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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2016

Sub-19 in 200m?

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Making history, Morley looks forward to her international ranking By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Although this is just her first major international exposure to the sport, Emily Morley feels as if she has progressed tremendously in the two races she competed in so far at the 2016 Olympic Games in the women’s single sculling event. Morley, 22, competed in the Repechage, a race for competitors who didn’t qualify out of the preliminary round. She was fourth in her heat in 8:22.77. The 22-yearold student of Ithaca College will race again Tuesday at 11:40 am EST to determine her final international ranking. “It was a lot better, a lot easier,” said Morley of her second race af-

EMILY MORLEY ter finishing fifth in her opening heat on Saturday. “It was rather nice because the weather actually held up this time and obviously some wind, but not as bad as two days ago. So I’m very happy with what I did.” During the race, which was postponed from Sunday because

of the light windy conditions, Morley advanced out of fifth place mid-way and was able to open up a slight lead on Camille Valle Granados from Peru, who took the final spot in 8:32.88. Amina Rouba from Algeria came back as well to take the tape in 8:04.21 over Trinidad & Tobago’s Felice Chow, who joined Rouba in qualifying for the quarter-final in her time of 8:04.91. Despite the fact that she didn’t qualify for the quarter-final, Morley said she was glad that she improved on her time of 9:22.12 seconds for sixth place. “Every time you touch the water, you get a little faster,” she stated. “This is a new brand of boat that I never rode in before, so being on the water and feeling really fast and strong in the boat, was

something I felt really good about. Hopefully by the next race, I will be even faster and at the next race I will be at my peak.” She admitted that she’s honoured to be able to break these new grounds for the Bahamas in competing in rowing for the first time for the country. “Being here wants to make me want to go to 2020 (Olympic Games in Toyko, Japan,” she projected. “It’s so cool. You walk around and you’re like ‘oh, that’s Venice Williams, the American tennis player. It’s like I only see her on TV, but she’s walking around. So it’s pretty awesome to be among those elite athletes.” And if she intends to be a contender in Toyko, Morley acknowledges that she will have to bulk up a little more to complement her

Evans smashes her national record in the 200 freestyle By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Another heat and another national record for Joanna Evans. One day after she shattered her own women’s 400 metre freestyle swimming record, producing a new time of four minutes and 7.80 seconds as she placed a close second in her heat for 13th place overall at the 2016 Olympic Games, Evans smashed her second record in the 200m free by posting a time of 2:01.08 to erase her previous mark of 2:01.34. This time, she got fifth in her heat and finished 37th overall. To top it off, she still has her specialty in the women’s 800m free to come on Thursday. Her national record is 8:33.19 and she believes that could fall as well when she competes out of the second of four heats in lane eight at 1:26 pm EST. “Honestly, it wasn’t quite what I was looking for,” the University of Texas freshman told the Bahamian media after her race. “I was looking to get under two minutes, but after such a great race yesterday, I’m just going to go back and relax and try to get ready for the 800m.” In her race, Evans came up with splits of 28.57 after the first 50m, 59.23 (30.66) at the 100m mark, 1:30.71 (30.99) at the 150 and completed the final 50 in 32.31. “I can’t complain. At the Olym-

JOANNA EVANS, of the Bahamas, competes in a women’s 200-metre freestyle heat at the 2016 Summer Olympics, yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP) pics, it’s one of those things,” said the 18-year-old as she made her Olympic debut an impressive one so far. “To swim best times is all you can really ask for, so I’m just grateful to be able to do it and to make the Bahamas proud.” Evans followed on the heels of Dustin Tynes, who was eighth in his heat of the men’s 100m breaststroke yesterday to place 44th

overall. But Team Bahamas is still waiting on veteran Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, who also qualified for three events, but opted only to swim two. She will begin her quest for a medal in her third Olympic experience by contesting the women’s 100m free on Wednesday at 12:02 pm EST in the fifth of six heats in lane seven. The final will be held later that

night. Her coach Andy Loveitt said this is definitely a good precursor to Evans’ future. “When you look at what she did in the 400m yesterday (Sunday), which was a fantastic race, her splits in the 200m was very similar to what she did in the race

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height. “I’m a tall woman, but I’m not as tall as a lot of rowers here,” she said. “So building up my muscle mass to bring in a good stroke is what I need to work on, my strength.” Looking back and comparing her first two races, Morley admitted that her nerves got the better of her in her initial race. “Today, it was a little less tense than it was two days ago,” she said. “Every time you get to the starting line, you want to take a deep breath and relax. I think I did that better today.” And having had the two races under her belt, Morley said she’s looking forward to continuing to improve as she gets her international ranking to work on her future participation in the sport.

BAHAMIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK all times Bahamian Tuesday Rowing 11.30am: Emily Morley Women’s Single Sculls semi-final Wednesday Swimming 12.02pm: Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Women’s 100m freestyle, heat five, lane seven Final at 9.12pm Thursday Swimming 1.26pm: Joanna Evans Women’s 800m freestyle, heat 2, lane eight. Final at 10.18pm Friday Swimming 1.02pm: Arianna VanderpoolWallace - Women’s 50m free, heat 12, lane three Athletics 8.05pm: Steven Gardiner, Chris Brown and Alonzo Russell - men’s 400m prelims 9.40pm: Ty’Nia Gaither Women’s 100m heats Saturday Athletics 10am: Shaunae Miller Women’s 400m heats 11am: Shavez Hart, Adrian Griffith and Jamial Rolle Men’s 100m heats 7.30pm: Men’s 400m semi-final 8pm: Women’s 100m semi-final 9.35pm: Women’s 100m final Sunday Athletics 7.30pm: Donald Thomas, Trevor Barry and Jamal Wilson - men’s high jump qualification. Final Tuesday, August 16, at 7:30pm 7.30pm: Women’s 400m semi-final 8pm: Men’s 100m semi-final 9pm: Men’s 400m final 9.25pm: Men’s 100m final

Local basketball coach concerned over student visas being rejected By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net ONE local basketball coach expressed his concerns over the recent trend of the United States Embassy rejecting student visa applications and severely limiting educational opportunities. Speaking under the condition of anonymity, he questioned whether decision makers have considered the adverse effects of the recent policy which has led to the rejection of about “50 per cent” of visa applications for Bahamian high school students wishing to study in America. “The fact of the matter is that many of our programmes are predicated on getting kids off to school to get that opportunity to further their education and being

a student athlete is a necessary component to that,” he said. “I have been assisting students through this process for over about two decades now and I’ve never seen it as bad as this. I have never had kids denied until last summer and this year it is even worse. There has to be something more to this, but whatever the reasons, young student athletes are missing out on opportunities and they have such a small window to take advantage as it is.” In June, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the rise in rejections came about due to the embassy’s concerns of human trafficking. “Many of these schools these players are getting denied to are not the ones involved in any scheme or anything of that nature. I think the embassy has to be

upset with something the government has done because this makes no sense to me. If we continue denying these kids, they are going to be frustrated, kids are going to end up doing things they should not be doing because of a lack of opportunities. This has to be political and it’s hurting the kids,” he said. “If a school has a I-20 form in their system then that means they are already approved and accredited, so that can’t be an excuse. If that’s the case they should not be in the system. The process to get in that system takes months and if they are not happy they’re removed from that system. There has to be something else at play here, we are aware this is a subjective process but a lot of people here are suffering because of these recent changes.”

