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- Malaysian archery squad fails to make quarterfinals
- Paralympics: Sharifah Raudzah makes no headway in powerlifting
- Play suspended for remainder of night at US Open
| Malaysian archery squad fails to make quarterfinals Posted: 04 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT LONDON: The national archery squad failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the men's open team competition at the London Paralympic Games Tuesday. In their first round shoot-off in the qualifiers for the quarterfinals at the Royal Artillery Barracks here, Malaysia lost to Turkey 190-197. "We could have beaten Turkey after the third set when we were leading by two points (145-143). "In the final set (fourth), Hasihin (Sanawi) faced some slight problems with his arrows and their launch. Our focus was somewhat affected and this gave an advantage to Turkey," team coach Amirullah Ahmad said. He added that the team tried their very best but it was not to be. For the record, Malaysia, since competing in archery at the Athens Paralypmic Games in 2004, have won medals in the individual events but have yet to land a medal in the team events. However, this London Games have been a good hunting ground for the archers as Hasihin clinched a silver medal Monday in the men's individual recurve W1/W2 final. - Bernama |
| Paralympics: Sharifah Raudzah makes no headway in powerlifting Posted: 04 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT LONDON: Sharifah Raudzah Syed Akil, Malaysia's final contestant in powerlifting at the London Paralympics, failed to make much headway at the Games, just like her other compatriots. "I tried my very best. I admit the Paralympics is a different ball game altogether. "The lifters who won medals in my event today were all much younger and their performance getting better and better," she said Tuesday. In the women's 82.5kg powerlifting event held at ExCel London, Sharifah Raudzah only managed to lift 97kg, way off her personal best of 110kg which she did at the Arafura Games in Sydney, Australia last year. The event was won by Nigeria's Loveline Obiji who lifted 145kg. Egpyt's Randa Mahmoud took the silver after lifting 140kg while Xu Yanmei of China lifted 129kg for the bronze. - Bernama |
| Play suspended for remainder of night at US Open Posted: 04 Sep 2012 06:44 PM PDT NEW YORK: US Open officials suspended play for the remainder of the day on Tuesday night after rain forced players off the court for the fourth time since matches began in the morning. - AFP Earlier report: Rain returns at US Open NEW YORK: Rain halted play for the fourth time Tuesday at the US Open with former champions Andy Roddick and Juan Martin Del Potro in a first-set tie-breaker in their fourth-round match. Roddick won the first point of the tie-breaker before rain made conditions unsafe to continue on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Prior rain delays have lasted for about 75 minutes, 88 minutes and three hours. Two other men's fourth-round matches were also halted with Serbian defending champion Novak Djokovic leading Stanislas Wawrinka 2-0 and Serbian eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic leading Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-2. In the only completed women's match, top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) in a quarter-final. French 11th seed Marion Bartoli led Russian third seed Maria Sharapova 4-0 when their match was suspended and US Open officials postponed the resumption until Wednesday. The only men's match to be completed was Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer downing France's Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 in a fourth-round match. - AFP |
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