17th September 2007
Aya Medany and Edvinas Krungolcas win pentathlon events
Aya Medany from Egypt and Edvinas Krungolcas from Lithuania won the women’s and men’s world titles at the 2007 Modern Pentathlon final in Beijng. Medany was the first female to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
Elen Rublevska from Latvia and Sara Bertoli from Italy came in second and third places.
“I just recovered from a leg injury,” Medany said.
“I think today’s competition is a warm-up for the Olympic Games next year.
“I will be 19 years old next year. It is an uncertain dream for any pentathlete to get a medal at the Olympic Games.”
Russian wins Euro basketball championships
Russia beat hosts Spain 60-59 to win the FIBA European basketball championships. J.R. Holden’s final score with just two seconds to go clinched the game for Russia.
Results:
Russia: Kirilenko 17+5reb, Savrasenko 10, Holden 8, Ponkrashov 8, Khryapa 7+12reb, Morgunov 4, Pashutin 3, Monya 3Samoylenko 0, Padius 0, DNP: Shabalkin, Bykov
Spain: Calderon 15, P.Gasol 14+14reb, Garbajosa 8+6reb, Reyes 5+8reb, Jimenez 5+5reb, Fernandez 5, M.Gasol 5, Cabezas 2, Navarro 0, Mumbru 0, S.Rodriguez 0, B.Rodriguez 0
“Khryapa was the secret of our success. Thank you first of all to my two great stars - Kirilenko and Khryapa. Both of them they are wonderful people as well as they are great players. We wanted to stay in the game the whole time. In the scouting we spoke about that first - stay close and make them feel the pressure. They felt the heat and we took advantage of it,” said Russian coach David Blatt.
Lithuania defeated Greece 78 to 69 to claim the bronze medal.
Read more on the European FIBA Basketball Championships
28th August 2007
Asian Archer Championships
To be held in Xian, China.
Asian Archer Championships
| September 14, 2007 | to | September 19, 2007 |
| September 14, 2007 7:00 pm | to | September 19, 2007 7:00 pm |
To be held in Xian, China.


