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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017

Higgs 6th in final of 200m breaststroke

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

hile Zac Reid capped off day one of the swimming competition in the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games with New Zealand’s third gold medal, Lilly Higgs was the lone Bahamian to make it to a final. Last night in a short programme of nine events at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, Reid’s triumph in the men’s gruelling 1,500 metres pushed New Zealand on top of the medal chart with three gold, a silver and two bronze. The Republic of South Africa is sitting in second with two gold, two silver and bronze, while Singapore rounded out the top three with two gold and a silver. Reid, joined by Laticia-Leig Transon and Lewis Clareburt in the women’s and men’s 200m free respectively on top of the podium, posted a personal best of 15 minutes and 40.11 seconds to win his 30-lap race. Australia’s Max Gibson got second in 15:50.64 and Botswana’s James Freeman was third in 15:53.73. “It was hard. In New Zealand, we’re not used to this heat and, in such a gruelling race, it’s just so hard to do it,” Reid said. “I am so happy. I was able to do what I wanted to do. It was my best time ever, my best time in this heat. I had gone faster than I did in our pool back in New Zealand, so I’m just so happy.” Reid, who also has the 400m free and relay duties to perform for New Zealand before the meet

MAKING WAVES: Lilly Higgs placed sixth overall in the final of the 200 metres breaststroke. Photo: Derek Smith/BIS is over on Sunday, said he’s looking forward to really enjoying the beauty of the island by taking a little vacation here with his mother and a few family members next week. He’s not sure of the plans of the rest of his teammates, but he will celebrate with Transon, who won the women’s 200m free in 2:01.56 over Scotland’s Sophie Smith, who got second in 2:02.32 and South Africa’s Rebecca Meder,

third in 2:02.56. Also taking part in the celebrations are Clareburt with his victory in the men’s 200m free in 1:49.89 with South Africa’s Jarryd Baxter second in 1:50.50 and Nigeria’s Jack McMillian third in 1:50.72. Higgs, carrying the flag for the Bahamas in the women’s 200m breaststroke, picked up a sixth place finish in her personal best of 2:36.43. England’s Layla Black

won the race in 2:31.00 with New Zealand’s Mya Rasmussen second in 2:31.49 and South Africa’s Hanim Abrahams third in 2:32.32. “I think it was a pretty good swim for me. I dropped about a second and-a-half off my best time,” Higgs said. “It was a pretty good swim for me and to be able to represent the Bahamas in the final was an honour.

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Donte Armbrister wins 1st-round match By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribune media.net DONTE Armbrister set the pace for Team Bahamas, winning his first-round match in the men’s singles yesterday as the tennis competition got underway at the National Tennis Centre. Southpaw Armbrister, one of two Bahamians representing the Bahamas in a five-day competition for boys and girls, won 6-3, 6-1 over Graham Mani of the Solomon Islands. “It was good playing someone from a different country who I never played against before,” Armbrister said. “I didn’t know what his game was like, so at the beginning I was kind of nervous and I was overthinking at times.” Armbrister, 15, broke twice to go up 3-1 in the first set. After Mani broke to cut the deficit to 3-2, Armbrister got the break back at 4-2 and they went on to serve out the set. In the second set, Armbrister

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COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES DAILY SCHEDULE TODAY Aquatics at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatics Centre 10am - Women’s 400m IM 10:15am - Men’s 400m IM 10:30am - Women’s 50m back 10:45am - Men’s 50m backstroke, 11am - Women’s 100m freestyle 11:15am - Men’s 100m freestyle 11:30am - Women’s 50m breaststroke 11:45am - Men’s 50m breaststroke 5:30pm - Women’s 400m IM 5:43pm - Men’s 400m IM 5:56pm - Women’s 50m backstroke 6:09pm - Men’s 50m backstroke 6:33pm - Women’s 100m freestyle 6:48pm - Men’s 100m freestyle 7:03pm - Women’s 50m breaststroke 7:10pm - Men’s 50m breaststroke 7:33pm - Mixed 4 x200m freestyle relay Athletics at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium 4:30pm - Women’s 100m heats 4:30pm - Men’s 100m heats 4:30pm - Women’s long jump final 4:30pm - Men’s discus final 5pm - Women’s shot put final 5:30pm - Women’s 400m heats 6pm - Women’s 400m heats 6:30pm - Women’s 100m semifinal 6:45pm - Men’s 100m semifinal 7:30 pm Women’s 1,500m final 7:50 pm Men’s 1,500m final 8:20 pm Women’s 100m final 8:40 pm Men’s 100m final Beach Volleyball at Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility 8am to 1:50pm - women’s and men’s matches Beach soccer at Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility 4:15pm - Trinidad & Tobago vs Jamaica (women) 5:30pm - Trinidad & Tobago vs St Lucia (men) 6:45pm - Bahamas vs Turks & Caicos (women) 8pm - Bahamas vs Antigua & Barbuda (men) Boxing 1pm - Men’s 52kg; men’s 60kg 4pm - Men’s 56kg; men’s 65kg; women’s 51kg Rugby 7s at Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre Women’s and men’s matches from 9am