Mr Mitchell said that some high schools in the US are luring Bahamian students with promises of college scholarships and a future career in basketball. However, once the child leaves the Bahamas to attend the school, administrators withhold the children’s passports, isolate them from their parents and force them to work to “earn their keep.” “There is a suspicion that there is a high level of fraud going on and they have indicated to us that parents should be very concerned about the schools their children are applying to. It is important because basketball is something that drives young males and young females out of this country, but young males in particular it drives them to want to leave school in the Bahamas and go to high school in the United States. They

do this to obtain eligibility to get scholarships to go to college. But the problem is, we have been told, that these schools are not what they are cracked up to be. There is a suspicion that these schools have been involved in things which approximate to trafficking of persons,” he said. “In some cases there have been allegations of passports being held by the schools, parents not gaining access to their children, the children are told they get scholarships but once they get there they are told they need to work off their debt at the school. So all of these things are contrary to what is presented by the school.” Mr Mitchell said he was told by the US Embassy that US law does not permit officials to reveal the names of the schools involved in the scheme.

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What to watch at the Rio Games today RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day 4 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local): GYMNASTICS It’s showtime for the US women’s team, which made a statement in Sunday’s qualifiers by posting a top score that outpaced second-place China by a staggering 10 points. China, Russia, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands will look to knock off the Americans, which are led by Martha Karolyi . How difficult will it be? Consider this: The margin between the US and the Chinese in qualifiers was greater than the margin between China and

12th-place Belgium. The Japanese men topped Russia in the team finals to take gold yesterday. SWIMMING After already adding to their standout records, Americans Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky are back in the pool for even more. Ledecky goes first, in the 200 metre freestyle, at 10:19pm. Phelps has his sights set on the 200 metre butterfly at 10:28pm. He holds the world and Olympic records in the event. A little bit later, at 11:29pm, the women’s 200 metre individual medley gets under way. World and Olympic record holder Katinka Hosszu of Hungary is in the field. On Sunday, she shattered the world record in the 400-metre in-

dividual medley to win gold and yesterday became the first twotime gold medallist at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, adding the women’s 100 backstroke title. And, at the end of the night, at 11:38pm, the men’s 4x200 metre freestyle relay starts. The US, which took gold in the 4x100metre free, holds the world and Olympic records in the 200. SOCCER The Brazilian women play South Africa at 11pm and the host nation’s fans have become enamored of their team as the men disappoint. Star Marta has enchanted crowds, leading the team to a 5-1 rout of Sweden on Sunday. The defending champion US women’s team takes on Columbia at 7 pm. The US beat France 1-0

on Saturday as Hope Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female, to reach the 200th-cap mark in international play. Despite the milestone, Solo was still peppered with jeers from the crowd, which was riled up about social media posts she made about the threat of the Zika virus. Carli Lloyd scored the lone goal for the Americans. Colombia, which lost to France on Wednesday, already has been eliminated.

RUGBY It’s a big day of action in men’s rugby sevens, with teams each playing twice a day after the firstever women’s medals were awarded Monday, with Australia winning gold over New Zealand. Eyes are on Fiji — which plays Brazil at 1:30pm and Argentina at 6:30pm — and New Zealand, which plays Japan at 12:30pm and Kenya at 5:30 pm.

FENCING Men’s epee individual medals are to be awarded after competition through the day. The gold medal bout is at 5:45pm and comes a day after Russian Yana Egorian defeated countrywoman Sofya Velikaya for the gold in women’s sabre.

JUDO Women and men compete for medals in the half middleweight divisions (63kg and 81kg, respectively), with bouts taking place through the day. Rafael Silva earned Brazil’s first gold medal of the games on Monday in the 57kg division.

Ledecky, not Franklin, all the swimming rage at Summer Olympics By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a hallway beneath the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Missy Franklin was surrounded by the media after her first race of the Rio de Janeiro Games. Until Katie Ledecky walked by. At least half the reporters bolted away from Franklin while she was in mid-answer yesterday, all of them eager to fire a few questions at Ledecky. It was the clearest sign yet of the changing of the guard on the US women’s swim team. Franklin was the darling of the London Games, a high schooler who captured four gold medals and the hearts of everyone back home with her bubbly personality. Ledecky won gold in her only London race — quite an accomplishment for a 15-year-old — but her triumph was dwarfed by Franklin’s long shadow. Now, it’s Ledecky who is poised to be the biggest women’s star in Rio. The 19-year-old already has two medals and one world record, blowing away the field Sunday night in the 400-metre freestyle. By the time Ledecky is done, she very well could have four golds and a silver, which would surpass Franklin’s medal haul (four golds and a bronze) in 2012. Franklin seems to have accepted her fate. “It’s so hard knowing all the work you put in everyday and then to get here and

UNITED States’ Missy Franklin prepares for a women’s 200-metre freestyle heat yesterday. (AP)

UNITED States’ Katie Ledecky competes in a women’s 200-metre freestyle heat at the Summer Olympics yesterday. (AP) be so far behind where you feel like you can be,” she said, her eyes tearing up. Franklin isn’t anywhere close to the form she showed four years ago. She struggled mightily at the US trials, qualifying for the team in only two individual events and one

relay — a far cry from her seven-event programme at the London Games. Her first event of the Olympics gave scant evidence that she’s suddenly regained her speed over the past month. Franklin failed to qualify for the final of the 200-metre freestyle,

finishing last in her semifinal heat and posting only the 13th-best time among 16 swimmers. She actually went slower in the evening than she did during the afternoon preliminaries. Ledecky, on the other hand, cruised into the final as the second-fastest quali-

fier, with a time of 1 minute, 54.81 seconds — nearly 3 seconds faster than Franklin. For Ledecky, this is already her third event of the games. For Franklin, it was the first chance to swim after sitting out the first two days. She conceded that her confidence level is “really different” than it was before the London Games. “It’s been awesome coming back here and just kind

of accepting the expectations I have now, and knowing that’s just to do my best,” Franklin said. Ledecky, of course, is aiming so much higher. Nothing less than gold in any of her remaining events will do. “I feel like every year at the big championship meets, my stroke just feels as good as it ever has,” she said. “Once I get going, it’s kind of hard to stop.”

