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Athletics 25.08.19 21Müller British Athletics Championships
Results and
scoreboards
Rugby union
WORLD CUP WARM-UP MATCHES
Scotland 17 France 14
England 57 Ireland 15
Friday
France v Italy (8.10pm)
Saturday
Wales v Ireland (2.30pm); Georgia v Scotland (5pm)
Rugby league
CHALLENGE CUP FINAL
St Helens 4 Warrington 18
THE 1895 CUP
Final Sheffield L Widnes L
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Premier Division Siddal 12 Thatto Heath Warriors 26
Cricket
SECOND TEST (Day three of five)
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Colombo New Zealand trail Sri Lanka by 48 runs with six
first-innings wickets remaining
Overnight Sri Lanka 144-6.
Sri Lanka First innings
DM de Silva b Boult ..................................................... 109
MDK Perera lbw b Patel ................................................. 13
RAS Lakmal c Watling b Southee .................................... 10
L Embuldeniya lbw b Southee.......................................... 0
CBR Kumara not out ....................................................... 5
Extras (b1, lb2, nb3) ....................................................... 6
Total (90.2 overs) ....................................................... 244
Fall 29, 79, 93, 93, 130, 130, 171, 214, 224.
Bowling Boult-22.2-6-75-3; Southee-29-7-63-4;
de Grandhomme-17-3-35-1; Somerville-6-3-20-1;
Patel-16-4-48-1.
New Zealand First innings
JA Raval c de Silva b MDK Perera ...................................... 0
TWM Latham not out ................................................. 111
*KS Williamson c Mendis b Kumara ............................... 20
LRP Taylor c de Silva b Embuldeniya............................... 23
HM Nicholls c de Silva b MDK Perera .............................. 15
†BJ Watling not out ...................................................... 25
Extras (lb1, w1) .............................................................. 2
Total (for 4, 62 overs).................................................. 196
Fall 1, 34, 84, 126.
To bat C de Grandhomme, TG Southee, AY Patel,
WER Somerville, TA Boult.
Bowling MDK Perera-25-3-76-2; de Silva-4-1-8-0;
Lakmal-4-1-9-0; Kumara-11-0-44-1;
Embuldeniya-18-1-58-1.
Toss Sri Lanka elected to bat.
Umpires BNJ Oxenford and MA Gough.
FIRST TEST
North Sound (Day three): West Indies 222 all out. India
297 all out. India second innings 14-0. Lunch: India lead
West Indies by 89 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
VITALITY T20 BLAST
South Group: Uxbridge: Middlesex 171-5 innings
complete. Sussex 172-2 (LJ Evans 52 no).
Sussex beat Middlesex by eight wickets.
Tennis
ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN (North Carolina)
Semi-finals: B Paire (Fr) bt S Johnson (US) 1-6 6-0 6-0;
H Hurkacz (Pol) bt D Shapovalov (Can) 6-3 6-4.
WTA BRONX OPEN (New York)
Semi-finals: M Linette (Pol) bt K Siniakova (Cz) 7-6 (7-3)
6-2; C Giorgi (It) bt Qiang Wang (China) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (8-6).
Golf
SCANDANAVIAN INVITATIONAL (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Leading third-round scores (GB & Ire unless stated; par 70):
197 E Van Rooyen (SA) 65 68 64. 198 Ashun Wu (Chn) 67
64 67; W Ormsby (Aus) 62 71 65; M Fitzpatrick 64 65 69.
200 G Moynihan 69 67 64; D Burmester (SA) 66 72 62;
J Donaldson 69 68 63; H Stenson (Swe) 69 62 69; A Levy
(Fr) 63 71 66. 201 J Catlin (US) 66 69 66; M Southgate 65
72 64; T Detry (Bel) 72 66 63. 202 J Scrivener (Aus) 69 63
70; S Kim (Kor) 66 68 68; V Perez (Fr) 68 65 69; Z Lombard
(SA) 70 68 64. 203 I Cantero Gutierrez (Sp) 69 66 68;
A Johnston 70 70 63; R Rock 68 66 69; N Lemke (Swe)
70 69 64; J Lagergren (Swe) 63 69 71. 204 J Luiten (Ned)
70 67 67; M Pavon (Fr) 74 66 64; R Karlberg (Swe) 68 71
65; S Gallacher 70 67 67; S Soderberg (Swe) 67 69 68;
A Connelly (Can) 67 73 64; L Gagli (It) 69 69 66; G Green
(Mal) 66 67 71.
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Atlanta, Georgia, US)
Leading second-round scores (US unless stated, par 70):
-13 B Koepka 67 67; -12 J Thomas 70 74; R McIlroy (NI)
66 67; -11 X Schauffele 64 69. -9 P Casey (Eng) 66 67.
-7 P Cantlay 70 71. -6 C Reavie 71 64; P Reed 70 70;
M Kuchar 66 72. -5 A Scott (Aus) 68 70. -4 T Finau 70 69;
J Rahm (Sp) 68 72. -3 A Ancer (Mex) 72 69;
S Im (Kor) 67 71. -2 J Kokrak 71 67; T Fleetwood (Eng)
69 70; C Conners (Can) 68 71; G Woodland 68 73;
H Matsuyama (Jpn) 66 75.