DONTE ARMBRISTER in singles action yesterday in the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games. Photo: Clarence Rolle

Tennis at National Tennis Centre 9am - Women’s and men’s second-round singles 3pm - Mixed doubles second round

NURSING INJURY, PARKER BEACH SOCCER TEAMS LOSE HOLOWESKO 7TH IN TIME SHUTS DOWN SEASON AS MATCHES ON OPENING DAY TRIALS, JUST 13 SECONDS OFF THE WINNING TIME TRACK STARTS TODAY By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHEN the athletic (track and field) competition of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games gets underway today in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, missing from Team Bahamas’ lineup will be sprinter Devine Parker. The top junior sprinter in the country is nursing a quad injury that prevented her from competing at the IAAF Under-18 Championships last week in Nairobi, Africa.

As a result, she has also opted not to compete here this week. Instead, she has shut down her season as she looks to get the injury properly healed. “I’m trying to get the injury in order and not take a chance on running on it,” Parker said. “It’s an injury that keeps reoccurring so I’m trying to get some therapy for it and trying to get it sorted out.” Rather than running on it and making it worse, Parker said she and her coach, Pauline Davis-Thompson,

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

BOTH beach soccer teams for the Bahamas lost opening day matches as the discipline began group stage play last night at the National Beach Soccer Stadium. In the girls’ game, the Bahamas lost to Jamaica 15-2 while the boys surrendered a trio of goals in the final period of a 5-2 loss to Saint Lucia. St Lucia’s Zane Amedee scored a hat trick in the third period to give his side the win. Tied 2-2 headed into

the third, Amedee scored the go ahead for St Lucia on a breakaway. On the ensuing possession, he blocked a shot from Bahamas goalkeeper Michael Butler and the deflection found the back of the unguarded net to give St Lucia a 4-2 lead. Amedee would add his third goal just moments later for the final margin. The Bahamas struck first when Butler scored at the 2:19 mark in the first to give them an early lead. Linus Clovis scored the equaliser for St Lucia with just four seconds left

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net WILLIAM Holowesko is the lone flag bearer for Bahamian cyclists at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games and competed in the first of his two events as the discipline got underway. Holowesko finished seventh in the time trials, just 13 seconds off the winning time at Clifton Heritage Park yesterday. Matthew Oliveira of Bermuda took gold in 12:06 seconds, followed by Dylan Hughes of Scotland with silver in 12:18 and Sebas-

tian Berwick of Australia, bronze in 12:21. “The conditions were as good as they get, the course dried up overnight so there wasn’t any water. There was a headwind on the way out to Albany and sort of a tailwind all the way back essentially so it couldn’t have gone much better for me. I hoped the heat would be an advantage to me and not some of the other riders that may not be accustomed to it, but in all it was a great course.” The course took place over West Bay Street, Clift-

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NATHAN WERT and KYLE WILSON in action yesterday against South Africa. They lost 21-18, 21-9 to Lukholo Jooste and Aviwe Mamfanya.

Team Bahamas still in search of first beach volleyball win By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is still in search of their first beach volleyball win of the VI Commonwealth Youth Games. Each of the three teams took to the sand yesterday but remain 0-2 in the preliminary rounds of the event hosted at the National Beach Soccer Stadium. The girls’ team of Mechelle Moss and La’Tavia Braynen lost to Rebbeca Ingraham and Carrie Van Rensburg of Australia, 21-8, 21-15. The second boys’ team of James Cleare and Aaron Springer made their debut with a 21-9, 21-6 loss to Mark Nicolaidis and Blake Takken of Australia. They returned later in the afternoon but suffered

a 21-10, 21-19 loss to Levi Leonce and Kyhim Remy of St Lucia. The other boys’ team of Nathan Wert and Kyle Wilson fell to Lukholo Jooste and Aviwe Mamfanya of South Africa 21-18, 21-9. Wilson and Wert opened the first set with an early 4-0 lead before RSA rallied to tie. Wilson regained momentum on a block followed by an ace on his next serve. Back and forth throughout the set, it was tied several

GOOD EFFORT: Shown (l-r) are Nathan Wert, head coach Renaldo Knowles and Kyle Wilson. Photos: Clarence Rolle times at 10, 12, 13, 14 before South Africa rallied to go ahead by four and eventually win the set 21-18.

