Medalje-meevalle
2010-10-06 00:35
- Beeld
Vat so!
Richard Addinall van Boksburg het gister op
die Statebondspele ’n silwermedalje vir
Suid-Afrika losgestoei. Foto: Wessel
Oosthuizen, Gallo Images
NIEU_DELHI
Die Suid-Afrikaanse stoeier Hugues Bella-Lufu het
hom gistermiddag teen alle verwagtinge in op die
tweede trappie van die wennerspodium bevind toe ’n
oomblik van waansin deur ’n Australiese teenstander
aan hom die silwermedalje in die Grieks-Roemeinse 96
kg-afdeling besorg het.
Bella-Lufu is aanvanklik derde in dié kompetisie op
die Statebondspele hier geplaas nadat hy die
Kanadees Eric Feunekes in die stryd om die
bronsmedalje geklop het.
Die Indiër Anil Kumar het goud gewen nadat ’n
woede-uitbarsting tydens die eindstryd tot die
diskwalifisering van sy teenstander, die Aussie
Hassene Fkiri gelei het. Bella-Lufu is terstond tot
die tweede plek gepromoveer.
Die Suid-Afrikaner was een van twee stoeiers wat die
land se medalje-totaal met silwer help groei het.Die
Boksburger Richard Addinall het tweede in die
Grieks-Roemeinse 74 kg-afdeling geëindig nadat Indië
se Sanjay hom in die eindstryd geklop het.
Pretoria News - 6 Oct
The
largely unheralded sport of wrestling brought
home a silver and a bronze.
The
victories took South Africa’s medal tally to
five.
Richard
Addinal won silver in the Greco-Roman 74kg
category, while Hughes Bella-Lufi took bronze in
the 96kg Greco-Roman class.
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Nóg ’n medalje in SA sakkie danksy stoeier
2010-10-06 23:18 - Beeld
SA se Dean van Zyl (in rooi) op
pad na ’n bronsmedalje. Foto: GALLO images
NIEU-DELHI
Suid-Afrika se Grieks-Roemeinse stoeispan het sy triomftog by die
Statebondspele gister voortgesit toe hy ’n derde medalje binne twee dae
gewen het.
Die Pretorianer Dean van Zyl het brons in die 84 kg-afdeling gewen nadat
hy die Australiër Gene Kapaufs geklop het.
Daarmee het hy hom aangesluit by sy landgenote Hugues Bella-Lufu en
Richard Addinall, wat Dinsdag silwer in hul onderskeie afdelings gewen
het.
Van Zyl se medalje was egter stoei se enigste sukses op ’n dag wat
Suid-Afrika verteenwoordigers in drie afdelings gehad het. Andries
Schutte (120 kg) en Carlo van Wyk (55 kg) kon nie hond haar-af maak nie.
- Die boogskiet-span van Seppie Cilliers, Nico Benadé en Koos de Wet het
gekwalifiseer vir die halfeindronde van die kragboog-kompetisie nadat
hulle Namibië met 234-228 geklop het.
Van Zyl en De Wet het ook reeds deurgedring tot die eindronde van die
individuele kompetisie.
- Uganda se Moses Kipsiro het gisteraand die eerste atletiek-medalje van
vanjaar se Spele gewen, enkele ure nadat herstelwerk aan die tartan-baan
van die Jawaharlal Nehru-stadion gister voltooi is.
Kipsiro het die Keniaan Eliud Kipchoge met net sewe honderdstes van ’n
sekonde in die 5 000 m-wedloop geklop.
Die jongste Statebondspele-medaljestand in die volgorde goud, silwer,
brons en totaal is:
Australië 21 15 10 46
Indië 11 8 5 24
Engeland 6 11 9 26
Suid-Afrika 3 2 4 9
Maleisië 3 2 4 9
Nigerië 2 2 1 5
Kanada 2 1 9 12
Singapoer 2 1 1 4
Skotland 1 2 2 5
Kenia 1 1 1 3 |
Citizen 5 October
Indians clean up in Greco-Roman wrestling Tuesday, 05
October 2010 16:20 India's wrestlers swept all before them on Tuesday
with crushing victories in every weight category to win three golds on
the opening day of their Commonwealth Games campaign.
