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Canada’s Leman wins Olympic gold in men’s ski cross
Phoenix Park (South Korea), Feb 21 (IANS) Canada’s Brady Leman won the gold medal in the men’s ski cross event on Wednesday during the Winter Olympics here.
Leman, 31, who had won the Winter X Games in Aspen two years ago, won the most important victory of his career, finishing the big final ahead of Switzerland’s Marc Bischofberger, who came in second, reports Efe.
Sergey Ridzik, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia, was third.
Switzerland’s Armin Niederer came fifth after winning the small final, ahead of France’s Arnaud Bovolenta, who won silver four years ago in Sochi.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.