The second set began with the same pattern before RSA broke a 7-7 tie with five consecutive points

to take control for good. National team head coach Glen Rolle said despite the result, the teams showed

improvements from their performances on day one. “It was an improvement from day one. For the girls, you could see it in their gameplay. They played with a confidence we knew they had even though they may not have displayed that in the first game. That’s where I’m the happiest, that they looked confident and comfortable. The guys gave a valiant effort in the first set, but just fell flat because of fatigue and to win at this level you have to put two great sets together,” he said. “The outcome, of course, is not what we wanted but we have to face it, we were shorthanded in a lot of areas, they exceeded expectations in their play. It may not be the result that we wanted but all you can ask for is their best effort and improvement. They continue to do that.”

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Lone Bahamas boxer Lennox Boyce to hit the ring today BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHILE boxing got started yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, Team Bahamas’ lone representative - Lennox Boyce - won’t compete until today. Boyce, boxing out of the light welterweight or 64 kilogram division, will square off against Brian Tefo of Botswana in the quarter-final of the 10-man draw. With a win, Boyce will advance to the semi-final to face Lovell Jacob of Wales. Wellington Miller, who serves as the president of the Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation, said it’s unfortunate that they were only able to field a one-man team. “All of the other boxers we have eligible in this age group category (under-18) have problems with their nationality,” said Miller, who is the chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the games. “We’re dealing with the international amateur body and they have rules that govern the sport, so they have to abide by those rules. It’s not that we don’t have the boxers to compete. It’s just that they are not eligible to compete.” Miller said despite the fact that they only have one boxer, the sport has gotten off to a great start. He commended the team that was able to set up the ring in swift time immediately after the completion of judo on day one on Tuesday. Miller also praised the whole organisation of the games, considering the fact that it was only a year ago that the Bahamas took over from St Lucia, who had to withdraw from hosting the games because of a lack of funding. “In the short space of time that we worked to pull these games off are remarkable,” Miller said. “I think everybody did a fantastic job and we have gotten to produce fantastic games so far.” As Boyce gets set to compete today, national coach Valentino Knowles said he’s confident that the Bahamas will be well represented. “He’s been training with me for about two days, but he’s enthusiastic and ready to compete,” Knowles

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BOXERS from England and Scotland square off yesterday during the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff said. “He’s coached by Ray Minus Jr, who has prepared him for this competition. So I’m looking forward to him doing very well.” Knowles said there are a couple more competitors they were con-

sidering to use, but they ran into a problem with them having their passports, which is a requirement for them to compete in the games. “We have some boxers, but some are either too old, or we have some of them who don’t have their pass-

ports, so they won’t be allowed to compete,” Knowles said. “We only have one competitor, so we have to go with him. I believe that Lennox will do his best in representing the country. He is eager and enthused about competing.”

to play in the opening period. The Bahamas regained the lead in the second period when team captain Phieron Wilson scored with 2:27 left to play, but again St Lucia had the answer just over a minute later when Sebastian Ribot successfully converted a penalty kick to tie the game at 2 headed into the third. The Jamaican team was dominant from the outset and took command quickly with a 3-0 lead within the first three minutes of the first third. Jamaica’s La-Tavia Russell recorded a hat trick in the first period and her third goal gave her team a 5-0 lead at the 2:56 mark in the first. Jamaica continued to dominate in the second and tacked on several goals to take a 12-0 lead into the third. The Bahamas finally reached the scoreboard with a goal from Allicia Telle at the 8:29 mark. Telle added her second goal of the game in the waning moments of the game with seven seconds left to play. Both teams return to the pitch today in the final two games on the evening schedule. The girls will take on Turks and Caicos at 6:45pm, followed by the boys against Antigua and Barbuda at 8pm. In other matches yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago won matches in both divisions. Their girls won 5-2 over Turks and Caicos, while the boys overcame a five-goal deficit to defeat Antigua and Barbuda 2-1 (6-6) on penalties.

Donte Armbrister wins his first-round match FROM PAGE 1 got the early break for a 1-0 lead, broke again at 4-1 and closed out the set and the match with his final break for the 6-1 win. “I just want to work on my serve. My form is there, but I just have to clean up and be more perfect on each point I play,” said Armbrister as he looks ahead to the rest of the draw. Nobody was more thrilled to have watched the match than Armbrister’s mother Darnett Weir, who also serves as the secretary general for the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association. “As a mom, it isn’t a win until it’s over when the two players go to the line and shake hands,” she said. “I’ve been through many matches where he’s been up 5-2, but the other player came and run him down. “I think this first round is a good warm up for him because he has some top players to play against as he moves forward. But if can continue to play as well as he did today, he will be okay.” With the win, Armbrister is now scheduled to face No.4 seed Eleftherios Neos from Cyprus in today’s second round. Also today, Isabel Donaldson will play her first

