![]() ![]() More calm and consistency was shown throughout the remainder of the competition, as short program leaders largely stayed competitive into the long and onto the podium. Samohin's gold represented Israel's first global title in the sport. Despite finishing ninth, eighth, and sixth, respectively, in the short program, Israel's Daniel Samohin, Nicolas Nadeau, and the USA's Tomoki Hiwatashi landed with gold, silver and bronze after falls and errors by the top contenders from the short. The annual World Junior Figure Skating Championships ended in Debrecen, Hungary and produced a particular surprise podium in the men's competition. Wild Men's Program in World Junior Figure Skating The second spot came down to the last match of qualification between host France and Japan, with the French victorious to leave Japan behind along with last-place Tunisia. In the final tournament in Metz, the Netherlands, reigning world silver-medalists, took the top spot. That meant that Aarhus hosts - and three-time Olympic champions - Denmark, as well as Uruguay, failed to make Rio. In Astrakhan, the home team Russia and Sweden took the top two spots over Poland and Mexico to take the two tickets in that location, while Romania and Montenegro (the reigning Olympic silver-medalists) also secured tickets with one day to spare in the Aarhus tournament. ![]() England's Owen Farrell was the top pints scorer with 69, with Wales' George North was the top try scorer with four.Īcross three separate qualification tournaments, the field for the women's handball tournament in Rio was completed. Wales finished in second, with defending champions Ireland in third, followed by Scotland and France ahead of Italy. England's 'Grand Slam' of a sweep was also their first since 2003, and their 13th overall. In addition, this was the first time the championship - as well as last place (Italy) - was decided before the final day. Bad for them, but great for sport diversity!Įngland perfect 5-0 record over the last six weeks brought them the Six Nations title for the 27th time in history, and their first since 2011. The three European qualifiers (Italy, Spain, Russia) also had qualified through the same event for 2012, while the Dutch and Greek losses means that two previous Olympic medalists (Netherlands gold in 2008 and Greece silver in 2004) will not be at Rio. ![]() Those latter results were at the expense of Greece, losing in penalties to Russia, and the Canada, losing by only one point to Italy. Pre-tournament favorites Spain and the USA eased through over France and host Netherlands, while Russia and Italy also secured a ticket in their close wins. A twelve-team event turned into a must-win quarterfinal stage, with each of the four winners there guaranteed an Olympic berth. The four final teams in women's water polo qualified for the Summer Games in Rio at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda this week. Other notable finsihers over the weekend were Peru's Gladys Tejeda's South American record in ninth place for the women, and Ethiopia's Abayneh Ayele and Tamirat Tola both setting personal records in their fourth and fifth place finishes, respectively, in the men's race. As in the women's, Ethiopia finished second in the team race, with Eritrea coming up with bronze. Kenyan countryman Bidan Karoki kept pace through 20km before falling back for second, and ahead of Mo Farah's third place podium finish in his event debut. On the men's side, Geoffrey Kamworor won the title for the second straight year (and third time overall), despite a fall right at the line for an ominous start to the race. Kenyan and Ethiopian swept the top eight placements to power to first and second in the team race, with Japan third for the ninth straight time. To make it a clean podium sweep for Kenya, Mary Wacera Ngugi came in third. First up, Peres Jipchirchir won the women's race in a final kick over world-leader Cynthia Limo. At the conclusion of the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff this weekend, Kenya's runner stood tall, winning both the men's and women's individual and team titles and securing seven podium places overall. Kenya Dominates World Half Marathon Champs ![]()
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