JOANNA EVANS SMASHES HER NATIONAL RECORD IN 200 FREE FROM PAGE 1 today,” said Loveitt, who trains Evans whenever she returns home to Grand Bahama. “She knows now that she has to go back to school and start thinking over the winter about her second 50. The first 50 was fine, but she dropped off to 30.6 on her second 50 and that hurt her going into the last two 50s. “She’s going to have to work on a little more kicking and her speed to be able to get to where she wants to be in the 200. But it was a good experience for her and her sprinting will help to prepare her for the 400 and 800m.” Bahamas Swimming Federation president Algernon Cargill said he’s very happy with the performance of the swim team so far. “Joanna has swum in two events and she’s set two national records, so it really reflects her focus on these games and her ability to represent the Bahamas at such a high level,” he said. “What we would like to see is that when she enters the

800m, she will continue to progress and swim another national record and finish in the top 16 in the world. It’s an amazing accomplishment if she can do it, particularly for her age. Most of the swimmers she’s competing against are at least 7-10 years older than her and nonetheless, she’s focused and committed to competing at a very high level.” As for VanderpoolWallace, Cargill said they are only looking for great things from the three-time Olympian, who will be swimming in just two of the three events she qualified in. “She will have her hands full in the 100m when she competes on Wednesday,” he said. “She is ranked in the top 20, so she’s expected to move into the semi-final and final. But she will take it one day at a time and see what happens.” Moreau, who is here to get Vanderpool-Wallace prepared for the challenge ahead of her, said he too was particularly thrilled by the double record breaking performance from Evans. “She has gone as fast as

she can and she just needs to be the best that she can,” he stated. “She performed very well with the two national records. She dropped about five seconds off the 400m record, but she wasn’t where she wanted to be in the 200m, but she will get her revenge on Thursday in the 800m.” Moreau, who has worked with Vanderpool-Wallace since her days when she competed for Auburn University, said she’s ready. “You can expect the best from her,” he said. “She’s going to swim the 100m, but she’s been focusing more on the 50 than the 100 because she’s aiming to try and get a medal.” The 26-year-old Vanderpool-Wallace, who opted not to contest the 100m backstroke, was the first Bahamian to make a final at the 2014 Olympics in London, England. However, this year, she wants to become the first to win a medal, adding to her FINA World Short Course Championship bronze, Commonwealth Games silver and Pan American Games gold and bronze medal haul.

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‘It was just an unfortunate situation on one of the biggest days of my life’ By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunermedia.net RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Dustin Tynes admitted that his Olympic debut in the men’s 100 metre breaststroke was not what he anticipated. After taking some time to reflect on his performance on Saturday where he was eighth in his heat in one minute and 3.71 seconds to place 44th overall, Tynes admitted that he just simply had a “bad race.” “It was an incident that I never expected to happen to me,” he told The Tribune. “One thing I always worked on was my start and it was just an unfortunate situation on one of the biggest days of my life. It just wasn’t good.” Tynes, the 20-year-old student at Ohio State University, said he will go back to the drawing board and just focus on the next games - the FINA World Championships next year - and his next training session and “change some habits maybe, so I can be better prepared for this type of situation.” Head coach Andy Loveitt said in future analysing what happened to Tynes, he said his reaction time was a lot slower than what it should have been. “His major problem was once he got into the air, he wasn’t stream lined so when his one hand hit the water, he went into the water, his one hand,” he said. “He didn’t have any momentum,

BAHAMAS swim team (l-r) of coach Lionel Moreau, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Joanna Evans, Dustin Tynes and head coach Andy Loveitt at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. so it was a little bit hard for him to get into the race. That showed up when we reviewed the race. So it was good to get that feedback so he can correct the major mistake that he did.” Loveitt, who is being assisted in Rio by coach Lionel Moreau, said Tynes definitely came to Rio prepared to swim well, but that mistake cost him big time. “It was technically a sep-

TODAY AT THE GAMES all times Bahamian Archery Men’s and Women’s Individual Eliminations, 8am, 2pm Basketball Men Spain v Brazil, 1.15pm Lithuania v Nigeria, 6pm Argentina v Croatia, 9.30pm Women Australia v France, 11.15am Brazil v Belarus, 2.30pm Turkey v Japan, 4.45pm Beach Volleyball Men’s and/or Women’s Prelims, 9am, 2.30pm, 8pm Boxing Men’s 60kg, 75kg, 91kg-plus Prelims, 10am, 4pm Canoe-Kayak (Slalom) Men’s C-1 Semi-finals and Finals, 12.30pm Diving Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform, 3pm Equestrian Eventing Team Jumping Final, 9am Eventing Individual Jumping Final Fencing Men’s Epee Individual First Round, Second Round and Quarter-finals, 8am Men’s Epee Individual Semi-finals and Finals, 3pm

aration of his hand coordination and once you do that and you hit the water, you lose so much energy and it’s hard to make it up against a field of competitors that he faced out there,” he said. Despite not having the kind of performance he anticipated, touching the wall in his first 50 split in 29.66, Tynes said he will relish in the fact that he got the experience and he can build