-round match when she takes on No.8 seed Anika Senevirantne of Sri Lanka. “I feel pretty good and I’m very confident in my strokes and everything,” Donaldson said. “I don’t know much about the girl I’m playing so I think it will be an interesting match. “I’m really just concerned about sticking to my game plan and being consistent and just staying confident in my game. I’m really honoured to be representing my country in this miniOlympics. I hope I can do very well.” Armbrister and Donaldson are also set to play in the mixed doubles, something they are both looking forward to doing. “She is a good player with a good forehand and a good serve, so I think we should be very well as a right-lefty combination,” Armbrister said. Donaldson, 18, said she was pleased with the way Armbrister played in his first-round match and, if that is any indication, he should be ready for the mixed doubles. “We’re two pretty good players, so I’m not worried about how we perform,” said Donaldson, who played with Armbrister a few times. “I think we will do very well.” Armbrister said he’s ex-

DONTE ARMBRISTER in action yesterday during the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games. Photos: Clarence Rolle cited to be a member of the that she will do very well think she will bring out his team as they participate in too. She just has to stay game, so it’s going to be a the first Commonwealth within her way and she will lot of fun.” Youth Games that has been be okay. She just has to take Results of other matches held in the Caribbean. it point by point and see played saw No.6 seed Codie Team Bahamas coach how it goes.” Van Schalkwky win 6-1, Cerene Rolle said he liked Rolle said it will be inter- 6-3; No.8 seeed Emmanuel what he saw in Armbrister’s esting to see how the two Plange of Ghana def. Ergame today and he’s eager players mesh their talent to- nest Habiyambere of RWA to see how well he progress- gether to play in the mixed 7-6 (3), 6-4; Nyathi Motes along with Donaldson. doubles. lojoa of LES def. Romani “He was under a lot of “I’m really looking for- Mayers of Barbados 6-0, pressure playing at home ward to the mixed doubles. 6-3; Aidian Carter of Triniwith the crowd watching I think they have some very dad & Tobago def. Xander him,” Rolle said. “It can go good chemistry,” he said. Owne-Vasilis of ANU 6-2, two ways. Either it works “Isabel is a very aggres- 6-0; Matthew Stubbings of for you or against you. sive player and Donte is in PNG def. Cordell Williams “As for Isabel, I expect between some times, but I Jr of Antigua 6-3, 7-5 and

DONTE ARMBRISTER and Isabel Donaldson will be teaming up in the mixed doubles.

Peter Alam of England def. Adrian Marshalleck of BIZ 6-0, 6-1. Motlojoa, 17, said he’s been impressed with everything he’s experienced so far here at the games, so he’s looking forward to improving on his performance as the tournament progresses. “It was tough because I was trying to get used to the humidity and the altitude here,” he said. “It’s fun. It’s different from home. I’m getting a different exposure from being at home. “It’s my first time being in this part of the world, but it’s definitely everything that I expected and even more. It’s my first tournament of this type, but I hope to leave this place as a better player.” On the women’s side, Georgina Moolman of Namibia def. Ilana Blackwood of Jamaica 6-4, 7-6 (3); Alexandra Hunter of Scotland def. Natasha Forrest of Jersey and Emma Rose Trestrail of Trinidad & Tobago def. Chrisma Au of Solomon Islands 6-0, 6-0. Tonga pulled out of the competition as JanPhilippe Murray of St Lucia and Vienna Kumar of Fiji won their respective matches over Tuapasi Afemui and Brookie Maasi respectively by a walkover.

DONTE Armbrister shares a special moment with his mother Darnett Weir, BLTA secretary general, and Elwood Donaldson, president of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association.

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Bahamas struggles on day 1 of Rugby Sevens By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net OVERMATCHED by some of the more experienced teams in the draw, the Bahamas struggled on day one of Rugby Sevens competition at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games. The team finished the day 0-3 with lopsided losses to Fiji (59-0), Samoa (59-5) and England (74-0) yesterday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium. Team Bahamas head coach Karl Rogers said his team of relative newcomers showed promise against some of the top programmes in the world, highlighted by their lone try of the day in the match against Samoa. “Some of these boys have only been playing rugby for six months and the guys they were playing against have been playing the game probably as soon as they can walk, so tough day at the office but these guys have learned a lot,” he said. “The highlight for me was scoring a try against Samoa - they look like one of the better teams here, they beat England. It’s a hard day but we’ll continue to work. All we can do is rest, talk about our strengths and weaknesses from day one and try to get back to it. They learned a lot and I think they will do much better on day two.” The Bahamas continues play today with matches against Canada at 9:45am and against Sri Lanka at noon. “It’s a tribute to the type of athletes we have here. Some of these guys have only been playing for such a short period of time and the growth they have made is tremendous but they have to go toe to toe with the world’s best so it would be tough for anyone, but with this experience they’ll only get better,” Rogers said. “The exposure itself is amazing. It’s such a great experience. You only get better by playing the best,” he added. A member of the national team coaching staff and Freeport Rugby Club, Kyle Charlton said rugby continues to grow at the developmental level which bodes well for

