NEWS QATAR MATCH RACING CUP / BEN AINSLIE
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE: Musikhin and the rest of the participants pose for a picture.
Musikhin triumphs in Qatar
Russia’s Sergey Musikhin took the advantage
of a penalty against compatriot Andrew Arbuzov to claim the Qatar Match Racing Cup 2012 with a pulsating 3-2 victory at Doha Bay recently. Arbuzov, the world No. 21 and last year’s
runner-up, led his crew to a 2-1 lead in the final. But in the third race, he had to undertake a penalty lap which allowed world 37th-ranked Musikhin to win the race to equalise the scores, setting up a grand finale to the Grade 3 event, under the banner of the Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation. Musikhin then took the fifth race to claim the
top prize of US$6,000 top prize. Khalifa Mohd Al-Sewaidi, President Qatar
Sailing and Rowing Federation gave away trophies among the winners supported by Ali Nasser Telfat Secretary General, Qatar Sailing & Rowing Federation. Khalifa thanked officials at Qatar Olympic
Committee, headed by the HH Sheikh the Heir Apparent Tamim Bin Hamad Al Tani and HE Sheikh Soud Bin Abdul Rehman Al Tani, Secretary General, QOC for their support to Qatar Sailing & Rowing Federation and this event. He also thanked participants, International Umpires, Principal Race Office, Volunteers and Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Municipality Affairs& Departments of Coasts Guard, Harbour Control & Health and Doha Sailing Club.
SMOKING HOT: Ainslie gets ready to start the Olympic torch relay.
Former world champion starts Olympic relay
Former Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) champion Ben Ainslie was
given the honour to start the 70-day relay for the Olympic torch relay around Britain. A three-time Olympic gold medallist, Ainslie started the relay at Land’s End
on May 19 and was the first of 8,000 torchbearers who will visit towns and cities throughout the country. Te 35-year-old, who was crowned match racing world champion in 2010 when
he won the prestigious Monsoon Cup in Malaysia, has won gold medals for Britain at the Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) Olympics. He told the Daily Mail: “I am extremely honoured to be the first torchbearer at
the start of the 70-day Olympic torch relay. It will be an amazing experience to be able to carry the Olympic flame in the area that I grew up in. I also want to congratulate the thousands of other inspirational people who will carry the torch this summer and bring the excitement of the Games to streets throughout the UK.” London 2012 chairman Seb Coe was pleased to announce Ainslie as the first
torchbearer, while it was also revealed that cyclist Chris Hoy will run with the torch through Manchester. Te planned route for the relay has long been in place and the torch will come
within 10 miles of 95 per cent of the population before entering the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony on July 27.
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