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Ibarguen, Fraser-Pryce seek World athletic titles
Beijing: Colombian triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen and Jamaican runner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are the hopes of Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Athletics Championships being held here.
Ibarguen, World champion and Olympic runner-up, has 28 consecutive victories, while it has been three years from her last defeat at the London Olympics, as per reports.
In 2012, Ibarguen was defeated in the qualifiers by Bulgarian Gabriela Petrova with a jump of 14.44 metres, but this does not scare her. The Colombian has now to be more careful of Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova, Russian Ekaterina Koneva and Ukrainian Olga Saladukha.
On the other hand, everyone is expecting Jamaican runner Fraser-Pryce to win another title. Semifinals seem complicated for her because she will face her compatriot Sherone Simpson, Nigerian Blessing Okagbare and Trinidad and Tobago’s Semoy Hackett.
Cuban pole vaulter Yarisley Silva will have a tough competition. Silva is favourite and days ago she became leader in world rankings when she jumped 4.91m in the 17th Pole Vault International Meeting in Beckum, Germany.
The Cuban had a great final in Toronto at the Pan-American Games, competing against Brazilian Fabiana Murer and United States’ Jennifer Suhr. Silva will face them again, together with Greek Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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