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TEAM Bahamas finished the day 0-3 with lopsided losses to Fiji (59-0), Samoa (59-5) and England (74-0) yesterday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff future national team programmes. “We are in a growing process in the sport. It’ll take some education on it, I know some people may be afraid of the game but it’s a fun and a disciplined sport, I advise people to come out.

“I know Nassau has a growing programme with about 40 athletes and in Grand Bahama we have about 100 athletes from under-5 to under-19 so I must say rugby is growing in the Bahamas,” he said. “The effort was great know-

ing they haven’t played rugby very long. We’ve played in several test tournaments in the past three months to prep them but these are some of the best teams in the world so no matter the result, I’m proud of them.”

on Pier South Ocean loop where each match is equivalent to 5.8 miles. “I didn’t have much concerns coming in, I was confident where I was coming into this, I knew that if I went as fast as I could hopefully I could get a good result. I never raced anyone in this field but they seem to be a group of great competitors. The stronger the field is the better because that means the road race is going to be nice and fast and be a good race at the end of the day.” Holowesko is a member of the Hot Tubes Cycling team, one of the longest running and most successful junior cycling programmes in North America. He raced in 32 events for the club in 2016. After a few days to regroup, Holowesko returns to the course to compete in the road race, one of the final events of the CYG, on Sunday July 23. “They’re very different races. The time trial is solely individual, no help from anybody else and your goal is just the fastest time. There’s no drafting, there’s not much else but to go max out for that amount of time. The race on Sunday will be different going against the field starting against each other, we can draft off each other. The strategy for that is obviously a lot different because you have to follow other riders and use their draft to your advantage.”

HIGGS 6TH IN FINAL OF 200M BREASTSTROKE FROM PAGE 1 “There was a little bit of pressure, but I knew that my teammates were behind me and I heard them cheering, so I went out there and I did my best.” Higgs, a 16-year-old of Hough High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, said it was really cool to host such a prestigious meet at home with some many countries from around the world competing. While Higgs was the only Bahamian to make it to the final, four others waited to see if they would get in as alternates in their respective events. Among them were Victoria Russell, who was 10th in the women’s 50m butterfly in 28.93, Peter Morley, 10th in the men’s 100m backstroke in 1:00.40, Katherine Slatter, ninth in the women’s 200m breaststroke in 3:00.59 and Izaak Bastian, ninth in the men’s 200m breaststroke in 2:22.91. Team Bahamas’ head coach Andy Knowles said the performances by the team were mediocre, but it was expected because it’s a totally different level than CARIFTA. “We are facing kids who

LILLY HIGGS races in the final of the 200 breast yesterday. Photo: Derek Smith/BIS are a lot more ranked in the world,” he said. “Our goal was to get as many people back for a second swim. We had one, which was Lilly Higgs with her best time. “We had about 50 per cent best swims this morning, which was good.” Knowles, who has been around on various national teams, said after achieving their success at CARIFTA, this is the next level to get

their swimmers primed and ready to compete at the Olympic Games. After the Commonwealth World Cup, Izaak Bastian, Tyler Russell and Lilly Higgs will get a chance to represent the Bahamas at the Junior World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, while Joanna Evans, Laura Morley, Laura Morley and Gershwin Greene will compete in the World University Games.

NURSING INJURY, PARKER OUT OF ACTION FROM PAGE 1 have decided that she will shut it down for the rest of the season. In Nairobi, Parker was all geared up to contest the women’s 100 and 200m sprint double, but she said while going through her warm up, the injury flared up again, so she decided not to compete. “I just have to trust God and just think long term,” she said. “I’m still disappointed because I would like to run, but it’s just been a bitter-sweet experience for me.” When she was advised by the Bahamas’ medical team in Nairobi that she won’t be able to run, Parker said she

was disappointed, but she knew the inevitable would happen. “I am still disappointed because I would like to run, but I can’t,” she stated. “I wasn’t getting any better. I kept trying, but it just inflamed and I knew when I was warming up that I couldn’t go.” After watching the 100 and 200m from the stands, a disappointed Parker said she felt she could have been on the podium in both events, possibly as a gold medallist. Ay Mizgin of Turkey won the gold in the straightaway race in 11.62 seconds and Talea Prepens of Germany was the gold medallist in the half-lap race in a personal best of 23.51.