Handball Men Qatar v France, 8.30am Germany v Poland, 10.30am Tunisia v Denmark, 1.40pm Brazil v Slovenia, 3.40pm Egypt v Sweden, 6.50pm Argentina v Croatia, 8.50pm Hockey Men New Zealand v Spain, 9am Argentina v India, 10am Germany v Ireland, 11.30am Netherlands v Canada, 12.30pm Brazil v Britain, 5pm Belgium v Australia, 7.30pm Gymnastics (Artistic) Women’s Team Final, 3pm Judo Men’s -81kg and Women’s -63kg, 9am. Men’s -81kg and Women’s -63kg Finals, 2.30pm Rugby Men Australia v France, 10am South Africa v Spain, 10.30am Britain v Kenya, 11am New Zealand v Japan, 11.30am United States v Argentina, noon Fiji v Brazil, 12.30pm Australia v Spain, 3pm South Africa v France, 3.30pm Britain v Japan, 4pm New Zealand v Kenya, 4.30pm United States v Brazil, 5pm Fiji v Argentina, 5.30pm

on it. “I’m going to make sure that if there is a next time, the next time won’t be like this,” he said. “I am disappointed, but I’m prepared to use this as a learning experience and hopefully I will get better as a result of this.” Bahamas Swimming Federation president Algernon Cargill said he is delighted to see how Tynes has regrouped after his disap-

pointment. “He’s committed to training hard and getting ready for next year,” Cargill said. “So we expect that he will put this experience behind him and get ready to compete again next year.” His Olympic debut may not have had the ending that he expected, but Tynes said he will continue to enjoy the rest of the games and will be there supporting his Baha-

Rowing Men’s Single Sculls Quarter-finals, 7.30am Women’s Single Sculls Quarter-finals, 8.10am Men’s Pair Semi-finals, 8.50am Women’s Double Sculls Semi-finals, 9.10am Men’s Double Sculls Semi-finals, 9.30am Men’s Lightweight Four Semi-finals, 9.50am Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls C-D Semi-finals, 10.10pm Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls C-D Semi-finals, 10.30pm Sailing Men’s RS:X, noon Women’s RS:X Men’s Laser Women’s Laser Radial Men’s Finn Shooting Women’s 25m Pistol Precision Qualification, 8am Women’s 25m Pistol Rapid Fire Qualification, 11am Women’s 25m Pistol Final, 2.30pm Soccer Women Australia v Zimbabwe, 3pm Germany v Canada, 3pm Colombia v United States, 5pm New Zealand v France, 6pm South Africa v Brazil, 8pm China v Sweden, 9pm Swimming Men’s 100m Freestyle, Women’s 200m

mian team-mates, including swimmers Joanna Evans and Arianna VanderpoolWallace, in their respective quest to continue to shatter national records and go after the more loftier prize of winning the medal that has eluded swimming. With the next Olympics in four years in Tokyo, Japan, Tynes said he will do his endeavour best to bounce back and redeem himself.

Butterfly, Men’s 200m Breaststroke and Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Prelims, noon Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-final, Women’s 200m Freestyle Final, Men’s 200m Butterfly Final, Women’s 200m Butterfly Semi-final, Men’s 200m Breaststroke Semi-final, Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final and Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final, 9pm Table Tennis Women’s Singles Quarter-finals, 9am Men’s Singles Quarter-finals, 3pm Men’s Singles Quarter-finals, 7.30pm Tennis Men’s Singles Second Round, Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals, Women’s Singles Third Round, Women’s Doubles Second Round and Quarter-finals, 9.45am, 5.45pm Volleyball Men Russia v Argentina, 7.30am France v Mexico, 9.35am Italy v United States, 1pm Poland v Iran, 3.05pm Cuba v Egypt, 6.30pm Brazil v Canada, 8.35pm Water Polo Women China v Hungary, 8am Italy v Brazil, 9.20am Spain v United States, 10.40am Russia v Australia, noon Weightlifting Men’s 69kg Prelims, Women’s 63kg Prelims, 9am Women’s 63kg Final, 2.30pm Men’s 69kg Final, 6pm

Meet our Olympians Name: Chris Brown Nickname: The Fireman Age: 37 High School: Preston H Albury High School (Eleuthera) and R.M. Bailey High School (New Providence) College: Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA.) Best subject: Math Event (s): 200m, 400m, 800m, and 4x4 relay Best time (s): 20.56, 44.40, 1:49.57, 2:56.72 International teams competed on: CAC, CARIFTA, NACAC Under 23, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, USA vs. the World (Penn Relays), World Cup, Continental Cup, World Relays, World Indoor Championships, World Outdoor Championships, Summer Olympic Games Medals won: 1 x Olympic champion 1 x World champion 1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist 2 x World Championships Silver medallist 1 x World Indoor champion 1 x Olympic Games Bronze medallist 2 x World Indoor Championships Silver medallist 1 x World Champion-

ships Bronze medallist 3 x World Indoor Championships Bronze medallist 3 x Olympic Games finalist 2 x Pan American Games Champion 4 x World Championships finalist 1 x Commonwealth Games Silver medallist 1 x World Indoor Championships finalist 2 x IAAF World Relays Silver medallist 1 x World Athletics Final Silver medallist 1 x World (Continental) Cup Silver medallist 2 x World Athletics Final Bronze medallist 1 x World (Continental) Cup Bronze medallist 1 x Pan American Games finalist 2 x Commonwealth

Games finalist 2 x Diamond League meeting winner 1 x CAC Championships Silver medallist 2 x Golden League meeting winner 1 x CAC Championships Bronze medallist 6 x National champion Favourite colour: Blue Favourite food: Grouper Dinner (peas ‘n rice, macaroni, and plantains) Favourite movie: Scarface Idol: N/A Parents: Harcourt & Nola Brown Sibling (s): 6 Status - Married, engaged, single: Married with 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy) Expectations for Rio: My expectations include making it into both the 400m and 4x4 relay finals and winning a medal. It is also my goal for our men’s 4x4 relay team to defend its Olympic title and and have our national anthem played once again. Finally, I would like to just go out there and have fun while representing my country and enjoying my 5th and final Olympic Games. • The Tribune is featuring profiles of the Bahamian Olympians daily in the build-up to the 2016 Games in Brazil next month

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It’s gold again in diving for China at Olympic Games By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — China easily won its second gold medal in diving at the Rio Olympics, dominating the men’s 10-metre synchronised event while showing the rest of the world how to barely make a splash. Chen Aisen and Lin Yue totalled 496.98 points yesterday, cruising to victory by 39.87 points. American teammates David Boudia and Steele Johnson took silver at 457.11. Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow of Britain rallied to claim bronze in 445.45. China is aiming to sweep the eight diving events in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in the Olympics. A day earlier, the Chinese won the women’s 3-metre synchro title. “We did our best, but I don’t think it was perfect,” Lin said. Chen and Lin were especially impressive on their final two dives, totalling the most points of any team in both rounds. China, the United States and Britain all performed the same dive in the fifth round, a forward 4½ somersaults tuck that carries one of the highest degrees of difficulty. The Americans went first, scoring 85.47 points. China was next, with Chen and Lin putting on a clinic with a score of 106.56. They plunged into the water off the 33-foot tower with very little splash and earned a perfect 10 for synchronisation. Daley and Goodfellow went last, scoring 92.13 and good enough to move the Brits from fifth to third af-

