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- Portuguese rider dies in Macau qualifier
- Australia's Leisel Jones retires
- Three share lead at LPGA titleholders
| Portuguese rider dies in Macau qualifier Posted: 15 Nov 2012 07:24 PM PST HONG KONG: Portuguese motorcycle rider Luis Filipe de Sousa Carreira was killed in an accident during a qualifying session for the Macau Grand Prix, organisers said. The organising committee said Carreira died from injuries sustained in the crash on Thursday afternoon. "No other rider was involved in the incident, which occurred at Fisherman's Bend ... The qualifying session was immediately red flagged," the committee said in a statement. "As a result of the doctors' diagnosis, Mr. Carreira was immediately evacuated by ambulance to the hospital." The 35-year-old from Lisbon died about 30 minutes later, it added. "The Macau Grand Prix Committee has contacted the family and the members of the team, and the committee expresses its sincere condolences," it said. - AFP |
| Australia's Leisel Jones retires Posted: 15 Nov 2012 07:23 PM PST SYDNEY: Australian triple Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones Friday retired from swimming, saying she had achieved all she ever could in the sport after her fourth Games in London. Champion breaststroker Jones, 27, said she had spent the months after the Olympics considering her future and decided to pull the plug on a career which spanned more than a dozen years. "It's a very hard decision to come to and I took my time after London to make sure it was the right decision for me," she told reporters. "I've come to the conclusion that I've ticked every single box that I have ever wanted to in my career and there is nothing more that I could ever achieve. So I am very happy with my career." Jones said the decision had nothing to do with media criticism in the lead-up to London that the former world breaststroke record holder was overweight and not taking her fourth Olympics seriously. "This decision came from a personal place," she said. "I've done everything I've ever wanted; there is no more I could have achieved. I'm very happy with my London performance, it's better than I ever could have imagined." Jones, the first Australian swimmer to qualify for four Olympics, won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay in London. She came fifth in the 100m breaststroke. Over the course of her career she won nine Olympic medals, including three gold - two in Beijing in 2008 in the 100m breaststroke and 4x100m medley and one in Athens in 2004 in the 4x100m medley. She also bagged 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals, seven World Championship gold medals and 23 national long course titles. Jones, who began swimming at the age of just two, said she would always have a warm place in her heart for swimming and would like to continue helping youngsters in the sport. But she insisted: "I'm not one for comebacks." Jones said she may study a psychology course at university next year. - AFP |
| Three share lead at LPGA titleholders Posted: 15 Nov 2012 04:54 PM PST NAPLES, Florida: Norway's Suzann Pettersen birdied the final hole on Thursday and joined South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Sun Young Yoo atop the leaderboard at the LPGA's season-ending Titleholders. Pettersen, winner of back-to-back LPGA titles in Asia last month, had six birdies and no bogeys in her six-under 66 at TwinEagles. Yoo got as low as nine-under, but closed her round with a double-bogey and a bogey to fall into a tie for the lead in the $1.5 million tournament. "I hit the ball great all day, but I'm a little disappointed how I finished the last couple of holes," Yoo said of the two three-putts that ended her round. "But still, six-under was a good score," added Yoo, who won the Kraft Nabisco Championship this year when I.K. Kim missed a one-foot putt for the victory then lost to Yoo in the playoff. "I still have 54 holes to play, so I feel good," Yoo said. Ryu, who has already locked up Rookie of the Year honors, had seven birdies and just one bogey for her share of the lead. The top trio were one stroke in front of a quartet of players on 67: South Korea's Na Yeon Choi, Australian Lindsey Wright, France's Karine Icher and American Cristie Kerr - the winner on Sunday of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico. South Korea's Jiyai Shin was among another four players tied on 68 on the tightly bunched leaderboard. Player of the Year Stacy Lewis, who needs a victory to have a shot at capturing the LPGA money title, settled for a 70. Pettersen has come alive late in the season, winning the LPGA HanaBank Championship in a playoff in South Korea then following up with a victory in Taiwan. "I feel like my shoulders are fairly freed up after winning two in Asia," Pettersen said. "I don't feel like I really have to go out and do anything. That makes the game that much easier. "My big goal now is to prepare and be well for 2013 and hopefully come out strong the way I finish, and hopefully get another three rounds together and see where that takes me for this tournament." Pettersen was paired with Kerr, whose victory last week was her first in two years. "I played awesome last week and carried that into this week," Kerr said. Optimum scoring conditions saw 48 players in the field of 73 at par or better. Not everyone could take advanage, however. Michelle Wie posted an 81, while world number one Yani Tseng opened with a 75. - AFP |
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