LPGA TOUR CP OPEN (Ontario, Canada)
Leading second-round scores (US unless stated; par 71):
132 N Broch Larsen (Den) 66 66. 133 J Young Ko (Kor) 66- 135 P Anannarukarn (Tha) 66 69; Yu Liu (Chn) 68 67;
B M Henderson (Can) 66 69. 136 A Olson 68 68.
137 Angel Yin 69 68; M Lee (Aus) 69 68; B Altomare 71 66;
Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 71 66. 138 Xi Yu Lin (Chn) 70 68;
Wei-Ling Hsu (Tai) 69 69; N Hataoka (Jpn) 69 69;
M Khang 67 71.
Darts
PDC NZ MASTERS (Hamilton, New Zealand)
Semi-finals: R van Barneveld (Ned) bt J Wade (Eng) 8-5;
M van Gerwen (Ned) bt R Cross (Eng) 8-3.
Final: M van Gerwen (Ned) bt R van Barneveld (Ned) 8-1.
Ojie Edoburun
(centre) wins the
mens’ 100m fi nal
at the British
Championships
in Birmingham
MATT LEWIS/BRITISH
ATHLETICS VIA GETTYBritain’s Dina
Asher-Smith
smiles after
winning the
women ’s
100m fi nal
BRYN LENNON/BRITISH
ATHLETICS VIA GETTYEdoburun blazes
to win and takes
aim at Coleman
First Ojie Edoburun took down two
of the biggest beasts in British sprint-
ing. Then he addressed the elephant
in the room. After shocking the pre-
race favourites Zharnel Hughes and
Adam Gemili to win the men’s 100m
UK Championship , the 23-year-old
was forthright when asked about
reports that Christian Coleman, the
world’s fastest man, had allegedly
missed three drugs tests.
“I just feel like missing three tests
in a year is easily avoidable,” he said.
“Just handle your responsibilities
because at the end of the day the
athletes are liable. I know that – so
he should too if he is the fastest man
in the world.
“It’s not good in the sense that
athletics gets the most attention
when it comes to doping because
there is so much other positive stuff
to talk about. It really bugs me that
it is in the limelight when there are
so many good stories. But if he is not
there it makes it a bit easier for me.”
Edoburun, who ran 10.18sec into
a headwind, believes he is capable of
reaching the fi nal of the 100m in the
world championships in Doha next
month. Dina Asher-Smith’s sights
are set far higher, however, and she
again advertised her impressive
form by breaking her own British
100m championship record, running
10.96 sec into a 0.9m/sec headwind.
“It was well good, especially con-
sidering the headwinds,” said
Asher-Smith, who fi nished well clear
of Asha Philip, who ran 1 1.29. “I am
happy to get the business done and
qualify for the world champion-
ships. There is no point talking aboutit unless you have qualified. I am
really happy.”
While Asher-Smith’s victory was
expected, Edoburun’s was an ything
but. He was a teenage prodigy but
admitted afterwards that he had
struggled for years to conquer his
mental demons – and cried after
coming through in one of the closest
finishes this battered old stadium
has seen. True, the time was noth-
ing special. But what a race it was.
First CJ Ujah exploded out of the
blocks to lead before his lack of fi t-
ness told and Gemili took over. But
with Edob urun and Hughes fi nish-
ing like bullet trains all three crossed
the line in the same time of 10.18sec.
Eventually Edob urun was given the
nod – but it took the judge a long look
at the photo fi nish to be sure.
“I’ve just burst into tears,” said
Edoburun. “I have had so many set-
backs. The fi rst year I got a medal here
I was 19 and I haven’t got a medal
since – it has taken me four years to
fi gure things out.”
“I call it mental injuries,” he
explained. “When you have experi-
enced an embarrassment or failureit sticks with you. So I have to come
back and face these demons every
year. Everyone says they want to be
a winner but it’s actually happened.
I can’t believe it.”
Edob urun also revealed that he
had been close to breaking point
after missing out on the 2017
world championships in London. “I
came fourth at the trials and didn’t
get picked for the relay,” he said.
“That was the biggest heartbreak I
have had in my whole career. It was
my home champs. I literally live 20
minutes from the track and it wasn’t
even part of it. That forced me to
ask myself a question. I have had so
much junior success, won medals,
run quick times and that was my fi rst
big failure.
“I said to myself: ‘Have I got what
it takes? I need to make changes.
I moved coach to be with Steve
Fudge. I have a new psychologist and
he has been helping me so much.
There has been a bit of stigma about
psychology, maybe connotations that
it makes you weak. But I think it’s
what makes me stronger over every-
body else.”
Meanwhile Hughes, who had talked
beforehand about breaking Linford
Christie’s British 100m record, was
disgusted with his performance.
“It was a terrible race, I’m not happy
with that,” he said. “But I made the
team, I’m in the top three. I still have
some time leading up to Doha and I’ll
use that time to get sharper and come
back again.”Shock winner calls
out missed drugs
tests, while there’s
a record triumph
for Asher-Smith
Sean Ingle
Alexander Stadium
FedEx Cup
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