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India spikes Qatar for bronze

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Indian spikers delighted the holiday crowd winning the bronze with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-21 win over Qatar in the fourth Military World Games volleyball championship at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.

The Indian captain Shijas Mohammad was again the star performer with able support from P.K. Dinesh and Kumar Sharath who proved to be perfect complement to their captain with a deadly combination of powerful smashes and delectable drops which confused the Qatar defence in crunch time.

Golf for China

In the final, China shocked defending champion Republic of Korea 26-24, 25-15, 25-20 to win the gold.

Brazil defeated Netherlands 28-26, 25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 15-13 to settle for fifth position.

Russians dominate

Russia emerged winnes in the parachuting championship winning three gold at Hakimpet Air Force Station near here.

Korean eves win gold

DPR Korea blanked Germany 5-0 in the women’s football final after leading 3-0 at the break to win the gold. Strikers K. Kim and substitute Y. Kim struck twice and C. Mun once to complete the tally for the winner. France took bronze.

Egypt triumphs

Defending champion Egypt, striking once in each half, retained the title with a 2-0 win over Cameroon in the men’s football final at the AOC Stadium here. Striker Ossama Hossni struck in the third minute of the first-half and substitute A. Bassyoni in the 92nd minute for the winner. Earlier, DPR Korea defeated Qatar 2-0 to pick the bronze medal with Y. Sun and K. Kim being the scorers.

Other results: Handball (Final): Belarus bt Latvia 33-29. Third place: Lithuania bt Korea Republic 32-2.

Judo: Women: 48kg: 1. Feng Gao (Chn), 2. Kum Song Kim (DPR Korea), 3. Liudmil Bogdanova (Rus) & Volha Leshchanka (Blr).

70 to 78kg: 1. Flora Mhitaryan (Rus), 2. Xiuli Yang (Chn), 3. Rasa Sraka (Slov) and Gilda Rovere (Ita).

78kg+: 1.Lucija Polavder (Slov), 2. SiruiYan (Chn), 3. Anaid Mhiaryan (Rus) and Alina Lotorosanu (Rom).

Men: 90 to 100kg: 1.Utkir Kurbanov (Uzb), 2. Z. Palkovacs (Slov), 3. Giani Giaccaglia (Ita) and Ihar Makarau (Blr). 100kg+: 1. Martin Padar (Estonia), 2. Silva Felizardo (Bra), 3. Sung Hyun Hong (DPR Korea) and Fabian Hubert (Ger).

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