Sports
France wins biathlon World Cup mixed relay
Stockholm: France won the mixed relay category of the first biathlon World Cup competition this season.
Double Olympic champion Martin Fourcade pulled away with a late sprint to give France the victory Sunday night, reports Xinhua.
Fourcade edged ahead of Norway’s Lars Helge Birkeland and Germany’s Simon Schempp to give France the win in one hour, 15 minutes, 5.5 seconds. Norway and third-place Germany were both 0.2 seconds behind.
Ukraine finished fourth with Italy in fifth.
The mixed relay has two women in each team skiing a 6-km leg, with the two men doing 7.5km.
Home
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.