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Schippers aims at sprint double in Rio
Brussels: Dafne Schippers, the newly-crowned world champion in 200 meters, said that she is opting to compete in both 100m and 200m races in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
“In Rio, I will definitely opt for the double,” the Dutch athlete told reporters at a press conference on Thursday, as per reported.
The bronze medallist in heptathlon at the 2013 athletics world championships had proved herself a good sprinter by winning a silver in the 100m race and a gold in the 200m event in Beijing.
“I won’t compete in the heptathlon anymore, even when I like it during the winter to train for different events and I will continue to do so. But I do have the idea of competing in the long jump next year every now and then. I’m hoping to jump over 7.00m.”
The 23-year-old amazed the world by clocking 21.63 seconds in the Bird’s Nest to become the third fastest woman in 200m in history only behind American sprinters Florence Griffith-Joyner and Marion Jones.
“I was expecting to run below 22 seconds in Beijing but 21.63 is a lot faster than what I was hoping for,” said Schippers.
“All world records will be broken one day. I must admit that I am thinking more about the world record now than I did before the world championships,” she added.
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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