Team Bahamas didn’t come home with any medal, although there were four finalists with Doneisha Anderson getting fourth in the women’s 400m in a PB of 53.59, Shaun Miller was fifth in the men’s high jump with 2.11m, Adrian Curry was sixth in the men’s 100m in 10.86 and Denvaughn Whymns got eighth in the men’s long jump with 7.20m. “Everything happens for a reason, so I just have to trust God that something is bigger and better out there for me,” Parker said. With athletics set to go today, Parker said she will be here to support her teammates and cheer them on as they go for gold, even though she will be sidelined with the recurring injury.

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Tina Charles’ double-double lifts Liberty over Sun 96-80 By DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles wasn’t going to let the New York Liberty head into the All-Star break on a down note. Especially with a five-game road trip looming. The star centre had 28 points and 17 rebounds to help New York beat the Connecticut Sun 96-80 yesterday in a matinee game. “This is a team you want to eyeball. You might see them later in the season,” Charles said of the Sun, who had beaten the Liberty twice this season. “It’s sweet that everyone had an imprint on this one.” Charles scored 10 points in the third quarter, showing off a dazzling array of moves in the post as the Liberty (10-9) turned a fourpoint halftime lead into a 20-point advantage. It was her ninth double-double of the season and the second consecutive double-digit win for New York. “That’s my job. I love to show what I’m able to do night in and night out,” Charles said. “I know the success I have individually makes the game so much easier for my teammates. I’d rather take the pressure and make everyone at ease.” Connecticut (12-9) had won six of its last seven games. Jonquel Jones had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Sun. “It’s just one game, we’ll take a couple of days and regroup and get ready for the rest of the season,” said Jasmine Thomas, who is headed to the All-Star Game this weekend for the first time in her career. Energised by a huge camp day crowd of 17,443 at Madison Square Garden, both teams came out strong on offence. The game was tied at 24 after one quarter and the Liberty led 45-41 at the half. Charles had 12 points and 11 rebounds in the opening 20 minutes. The Liberty’s Shavonte Zellous also had 12 points at the half and finished with 16. She went 11 for 11 at the line. COACHING SWITCH Connecticut coach Curt Miller will be in charge of the Eastern Conference All-Stars in Seattle on Saturday in place of New York’s Bill Laimbeer. Laimbeer’s wife contracted a virus while in Africa on vacation and was hospitalised for a few days. Laimbeer decided to spend time with his wife, who is recovering. New York hits the road for two weeks after the All-Star Game. HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR Sugar Rodgers is the All-Star re-

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FOWLES AND MOORE LEAD LYNX PAST WINGS 100-74 By The Associated Press

ST PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Sylvia Fowles had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Maya Moore added 23 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Dallas Wings 100-74 yesterday. Fowles, Moore and Rebekkah Brunson combined for 42 of Minnesota’s 54 first-half points as the Lynx took a 14-point lead in front of a kids’ day crowd of 17,834. Brunson added 12 points to help Minnesota (16-2) reach the century mark for the 16th time in franchise history. The Lynx shot 57 per cent from the field — Fowles went 10 of 11 and Moore was 9 of 15. Seimone Augustus had nine assists, and Lindsay Whalen added seven. Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 23 points for her fifth straight 20-plus game for Dallas (10-12). FEVER 84, MERCURY 77 PHOENIX (AP) — Erica Wheeler had 20 points and seven assists, Candice Dupree scored 17 points, and Indiana beat Phoenix to snap a five-game losing streak. Briann January hit a jumper to give Indiana (812) an 81-77 lead with 48.5 seconds left. Diana Taurasi made six 3-pointers and scored 34 points for Phoenix (11-9). Brittney Griner did not play for Phoenix because of knee and ankle injuries. MYSTICS 100, DREAM 96 OVERTIME

CONNECTICUT Sun forward Jonquel Jones, of the Bahamas, goes to the basket past New York Liberty centre Tina Charles (31), guard Epiphanny Prince (10) and centre Kia Vaughn (7) during yesterday’s game at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) placement for Washington’s Elena Delle Donne. The WNBA made the announcement before the game. Rodgers also will compete in the 3-point contest on Saturday. She’ll join Charles in representing the Liberty. Connecticut has three

All-Stars: Jones, Alyssa Thomas and Jasmine Thomas. ENERGY BOOST The crowd was the biggest at the Garden since a camp day game in 2015 against San Antonio that drew over 18,000.

UP NEXT Sun: Connecticut plays five of its next six games at home after the All-Star break. The Sun host Chicago on July 25. Liberty: New York begins a fivegame road trip at Minnesota on July 25.