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer

CHINA’S LIN YUE, left, and Chen Aisen, right, compete during the men’s synchronised 10-metre platform diving final in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. (AP) ter the German duo of Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein performed a less difficult dive that earned fewer points and dropped them to fourth. “Going into the last round there is always pressure. When it’s the Olympics, multiply that by a million,” Daley said. “It was windy, it was cold and we were two points behind the Germans.” In the last round, the Americans and Chinese did the same dive, a back 2½ somersaults with 2½ twists pike only slightly less difficult than their previous one. Boudia and Johnson went first, scoring 95.04 points with marks as high as 9.0. Chen and Lin did even better, hitting the water in

unison and being rewarded with 9.5s and 9.0s. Lin earned his first gold in the event since 2008, when he and Huo Liang teamed to win synchro platform in their home country. He didn’t compete in the event four years ago in London. With lots of Chinese flags and fans in the stands, the crowd booed heartily when it saw the judges’ marks for Chen and Lin in the fourth round. Fans didn’t think the scores ranging from 8.0 to 8.5 were nearly high enough, but it hardly mattered. “The mistake we made is that we had a little bit of hesitation during our jump, so we did not handle it very well,” Lin said.

Chen and Lin were in front from the start of the six-round final and never faltered. Boudia and Johnson controlled second place throughout, leaving only the bronze medal up for grabs. Four years ago in London, Boudia earned bronze in platform synchro with a different partner and gold in the individual 10-metre competition. “One of every colour,” Boudia said. “I’ve never felt so content and so calm. You’re at the Olympic Games with millions of people watching you, so it’s a pretty good feeling.” Johnson, a 20-year-old diver at Indiana University, was clearly thrilled

with winning a medal in his Olympic debut. He and Boudia shared a watery hug after their final dive, knowing they had clinched a spot on the podium. Johnson then covered his eyes with his hand and couldn’t stop smiling. In 2009, Johnson struck his head on the platform and was saved from bleeding out by his coach, who jumped in the pool and held his head together. He received 33 stitches and a tube in his head to drain the chlorine. “It all worked out in the end,” Johnson said, the silver medal around his neck. “The fact that I’m still alive is just more than I can ask for.”

Spats over doping dominate swimming events By BETH HARRIS and GERRY SHIH AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lilly King has her sights set on winning Olympic gold and she’s not about to let anyone get in her way, especially not world champion breaststroker Yulia Efimova of Russia. King made that clear in a finger-wagging display after her 100-metre breaststroke win over the Russian, who has a history of doping. King pointedly disparaged the Russian after the event over her drug history, and the feud has helped make doping spats among swimmers an intriguing subplot in the Rio Games so far. A separate fight over doping between swimmers from Australia and China escalated yesterday, prompting officials from the two nations to join the fray. And the dispute between King and Efimova has the potential to grow as the two competed for a medal last night. The source of the feuds is suspensions handed down to Efimova and Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who served three months in 2014 over a banned heart medication. Efimova’s actions and punishment were more severe — she missed 16 months for doping and tested positive this year for the now-banned substance meldonium. The positive meldonium test was placed on hold while world anti-doping officials conduct further studies on the drug. “If that’s what she feels she needs to be able to compete, whatever, that’s her deal,” King told reporters. “I’m here to compete clean for the US and that’s what I’m going to do.” A smattering of boos greeted Efimova after she won her preliminary heat Sunday. The Russian men’s 4x100 freestyle relay was also booed when introduced for their final the same night. For her part, Efimova waved a No. 1 finger after her semi-final Sunday, prompting King to

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UNITED States’ Lilly King competes in a semi-final of the women’s 100-metre breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics on Sunday. (AP) do her own finger-wagging. The dispute between King and Efimova went beyond the pool when officials from Australia and China got involved. Australian swimmer Mack Horton originally labelled Sun a “drug cheat.” The Chinese Swimming Association asked Horton on Monday to apologise for his “inappropriate words.” Australia’s Olympic Committee shot back in Horton’s defence hours later, saying he was speaking his mind in support of clean athletes and wished him luck. It was the second time in days that Horton had publicly referred to Sun’s drug suspension as part of what the Australian team ac-

knowledged is a campaign to rattle the Chinese star who won two golds at the 2012 Olympics. Sun has previously said he did not know the medication trimetazidine, which he took for chronic heart palpitations, had been placed on the banned list when he tested positive. He burst into tears Sunday after losing to Horton, garnering an outpouring of support from Chinese social media users who pilloried Horton on his Facebook page. The Australian was accused of snubbing Sun’s attempt to congratulate him on his win immediately after the race, although the two did briefly shake hands later at the podium. The spiraling row has

generated a shrill response from Chinese media during what has already been a period of elevated tensions after Australia voiced opposition in recent weeks to Chinese claims of maritime territory. On Monday, Xinhua released a slew of gently critical articles on topics ranging from Australian trade policy to Melbourne’s quality of life. The Global Times tabloid opted for a more blunt approach, referring to Australia in a commentary as a former British “offshore prison” that is on “the fringes of civilization.” As part of the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to throw the entire Russian team out of the Olympics, Efi-

mova was initially banned along with six other Russian swimmers who either had positive tests on their record or were named in an investigation of Russia’s massive, state-sanctioned doping scheme. Now, it looks like they’ll all be competing in Rio de Janeiro, though world swimming body FINA has not fully explained why. Efimova is also expected to swim the 200 breaststroke and presumably the 4x100 medley relay. They swam next to each other in the 100-metre breaststroke final last night. Efimova declined to speak with reporters after the semi-finals, but promised to talk after Monday’s final. Earlier Sunday,