Ravinder Singh, Sanjay and Anil Kumar produced
ruthless displays in the Greco-Roman division at the Indira Gandhi
sports complex, beating their final opponents without conceding a single
point between them.
Crowd favourite Singh brought the house down with
India's first gold, seeing off Terrence Bosson of England in the final
of the men's 60kg category.
"This event was introduced for the first time at these
Games and I'm the first Indian who won gold in it," said Singh, who said
the crowd, which numbered just a few hundred inside the 7,000-capacity
venue, were a "huge support".
"There was no pressure as I was performing in front of
my home crowd," he added.
Sanjay, who goes by just one name, won the men's 74kg,
beating Richard Addinall of South Africa to pick up his country's second
gold.
"From the bottom of my heart, I'm really happy,"
Sanjay said. "This has always been my dream. I'm thankful to my coach
and to my parents. I'd like to dedicate this gold medal to my
countrymen."
Sanjay described Addinall as a "really tough" opponent
after winning the bout 2-0, adding: "He hit me really hard."
India completed their clean sweep when Kumar beat
Hassene Fkiri of Australia in a controversial 96kg final.
Fkiri was disqualified after dangerous play and making
an obscene gesture to the judges.
The fiery Australian was stripped of his silver medal
after holding his middle finger up at the judges.
Australian coach Kuldi Bassi said: "The Indian (Kumar)
upset him a bit and was pulling his neck. I told him that was what was
going to happen and I think he just lost control. It's very sad and it's
bad for the country."
An official told AFP the Australian was given his
marching orders as he made the rude gesture, but may have been
disqualified for a third "throat infringement" seconds earlier as he was
losing 6-0.
Kumar said: "I'm really glad that I did something for
my country."
The victories were a welcome boon for Indian
wrestling, which has been mired in a drugs scandal which sent shockwaves
through the team's training camp.
The team was plunged into controversy after four
wrestlers including gold prospect Rajiv Tomar failed dope tests and were
suspended earlier this month.
Posterboy Sushil Kumar, a national star after winning
the world 66kg category in Moscow, is expected to be a big draw when he
first steps on the mat on Sunday.
Gurdial Singh Mander, president of the Indian
Wrestling Federation, predicted Kumar would lead India to a haul of at
least half the Commonwealth Games gold medals available |
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Cape Argus - 6 October
(Extract)
"...The largely unheralded sport
of wrestling brought home a silver and a bronze.
The victories took South
Africa’s medal tally to five.
Richard Addinal won silver in
the Greco-Roman 74kg category, while Hughes Bella-Lufi took bronze in
the 96kg Greco-Roman class..."
Cape Times - 6 October (Extract)
"...She was not the only medal winner for South Africa
yesterday, however, as the largely unheralded sport of wrestling brought
home a silver and a bronze, taking South Africa's medal tally to
five..."
Citizen 5 Oct
Aussie wrestler to apologise for zap sign
Australian grappler Hassene Fkiri will
return to the Commonwealth Games wrestling venue on
Wednesday to apologise for the single finger gesture that
cost him a silver medal.
The Tunisian-born wrestler raised his
middle finger at officials after being disqualified from
a gold medal bout against Indian Anil Kumar in
Greco-Roman wrestling on Tuesday.
Despite the disqualification from the
bout, he would still have been
assured of a silver medal had he not made the gesture.
“Fkiri will today visit the wrestling
venue to personally apologise for his actions to the
opponent, referee, judges and officials involved,” said
Australia team spokesperson John Gatfield.
Fkiri will be restricted to the
athletes’ village for the rest of his time at the
‘friendly Games’ and on his return to Australia has
agreed to undertake community service with young
wrestlers once a week for a year.
“The athlete acknowledged that he had
been wrong,” Gatfield added.
“He is 36 years old and has never
shown any unsportsmanlike behaviour ever.
“He represented Tunisia in the Sydney
Olympics and was so determined to win gold for his new
country Australia that he lost it.”
Gatfield said no formal warning had
been given to other athletes in the team on how to
conduct themselves.
“The Australian athletes know how to
behave. We don’t expect it to happen again.”
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