GIANTS’ Buster Posey hits a two-run double yesterday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

GIANTS TOP THE INDIANS 5-4 By GIDEON RUBIN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey pinch hit a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-4 yesterday. Posey, on a scheduled rest day, doubled off the wall on a 3-2 slider on the seventh offering from Indians reliever Bryan Shaw (2-4). Indians first baseman Carlos Santana booted an infield grounder that figured prominently in the three-run rally. With two aboard and one out, Conor Gillaspie hit a ground ball that skipped through Santana’s legs. Brandon Belt, who drew a one-out walk off Boone Logan, scored and Brandon Crawford went to third. Posey’s hit scored Crawford and Gillaspie to make it 5-4. The Indians lost for the sixth time in seven games as they concluded a 1-5 West Coast trip. The American League Central front-runners fell to 4-13 in inter-

league and are winless in six interleague series. The Giants improved to 5-8 in interleague play as they won their first interleague series since sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays June 17-19 of last year. Dyson pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fifth save. Dyson got Jose Ramirez to fly out to deep right after Cleveland loaded the bases on a single, a hit batsman and a walk. Cory Gearrin (4-3) faced just one batter in the top of the eighth. Denard Span of the Giants was 2 for 4 with two extra-base hits including his fourth career “splash” home run. Span doubled leading off the game and scored on Crawford’s infield grounder. His seventh home run of the season off starter Carlos Carrasco made it a 3-2 game in the fifth. Michael Brantley was 2 for 4 and collected his 1,000th career hit in the eighth inning when he doubled off Giants reliever Steven Okert.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristi Toliver scored 29 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, and Washington overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Atlanta. Ivory Latta and Meesseman each scored 18 points for Washington (12-9), which was without Elena Delle Donne because of an ankle injury. Rookie Brittney Sykes had a season-high 27 points for Atlanta (9-11).

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Aru falters, Froome soars in thin air of the Alps By JOHN LEICESTER and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRIANCON, France (AP) — One series of giant Tour de France mountains out of the way. One more to come. And one less rival for race leader Chris Froome to watch quite so closely. By sticking like fly-paper to the enterprising Romain Bardet, despite the French rider’s efforts to distance him on the race’s highest peak, Froome took a big step yesterday toward a fourth Tour victory this weekend in Paris. Italian Fabio Aru, on the other hand, fell behind on the barren slopes of scree and patchy grass in the thinning air of the mighty Col du Galibier, one of the Tour’s most fearsome Alpine climbs. Like a yo-yo, the Italian repeatedly worked his way back to Froome’s group of top contenders. But a last burst of speed from Bardet toward the top of the mountain pass, which rises 2,642 metres (8,668 feet) in altitude, proved decisive. Froome stayed with the French rider who stood next to him on the Paris podium last year, in second place. Aru did not. On the long and hairy high-

speed descent from there to the finish, they pedalled furiously to prevent Aru from catching them, whisking through the bends with no safety barriers and no margin for error. At their quickest, the riders descended at 75 kph (45 mph). Rigoberto Uran, the Colombian who is making a habit at this Tour of being in the right place at the right time, always in Froome’s shadow, zoomed down in that group, too. The bill, at the end, was costly for Aru. Having started Stage 17 in second place overall, just 18 seconds behind Froome, the Astana team rider slipped back to fourth — 53 seconds behind the race leader, who is getting stronger in the last week of the three-week cycling marathon. Uran leapfrogged from fourth to second overall. Bardet is still third. That podium could stick all the way to Paris on Sunday, as they both trail Froome by 27 seconds. “At this stage of the race, everyone’s on their hands and knees, let’s see what happens,” Froome said. “It’s still all to race for.” Beating everyone to the top of the Galibier — a feat that earned

det to the finish line, securing four bonus seconds for placing third on the stage. Uran was quicker still, beating Froome to get six bonus seconds for second place. “It was a big day of climbing,” Froome said. “My legs certainly felt a lot better than a week ago in the Pyrenees, which is a good sign.” The Team Sky leader was greeted at the finish by French President Emmanuel Macron, who followed the stage in a car with the race director. If he wants to catch up with the main contenders, Aru will have to strike back today in the last Alpine stage, with a mountain-top finish at the Col d’Izoard — another storied 2,000-metre (6,500feet) pass. After that, the last big opportunity to make up places is the race-against-the-clock time trial in Marseille on Saturday. But that discipline isn’t Aru’s forte — unlike Froome. “I fought until the very last meters, I gave my all to minimise losses,” Aru said. “Anyway, I don’t see a big drama in today’s stage. The race ends in Paris.” While Bardet’s repeated bursts of acceleration on the Galibier eventually cracked Aru, they