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The problems are stacking up for Kenya at the Olympics: A new doping scandal, ineligible athletes, missing plane tickets, and now bad blood between the track and field federation and the national Olympic committee. And their top athletes haven’t even set foot on the track in Rio de Janeiro. Athletics Kenya yesterday blamed the Kenyan Olympic committee for the travel problems that left javelin world champion Julius Yego without a plane ticket to Rio and caused other frustrated athletes, including 1,500-metre world champion Asbel Kiprop, to book their own flights and travel separately. “Any confusion ... with athletes’ travel is solely a mistake of NOCK,” AK said in a statement. The problems between the two bodies followed news on Sunday that Kenya was sending track and field team manager Michael Rotich home to face a police investigation after allegations he told undercover reporters that he could give athletes advance warning about doping tests in exchange for money. Also, Kenya was forced to withdraw its men’s 4x400-metre relay team, high jumper Mathew Sawe, and 200-metre runner Carvin Nkanata from the Olympics because they weren’t eligible. It was discovered that the relay team and Sawe hadn’t met qualifying standards, while Nkanata wasn’t properly registered as Kenyan with the IOC. Nkanata travels on a US passport but holds Kenyan nationality. “NOCK has had his papers since March, reconfirmed his travel and received his accreditation or lack of it,” AK said, again blaming Olympic committee officials. “Why did they not crosscheck his accreditation?” Yego, Kenya’s first world champion in a field event, initially complained about the Olympic travel schedule given to his coach, who was only booked to be in Rio de Janeiro for four days and was due to leave before the javelin final. When Yego arrived at the airport in Kenya to depart for the Olympics this weekend, he didn’t have a plane ticket. He was eventually given a temporary ticket and was allowed to travel. Kenyan track and field has also been hit hard by problems in the buildup to the Rio Games, mostly related to doping. On Sunday, there was another scandal, this time involving the manager of the track team. Rotich was ordered to return home after he was trapped in a sting by reporters from Britain’s The Sunday Times newspaper. The paper said Rotich offered to provide the reporters, who were posing as coaches, advance warning of doping tests in return for a 10,000 pound ($13,000) bribe. she described the last six months as “crazy” and said she didn’t “understand what’s going on.” When pressed about criticism from rival swimmers and coaches, she smiled and walked away. Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania, the world record holder in the 100 breast, said Efimova’s doping history is disrespectful to other athletes. “We train fair,” she said. “When something like that happens, it’s never nice. These are not the values of our sport.”

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Fast feet: Bolt says sub-19 seconds in 200 still a goal By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The “Usain Bolt Variety Hour” hit Brazil, big time, yesterday. The closing number said it all: After talking about life, sprinting and the Olympics — and yes, Bolt insisted the Rio de Janeiro Games will be his last — the 6-foot-5 Jamaican pulled out his cell phone and started taking selfies while he shimmied off stage, surrounded by more than a dozen thongand-headdress-wearing Samba dancers. The evening with Bolt also included his now-immortalised “To The World” pose, a few serious questions about racing and doping, along with one reporter who said he had no question, but pronounced: “I really love you, man,” then poetry slammed the following: “I hope you win. I hope it’s your day. I hope you will go even though you get hit by a Segway.” The now-famous Segway incident occurred after Bolt’s victory in the 200 metres last year at the world championships. While taking a victory lap, a multitasking photographer slammed into the back of Bolt’s legs with his scooter. Bolt bounced up and was no worse for wear. In the lead up to the Rio Olympics, his legs haven’t fared as well. He pulled out

JAMAICAN Olympic runner Usain Bolt, centre, gestures while arriving at Rio de Janeiro International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 27. Bolt made his first major appearance yesterday in Rio de Janeiro leading up to the Olympics, talking about his desire to break 19 seconds in the 200 metres, then ending his engaging news conference by boogieing offstage, accompanied by more than a dozen near-naked Samba dancers. (AP) of his national championships last month with a sore hamstring, which he has been trying to rehabilitate in time to put on a show in Brazil. Bolt takes to the track Saturday for the early rounds of the 100 metres. If he wins the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay, the way he has at the last two Olympics,

he’ll close his Olympic career with nine gold medals. By now, though, it’s as much about the show as the results, and Bolt said as much last night. “I’m definitely a sprinter first, but I like to entertain,” he said. “That’s what people come out to see. They like it when I do crazy stuff. I try to entertain and make it differ-

ent, help people enjoy it.” By doing that, he has obliterated the decades-old image of the sullen, skulking sprinter — and has also offered a much-needed breath of fresh air in a sport devoured by doping scandals that have dominated the lead-up to the Olympics. “I think we’re going in the

right direction,” Bolt said. “I must say, we’re weeding out the bad ones. I think people should have faith. We have to go through the rough times before we get to the good times.” Speaking of which, Bolt hasn’t ruled out a goal he set a long time ago — to better his record of 19.19 seconds in his favourite

race, the 200. He has long said he’d like to take the record, which stood at 19.32 for 12 years before he first broke it at the Beijing Olympics, into the 18-second range. But the leg injury leading up to the Olympics made it a less-manageable goal to pursue. Then, after his only Olympic tune-up run — a 200 late last month in London — he met with coach Glen Mills, who told him, “That’s one of the worst races you’ve ever run,” according to Bolt. Still, why not aim high? “I really, really, really want that one,” Bolt said. And going after dreams is the main message he wants people to take away from his career. “For me, it’s always to work toward your goal,” he said. “It’s a hard road. Never let anyone tell you you can’t do it.” But as much as sending messages, Bolt pretty much laughed his way through 30 minutes of dance, drama and jokes. He said the only problem he’s encountered during his stay in Rio had to do with TV. The apartment he’s sharing with teammate Asafa Powell didn’t have one. “Somebody told us they were going to get it,” Bolt said. “After two days, I was just, ‘Buy a TV.’ I’m a good teammate. So I got him a TV.” As always, keeping the people entertained.

SWISS COURT DENIES TWO RUSSIANS’ BID TO PUT TRACK BAN ON HOLD LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two Russian track and field athletes have failed in a bid to have their ban from the Olympics put on hold. Two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva and world 110-meter hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov had applied to the Swiss Federal Court to delay application of an earlier Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling which upheld the Russian team’s ban from the Olympic track meet. Had they won, it could have allowed them to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games. However, the Swiss court ruled that the two Russians had waited too long after the CAS ruling to file their request and that they had failed to demonstrate that they met the International Olympic Committee’s criteria to compete in Rio. “The last hope to perform at the Olympic Games has disappeared,” Isinbaye-

va wrote on Instagram. Shubenkov, however, insisted he and Isinbayeva would fight on in court. “It doesn’t in any way stop us from further actions,” Shubenkov, who is a lawyer by training, told Russia’s state Tass news agency. “We’ll keep going according to the plan we had. This is just the first step.” The head of the Russian track federation told local media that it was unlikely any appeals would be in time for the country’s athletes to take part in Olympic track and field, which starts Friday and runs through Aug. 21. Russia was banned from international track and field, including the Olympics, in November over widespread doping. That followed the publication of a World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned report alleging a culture of performance-enhancing drug use and cover-ups in

RUSSIA’s pole vaulter and Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva speaks as she attends an opening ceremony of the Russian Stars 2016 track and field competitions in Moscow, Russia. (AP) the Russian track team. Isinbayeva said she still plans to travel to Rio on Sunday to seek election to the International Olympic Committee as an athletes’

representative. If she fails to win, Russia would lose one of its three IOC spots, since current representative Alexander Popov’s term ends in Rio.

