest total for any player-coach combo in NBA history.

The only two with more?

Popovich and Duncan won 157, and Popovich and Parker won 137.

Ginobili, even though he was often coming off the bench, has a résumé of postseason production like almost no one else. Only two players have more than 800 rebounds, 800 assists and 300 3-pointers in their playoff careers — Ginobili and LeBron James.

Ginobili’s final game was April 24, when the Spurs were ousted from the Western Conference playoffs by the eventual champion Golden State Warriors. San Antonio lost the series 4-1.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018, PAGE 7

Column: Behind science of DeChambeau is a tireless worker

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — The description of Bryson DeChambeau as a “mad scientist” is appropriate as long as this much is understood.

The scientist is always working, always searching, rarely satisfied.

DeChambeau, without question, is a “different kind of cat.” Those were his words last week after he shot a career-low 63 to take a four-shot lead into the final round, and then missed only two greens and never let anyone closer than two shots at The Northern Trust.

It was his third PGA Tour victory in a little more than a year, moving him to No. 12 in the world and, for the moment, No. 1 in the FedEx Cup. He does love his science.

DeChambeau talks more about biomechanics than birdies and bogeys.

When he withdrew after the first round of the Valspar Championship in

March with an injury, he described it the following week as inflammation of his QL. Perhaps noticing some blank looks, or realising not everyone speaks the same language, DeChambeau explained.

“It was because my quadratus lumborum wasn’t working,” he said. “My illiacus, longissimus thoracis, they were all kind of overworking, if you want to get technical on that. But they weren’t working very well and I overworked them.”

More blank stares.

“Pretty much my lower right back was hurting and I rested it,” he said. “How about that?”

So this scientist also has a sense of humour.

DeChambeau is the NCAA and US Amateur champion who uses singlelength shafts — 37½ inches, or roughly the length of a 7-iron — in all his clubs.

He believes it could be revolutionary in golf, and he might be right. He also believes there is more than one way to skin a cat, even a different kind of cat.

said. “But I certainly worked my butt off to be an A student. And I’ll never forget the first time I got a B in high school. I was mortified because I had worked so hard, and I just wasn’t good enough in writing. ...

That’s been me my whole life. I’ve had to grind and work it out and figure it out on my own.”

Reading.

Writing.

Notice he didn’t mention arithmetic.

He smiled.

“Well, that’s a given, I think,” he said.

“I do like numbers. I’m more of a theoretical guy than a data-analytics guy.

For whatever reason, God has blessed me to see things in just a unique and different way in regards to spatial awareness, if you want to say that.”

No one followed up on spatial awareness.

DeChambeau has found a practice round partner in Tiger Woods, or maybe it was the other way around.

They both use the same brand of ball, and Woods always has been intrigued

BRYSON DeChambeau kisses the trophy after winning the Northern Trust golf tournament on Sunday.

(AP Photo/Mel Evans) Beneath it all is a 24-year- realise how hard I work old Californian with a to try and get a better understanding of my biorelentless work ethic.

That’s what makes him mechanics. I’ve never really been super talented. People tick.

Video captured him so would disagree with that, frustrated on the range at but I’ve always had to work the British Open that at one twice as hard as everybody point he crouched and put growing up. I was never both hands over his face. as good as a junior. Right That doesn’t make him around 14, 15, I started different. It makes him a working really hard and golfer. He had another long that’s kind of what changed range session on the eve of my game.”

A physics major at SMU, The Northern Trust. And he worked as long as light he was asked if he was an A would allow Saturday after student in high school.

Yes. But he had to work a 63.

“It’s half of what I do in for it.

“I wasn’t great at reading my off weeks,” DeChambeau said. “People don’t and writing,” DeChambeau

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During those rounds, Woods has picked up on the essence of DeChambeau.

“We all know he’s extremely intelligent,” Woods said. “But his heart, he gives it everything he has and is always trying to get better.”

It was one year ago when DeChambeau developed a severe callus on the top of his finger, an odd place for it. He attributed it to having oversized grips, the way he holds the club and, of course, long hours. That’s when it was jokingly suggested that he not practice so much.

“Come on. You kidding me?” he said. “Every day that you don’t spend practicing is another day somebody is getting better.

That was a quote I took from Hogan.”

Ben Hogan never talked much about spatial awareness, standard deviation and proprioception.

But he knew hard work.

Hogan might have liked this guy.

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PAGE 8, Wednesday, August 29, 2018

THE TRIBUNE

INDIA’s Hima Das sits on the track as athletes look to run around her during the 4x400m mixed relay final during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday.

(AP Photos/Bernat Armangue)

Mixed relay makes Asian Games debut, China back atop medals JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The 4x400-metre mixed relay made its debut at the Asian Games, with Bahrain winning the first gold medal and three runners narrowly avoiding a collision when India’s Hima Das dropped on the track at the last baton exchange.

The international athletics federation is experimenting with new events and the mixed 4x400, with each team comprising two female and two male runners, was a hit at the World Relays in the Bahamas last year and in the exhibition Nitro series.

It is slated for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, so teams at the Asian Games took it seriously.

The Bahrain combination of Olympic finalist Ali Khamis, Abbas Abbas and women’s Asian Games 400-metre hurdles and 400 champions Oluwakemi Adekoya and Salwa Naser won in 3 minutes, 11.89

seconds.

India’s team crossed in second place and 3:15.71 and Kazakhstan was third in 3:19.52, narrowly holding off China.

Kazakhstan’s last runner had to side-step Das, the world junior women’s 400 champion, as she sat on the track in the hand-over zone.

There’s no set order of runners, so tactics play a big part. Yesterday’s race started with four teams leading off with the men, and four with women.

Not surprisingly, the four teams who led off with men set the early pace, including Bahrain and India.

All but one team had men running the anchor legs. The only one that didn’t — host Indonesia — slipped from the middle of the pack to last place on the last lap.

Despite missing a medal in the relay, China returned to the top of the track and field standings after trailing Bahrain for two days.

China has nine gold medals and 20 overall in athletics after four days, one more gold than Bahrain and four more overall.

India is next with three gold medals and 11 in total, helped by Majit Singh leading a surprising 1-2 finish in the men’s 800 when he won in 1 minute, 46.15 seconds from teammate Jinson Johnson.

For China, Li Ling defended her pole vault title with a games record of 4.60 metres, but was unable to beat her own continental record as she missed at 4.71.

Xie Wenjun successfully defended his 110-metre hurdles title, Wang Chunyu beat two-time defending champion Margarita Mukasheva of Kazakhstan to win the women’s 800, and Liu Shiying won the women’s javelin.

Ethiopia-born Kalkidan Befkadu won the women’s 5,000 metres for Bahrain in 15 minutes, 8.08 seconds.

BAHRAIN’s Ali Khamis celebrates with teammate Abbas Abbas left, after winning the 4x400m mixed relay final.

BAHRAIN’s Abbas Abbas celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 4x400m mixed relay final.

BAHRAIN’S SALWA NASER, right, hands the baton to teammate Abbas Abbas during the mixed 4x400m relay final.