SLOVENIA’s Primoz Roglic crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France yesterday. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) him a bonus of 5,000 euros ($5,750) from race organisers — was Tour rookie Primoz Roglic. Showing nerves of steel on the 28-kilometre (17-mile) descent to the finish at the Serre-Chevalier ski station, the former ski jumper became the first Slovenian to win a stage in the 114-year history of the Tour. “It’s unbelievable,” Roglic said. “A really crazy stage.” Froome’s group of Uran, Bardet and French rider Warren Barguil rolled over the line 1 minute and 13 seconds after the 27-yearold Team Lotto rider, who moved to cycling in his early twenties. Determined not to give any ground, Froome outsprinted Bar-

couldn’t shake off Froome. To hold onto the race leader’s yellow jersey all the way to Paris, the three-time champion can ride defensively, keeping tabs on Uran and Bardet and, now to a lesser extent, on Aru. “I did my utmost,” Bardet said. “I raced to take the jersey and I came close to dropping them at the top of the Galibier. I attacked. That’s the way I love to race. I have no regrets. I tried everything.” One of the most active riders on Wednesday was two-time champion Alberto Contador. Riding with the panache of his glory days, the 35-year-old Spaniard sped away from Froome’s group on the second and longest climb, the 24-kilometre (15-mile) ascent to the Col de la Croix-de-Fer. But Contador faded in the Galibier and could not stay with Roglic. “I want people to remember me as a rider who tried things, who was courageous,” Contador said. The Tour lost Marcel Kittel, the winner of five stages this year, after he crashed. The German had been leading the Tour’s green jersey competition, awarded for points collected in sprints during and at the end of stages. With his departure, Australian Michael Matthews inherits the jersey.

THE WEATHER REPORT

5-Day Forecast

TODAY

ORLANDO

High: 89° F/32° C Low: 73° F/23° C

TAMPA

FRIDAY

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Periods of sun, a t‑storm in spots

Partly cloudy with a stray shower

Partly sunny with a shower in spots

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Low: 79°

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109° F

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The exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body—everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels. Temperatures reflect the high and the low for the day.

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ABACO

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High: 89° F/32° C Low: 82° F/28° C

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RAGGED ISLAND High: 86° F/30° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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Judo bronze medal glory

JOB WELL DONE: Shown (l-r) are Chef de Mission Derron Donaldson, Karra Hanna, Romell Knowles, Mya Beneby and coach Cynthia Rahming. Photos: Derek Smith/BIS

Mya Beneby and Karra Hanna soak up spotlight By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ne day after she and Mya Beneby were celebrated as the first medallists for the Bahamas at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games, Karra Hanna said she’s still experiencing a lot of pain. Hanna suffered an injury during her semi-final match of the women’s +70 kilogram in the one-day judo competition at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Tuesday. However, she joined Beneby in getting on the podium. Beneby got her medal in the -57kg category. The duo were celebrated by the Local Organising Committee, headed by Romell Knowles, yesterday morning during a press conference at the gym. “Small sports like judo don’t get the recognition as some of the bigger sports, and have stamped their print in these games already, so we are very proud of you,” Knowles said. Both Hanna and Beneby said they were so thrilled by their feat that they slept with their medals close to them in their hotel rooms at Baha Mar, the games vil-

MYA BENEBY and KARRA HANNA (right) show off their bronze medals won in the judo segment of the Games on Tuesday. lage for Team Bahamas. Thy have also indicated that they were surprised at how people have reacted to them, cheering them on and congratulating them for their accomplishments.

Even in pain, Hanna was able to carry the flag for the Bahamas during the official opening ceremonies in the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on on Tuesday night.

However, she admitted that she’s now feeling the pain and is anxious to go to the hospital to get further evaluation on the injury. “I am in severe pain, but I’m trying to manage,” she

said. “I kept tossing and turning. I couldn’t really sleep. The medal made it worth it because it’s an honour being one of the first two Bahamians to make history for the Bahamas.”

Cynthia Rahming said all of the athletes had a chance to win a medal, but it’s fortunate that they got to celebrate with two of them from Beneby and Hanna. “I saw some excellent judo out there with Karra and Mya winning medals,” she said. “These athletes are way better than I was. To have them train in a year and to win a medal, is just fantastic. “They had some really hard competitors to compete against and they won, so that was amazing. I think it was a very good experience for both of them.” Rahming has set the pace for women’s judo in the country, having represented the Bahamas at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2011 where she was fortunate to win a match and in 2012 at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. “I think this next generation will do even better than me,” projected Rahming, who intends to compete in the US Open and the Senior World Championships in Hungary in August. By virtue of winning their medals, both Hanna and Beneby will get a chance to compete in the World Cadets Championships in Chile in August.

COACH Cynthia Rahming (centre) shares a special moment with Commonwealth Youth Games judo bronze medallists Mya Beneby and Karra Hanna.