WORLD hurdles 110m champion Sergey Shubenkov competes during the Russian Stars 2016 track and field competitions. (AP)

Meet our Olympians Name: Sheniqua Ferguson Nickname: Q Age: 26 High School: Jordan Prince Williams High School College: Southwest Mississippi Community College and Auburn University Best subject: Sciences Event (s): 100 and 200m Best time (s): 11.07 (100m) and 22.64 (200m) International teams competed on: World Youth 2005, World Juniors 2006 and 2008, World Championships 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and Olympics 2008 and 2012. Coached by whom: George Cleare (20042009), Henry Rolle (20092015) and Stephen Francis (2015-present) Medals won: Bronze (100m) and Gold (200m) at World Juniors 2008 in Poland. Silver in the 4x100m at World Championships 2009 in Berlin. Favourite colour: Blue/ purple Favourite food: Shrimp Alfredo

Favourite movie: Horror Parents: Carnell and Daphne Ferguson Sibling (s): Shakera Rolle, Desmond Ferguson, Donavon Ferguson, and Jameko Ferguson. Status - Married, engaged, single: Single

Expectations for Rio: To give my best and represent The Bahamas well, God’s willing. • The Tribune is featuring profiles of the Bahamian Olympians daily in the buildup to the 2016 Games in Brazil next month

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‘On this Day in Sports History’ AS the NFL season creeps even closer and division breakdowns and Super Bowl predictions will dominate the sporting landscape, not to mention the Olympics taking up their fair share, I thought I’d squeeze into the time machine one more time and see what occurred ‘On this Day in Sports History.’ And depending on how my Cowboys do this season, it may be the last time for the year. There are several moments that are intertwined, take for example as we go to press Usain Bolt can add to his legacy by winning the 100m and 200m in his third straight Olympics, having secured the double on this day in 2012. Major League Baseball experienced the good, the bad and the ugly on this day. Ty Cobb killed by his mother in 1905, Babe Ruth in 1925, pinch hitting for the only time in his career, and flying out, and the Pirates John Candelaria no hitting the Dodgers in 1976. Barry Bonds also hit his 600th career home run on this day, I’m still trying to determine if it was PED and HGE free? This day also marks the

dawn of a new era in pro sports, any one is trade able! ‘The Great One’ Wayne Gretzky got traded in the prime of his career. I’m still as shocked today as I was back then when thinking about it. This day in sports history has more than held its own thus far, let’s see what additions happen tonight, especially in the Olympics. Until next week, walk tall and swing a big stick. ON THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY : 1905 - Mistaking him for a burglar Ty Cobb’s mother shoots and kills him, in the family home. 1908 - 6th Tour de France won by Lucien Petit-Breton 1923 - NY State Golf Association formed 1925 - Pinch hitting for the only time in his illustrious career Babe Ruth, pinch hitting for Bobby Veach, flies out. 1936 - Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics 1946 - 1st time all majorleague baseball games (8) are played at night 1957 - 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)

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1963 - NY Met Roger Craig’s NL record-tying 18game losing streak ends 1964 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women’s Golf Open Invitational 1964 - Bunning continues pitching perfectly to NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings 1970 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1971 - Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame 1975 - 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 1976 - Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0 1977 - NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs 1978 - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers

8-7 1981 - 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve 1981 - Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC, Georgia to win 63rd PGA Championship. 1981 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic. 1987 - 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA National Palm Beach 1987 - LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo) 1987 - Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic 1988 - Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field 1990 - The Edmonton Oilers trade superstar Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings for $15-

IN THIS August 16, 2008, file photo, Usain Bolt of Jamaica smiles at cheering spectators after winning the men’s 100-metre final with a world record in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (AP) $20M. 1992 - Florence Descampe wins McCall’s LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower 1992 - 25th Olympic Games closes in Barcelona, Spain

1997 - Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke’s string of 12 straight wins 2002 - Barry Bonds hits his 600th career home run. 2012 - Usain Bolt becomes first person to win 100m and 200m in back to back Olympics.

Jasrado Chisholm excels in rookie league play By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net JASRADO Chisholm has excelled thus far in rookie league play and has shown flashes of the potential the Arizona Diamondbacks looked forward to when they signed him as a free agent last summer. Chisholm made his minor league debut this season in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system with the Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer Baseball League. He was named to the PBL vs.

NWL All-Star Game sponsored by America First Credit Union hosted last week at Lindquist Field, the home of the Ogden Raptors. In his latest outing, Chisholm went 3-4, scored once and drove in two RBI in his team’s 9-5 win over the Grand Junction Rockies. He appeared in 40 games thus far and in 160 at bats, he is hitting .294 with five home runs, 25 RBI and seven stolen bases. He has an on base percentage of .343, slugging percentage of .444 and OPS of .787. Chisholm’s effort was lauded

by PBL executives who called the All-Star game roster one of the best ever. Jim McCurdy, PBL President, stated: “I congratulate all of our players for their selection. We have a large pool of great players in the PBL. This roster is the best of the best.” Chisholm played short stop and debuted 1-2 against the Billings Mustangs. He followed with a 1-4 outing in game two and has been a force at the plate ever since. He is currently hitting .325 In his last 10 games. The Pioneer League operates

in the Rocky Mountain region and in the past, it also operated in adjoining portions of Canada. It is classified as a rookie league, and is staffed with mostly first and second year players. The Pioneer League is a short-season league operating from June to early September. Chisholm, a versatile infielder, was signed by the Diamondbacks organisation last July with a $200,000 signing bonus. The 18-year-old came to Max D Academy following the conclusion of his career at Life Prep in Wichita, Kansas.

The confident Chisholm talked about his humble beginnings in the game and said he hoped to serve as an inspiration for younger baseball players. On signing day, Craig Shipley, special assistant to the Diamondbacks general manager, said the organisation was eager to see Chisholm’s development in the system. “We are excited to add Jasrado to the D-backs organisation. We look forward to his development as a player and a person and we definitely hope to add more Bahamians in the future.

Bahamian pro basketball players are on the move this offseason By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net A PAIR of Bahamian pro basketball players are on the move this offseason as they get set for a change of scenery with new clubs in new countries. Juraun “Kino” Burrows will head to Israel to join Hapoel Haifa BC and Quentin Demeritte will join MBK SPU Nitra in Slovakia. Burrows heads to the Israeli powerhouse of the Liga Leumit, the second tier level league in the country. Liga Leumit includes 14 clubs and the top two finishers each season are promoted to the Israeli Premeir League. Burrows saw his stock rise after a dominant season with LF Basket in the Swedish Pro League. LF Basket finished as runners-up to champions Sodertalje, but Burrows was recognised for his performances with a series of awards when he was named the Player of the Year, the Import Player of the Year and was selected to the first team as well as the All-Imports team. Burrows had the second best scoring average with 20.1 points per game in the league and also averaged 9.2 rebounds per game. He recently completed play with the Bahamian national team which finished 7th at the FIBA Centrobasket tournament in Panama. They earned qualification for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Demeritte continues his international career after playing last season locally with the Commonwealth Bank Giants. The former national team member joins MBK SPU Nitra, the same club fellow Bahamian JR Cadot once suited up for. Nitra coach and general manager Peter Seman outlined the impact he expects

JURAUN “KINO” BURROWS

QUENTIN DEMERITTE the veteran wing to have on his club. “He’s an experienced player, as a leader should guide the young players. On the court we want to have someone who will take leadership, experience and knows how to use it. With his height he will able to play several positions.” Demeritte has played internationally in many

countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Kosovo. At his latest stop in Kosovo for KB Besa Peja, he averaged 10.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists per game. “I am very grateful for this opportunity,” Demeritte said. “I cannot wait for the first meeting and hard work with my new teammates.”

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Muhammad first US athlete to wear hijab at an Olympics By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The third day of Olympic competition featured a couple of firsts: Rafaela Silva captured host Brazil’s initial gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Games, and fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history by becoming the only American ever to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. Silva won judo’s 57-kilogram division, then, overwhelmed with emotion, performed the Brazilian version of the “Lambeau Leap” to celebrate with her compatriots yesterday. It was at the least a momentary reprieve for the host country bracing for what once seemed unthinkable: an early exit by its men’s soccer team from the Olympic tournament. Muhammad, sporting a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask, was a winner in her opening bout in the women’s sabre tournament, beating Olena Kravatska of Ukraine 15-13 before losing in the next round to Ceclia Berder of France. Muhammad, a New Jersey native who started fencing in part because the uniform allowed her to adhere to the tenets of her

faith, also competes in the team event later this week. The mayor of Rio de Janeiro called for residents to carpool Monday, the first workday during the Olympics competition schedule that features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, women’s rugby, judo and more. Police said Namibia’s flag bearer was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a housekeeper, four days after another Olympic boxer was accused of sexually attacking two housekeepers in the Olympic Village. In early action, the US women’s basketball team routed Spain 10363, its second blowout in as many days. As predicted, the first Olympic rugby sevens gold medal will be heading to either Australia or New Zealand after both powerhouses advanced to the final. • Other highlights from Day 3 of the Rio Games: SWIMMING SENSATIONS : A day after adding a record 19th gold medal to his collection, Michael Phelps swam the 200 metre butterfly semi-final last night and fellow American Katie Ledecky the women’s 200 metre freestyle after crushing her own world record in the 400 freestyle Sunday

IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD (AP) night, winning by an astounding five seconds. GOLF DEBUT: The first Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the men’s field. The International Golf Federation tapped into what few Olympic roots it has by selecting Adilson da Silva to be the first to tee off Thursday. Also in the opening threesome: Graham DeLaet of Canada, a country IGF President Peter Dawson called the defending champ — George Lyon of Canada won the gold medal at the St Louis Games in 1904.

cer team: The fans are so disappointed with the team that they heckled football icon Neymar and chanted the name of the women team’s star during a lacklustre, scoreless tie against Iraq over the weekend. Brazil is now facing elimination — a prospect that once seemed unthinkable in the soccer-obsessed Olympic host country.

BRAZIL BLEAK: It has come to this for the Brazilian men’s soc-

BILES BROUHAHA: NBC announcer Al Trautwig says he

BRAZIL’s Rafaela Silva celebrates after winning the gold yesterday in the women’s 57-kg judo competition at the Rio Olympics. (AP) regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of US gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents. Trautwig angered adoption advocates by refusing to refer to Ron and Nellie Biles as the 19-yearold’s parents. Ron Biles, her maternal grandfather, and his wife Nellie adopted Simone 16 years ago. Trautwig said, “to set the record straight, Ron and Nellie are Simone’s parents.”

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GreaT eXuma

High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

High: 90° F/32° C low: 81° F/27° C

W S

lOnG Island

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High: 86° F/30° C low: 81° F/27° C

4-8 knots

mayaGuana High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CrOOKed Island / aCKlIns raGGed Island High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

GreaT InaGua High: 89° F/32° C low: 81° F/27° C

7-14 knots

8-16 knots

marine Forecast aBaCO andrOs CaT Island CrOOKed Island eleuTHera FreepOrT GreaT eXuma GreaT InaGua lOnG Island mayaGuana nassau raGGed Island san salVadOr

Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday:

WINDS SE at 4-8 Knots E at 3-6 Knots SE at 4-8 Knots E at 6-12 Knots SE at 4-8 Knots E at 6-12 Knots E at 7-14 Knots E at 8-16 Knots SE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots SSE at 4-8 Knots ESE at 3-6 Knots SE at 4-8 Knots E at 6-12 Knots NE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots E at 6-12 Knots E at 8-16 Knots E at 7-14 Knots E at 8-16 Knots SE at 3-6 Knots E at 4-8 Knots E at 7-14 Knots E at 8-16 Knots SE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots

WAVES 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 0-1 Feet 1-2 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 3-6 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet

VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 6 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 86° F 86° F 87° F 87° F 85° F 86° F 85° F 85° F 86° F 85° F 84° F 85° F 87° F 87° F 86° F 85° F 86° F 86° F 85° F 85° F 84° F 85° F 84° F 84° F 86° F 86° F

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FAMILY NIGHT: The Pastors defeated the Politicians on Friday as organiser Carlos Reid, Youth Against Violence and The Hope Centre staged another version of the Peace on da Street Basketball Classic under the theme, “Shooting Hoops Instead of Guns.” On August 5 was dubbed “Family Night. Photos by Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff