July 17, 2011 (Sunday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 17, 2011 (sunday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 auto racing
1.3 basketball
1.4 cycling
1.5 diving
1.6 equestrianism
1.7 fencing
1.8 football (soccer)
1.9 golf
1.10 horse racing
1.11 motorcycle racing
1.12 synchronized swimming
1.13 snooker
1.14 tennis
1.15 triathlon
1.16 volleyball
1.17 water polo

july 17, 2011 (sunday)
athletics

european u23 championships in ostrava, czech republic:

men s 1500m: 01 ! florian carvalho (fra) 3:50.42 02 ! james shane (gbr) 3:50.58 03 ! david bustos (esp) 3:50.59
men s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! sebastián martos (esp) 8:35.35 02 ! abdelaziz merzougui (esp) 8:36.21 03 ! alexandru ghinea (rom) 8:38.51
men s 4×100 metres relay: 01 !  italy (michael tumi, francesco basciani, davide manenti, delmas obou) 39.05 02 !  great britain (andrew robertson, kieran showler-davis, richard kilty, daniel talbot) 39.10 03 !  germany (florian hübner, maximilian kessler, robin erewa, felix göltl) 39.19
men s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  great britain (nigel levine, thomas phillips, jamie bowie, luke lennon-ford) 3:03.53 02 !  poland (michal pietrzak, jakub krzewina, lukasz krawczuk, mateusz fórmanski) 3:03.62 03 !  russia (aleksey kenig, anton volobuev, artem vazhov, vladimir krasnov) 3:04.01
men s 20km walk: 01 ! petr bogatyrev (rus) 1:24:20 02 ! dawid tomala (pol) 1:24:21 03 ! denis strelkov (rus) 1:24:25
men s discus throw: 01 ! lawrence okoye (gbr) 60.70m 02 ! mykyta nesterenko (ukr) 59.67m 03 ! fredrik amundgård (nor) 59.42m
men s hammer throw: 01 ! paweł fajdek (pol) 78.54m 02 ! javier cienfuegos (esp) 73.03m 03 ! aleh dubitski (blr) 72.52m
men s high jump: 01 ! bohdan bondarenko (ukr) 2.30m 02 ! sergey mudrov (rus) 2.30m 03 ! miguel Ángel sancho (esp) 2.21m
men s triple jump: 01 ! sheryf el-sheryf (ukr) 17.72m 02 ! aleksey fyodorov (rus) 16.85m 03 ! yuriy kovalyov (rus) 16.82m
women s 1500m: 01 ! elena arzhakova (rus) 4:20.55 02 ! tuğba karakaya (tur) 4:20.80 03 ! corinna harrer (ger) 4:21.52
women s 5000m: 01 ! layes abdullayeva (aze) 15:29.47 02 ! yekaterina gorbunova (rus) 15:45.14 03 ! stevie stockton (gbr) 15:58.51
women s 4×100 metres relay: 01 !  ukraine (olena yanovska, darya pizhankova, viktoriya pyatachenko, ulyana lepska) 44.00 02 !  russia (yekaterina filatova, alena tamkova, yekaterina kuzina, nina argunova) 44.14 03 !  france (yariatou toure, sarah goujon, orlann ombissa, cornnelly calydon) 44.26
women s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  russia (yevgeniya subbotina, yekaterina yefimova, yuliya terekhova, olga topilskaya) 3:27.72 02 !  ukraine (kateryna plyashechuk, alina lohvynenko, hanna yaroshchuk, yuilya olishevska) 3:30.13 03 !  france (clemence sorgnard, marie gayot, elea mariama diarra, florie guei) 3:31.73
women s 20km walk: 01 ! tatyana mineyeva (rus) 1:31:42 02 ! nina okhotnikova (rus) 1:31:51 03 ! julia takacs (esp) 1:31:55
women s long jump: 01 ! darya klishina (rus) 7.05m 02 ! ivana Španović (srb) 6.74m 03 ! sosthene moguenara (ger) 6.74m
women s pole vault: 01 ! holly bleasdale (gbr) 4.55m 02 ! katerina stefanidi (gre) 4.45m 03 ! annika roloff (ger) 4.40m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! grit Šadeiko (est) 6134 points 02 ! kateřina cachová (cze) 6123 03 ! yana maksimava (blr) 6075


central american , caribbean championships in mayagüez, puerto rico:

men s 110m hurdles: 01 ! eric keddo (jam) 13.49 02 ! hector cotto (pur) 13.54 03 ! paulo villar (col) 13.60
men s 200m: 01 ! michael mathieu (bah) 20.60 02 ! rondel sorrillo (tri) 20.64 03 ! jason young (jam) 20.78
men s 800m: 01 ! andy gonzález (cub) 1:48.15 02 ! moise joseph (hai) 1:48.94 03 ! joel mejia (dom) 1:49.67
men s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  bahamas (latoya williams, avard moncur, mathieu, ramon miller) 3:01.33 02 !  trinidad , tobago (lalonde gordon, jarrin solomon, deon lendore, renny quow) 3:01.65 03 !  jamaica (dwight mullings, riker hylton, dawayne barrett, leford green) 3:02.00
men s 20 km walk: 01 ! allan segura (crc) 1:28:56.08 02 ! joe bonilla (pur) 1:40:18.94 03 ! luis lópez (pur) 1:40:34.16
men s half-marathon: 01 ! luis collazo (pur) 1:07:08 02 ! luis rivera (pur) 1:08:38 03 ! oscar ceron (mex) 1:09:17
men s high jump: 01 ! trevor barry (bah) 2.28m 02 ! james grayman (atg) 2.25m 03 ! darwin edwards (lca) 2.25m
men s triple jump: 01 ! samir layne (hai) 17.09m 02 ! osniel tosca (cub) 16.22m 03 ! wilbert walker (jam) 16.01m
women s 100m hurdles: 01 ! vonette dixon (jam) 12.77 02 ! brigitte merlano (col) 12.89 03 ! lina flórez (col) 12.94
women s 200m: 01 ! nivea smith (bah) 22.80 02 ! anthonique strachan (bah) 22.90 03 ! anastasia le-roy (jam) 23.13
women s 800m: 01 ! gabriela medina (mex) 2:01.50 02 ! rosemary almanza (cub) 2:02.23 03 ! natoya goule (jam) 2:02.83
women s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! korene hinds (jam) 9:54.67 02 ! beverly ramos (pur) 9:58.11 03 ! sara prieto (mex) 10:42.65
women s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  jamaica (andrea sutherland, shereefa lloyd, natoya goule, patricia hall) 3:29.86 02 !  dominican republic (raysa sanchez, diana taylor, rosa fabian, yolanda osana) 3:34.73 03 !  trinidad , tobago (alena harriman, magnolia howell, josanne lucas, afiya walker) 3:34.84
women s 10 km walk: 01 ! milanggela rosales (ven) 47:19.91 02 ! sandra galvis (col) 48:23.59 03 ! wilane cuebas (pur) 55:52.53
women s half-marathon: 01 ! michelle coira (pur) 1:21:07 02 ! maria del pilar diaz (pur) 1:21:45 03 ! maria montilla (ven) 1:22:20
women s javelin throw: 01 ! fresa nuñez (dom) 54.29m 02 ! flor ruiz (col) 54.02m 03 ! abigail gomez (mex) 53.13m
women s long jump: 01 ! bianca stuart (bah) 6.81m 02 ! arantxa king (ber) 6.47m 03 ! yvonne trevino (mex) 6.30m
women s shot put: 01 ! cleopatra borel-brown (tri) 19.00m 02 ! angela rivas (col) 17.12m 03 ! annie alexander (tri) 17.05m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! gretchen quintana (cub) 5704 points 02 ! francia manzanillo (dom) 5601 03 ! peaches roach (jam) 5589



auto racing

sprint cup series:

lenox industrial tools 301 in loudon, new hampshire: (1) ryan newman (chevrolet; stewart haas racing) (2) tony stewart (chevrolet; stewart haas racing) (3) denny hamlin (toyota; joe gibbs racing)

drivers championship standings (after 19 of 36 races): (1) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) 652 points (2) jimmie johnson (chevrolet; hendrick motorsports) 645 (3) kurt busch (dodge; penske racing) 641




world touring car championship:

race of uk in castle donington, leicestershire:

race 1: (1) yvan muller (fra) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (2) robert huff (gbr) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (3) alain menu (sui) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze)
race 2: (1) muller (2) huff (3) franz engstler (ger) (liqui moly team engstler; bmw 320 tc)

drivers championship standings (after 7 of 12 rounds): (1) huff 263 points (2) muller 248 (3) menu 192







basketball

fiba europe under-20 championship women in novi sad, serbia:

bronze medal game: 03 ! poland  67–65  serbia
final: 02 ! russia  53–62 01 !  spain

spain win title second time.





cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 15: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 4h 20 24 02 ! tyler farrar (usa) (garmin–cervélo) s.t. 03 ! alessandro petacchi (ita) (lampre–isd) s.t.

general classification (after stage 15): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 65h 24 34 (2) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 06





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 10 m synchro platform: 01 ! qiu bo/huo liang (chn) 480.03 points 02 ! patrick hausding/sascha klein (ger) 443.01 03 ! oleksandr gorshkovozov/oleksandr bondar (ukr) 435.36

huo wins event third successive time.





equestrianism

chio aachen in aachen, germany:

dressage – grand prix freestyle (cdio 5*): 01 ! matthias alexander rath (ger) on totilas 02 ! steffen peters (usa) on ravel 03 ! adelinde cornelissen (ned) on parzival
show jumping – grand prix (csio 5*): 01 ! janne friederike meyer (ger) on lambrasco 02 ! kevin staut (fra) on silvana 03 ! andreas kreuzer (ned) on chacco-blue



fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s foil team: 01 !  italy (valerio aspromonte, giorgio avola, andrea baldini, andrea cassarà) 02 !  france (brice guyart, erwann le péchoux, marcel marcilloux, victor sintès) 03 !  russia (aleksey cheremisinov, renal ganeev, dmitry rigin, artem sedov)
women s sabre team: 01 !  italy (ilaria bianco, paola guarneri, gioia marzocca, irene vecchi) 02 !  ukraine (olha kharlan, olena khomrova, halyna pundyk, olha zhovnir) 03 !  russia (yekaterina dyachenko, dina galiakbarova, yuliya gavrilova, sofiya velikaya)



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

final in frankfurt: 01 ! japan  2–2 (3–1 pen.) 02 !  united states

japan become first asian team win world cup.




2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

belize  3–1 (5–2)  montserrat. belize win 8–3 on aggregate.


copa américa in argentina:

quarterfinals:

brazil  0–0 (0–2 pen.)  paraguay in la plata
chile  1–2  venezuela in san juan




caf champions league group stage, matchday 1:

group a: enyimba 2–2 al-hilal
group b: al-ahly 3–3 wydad casablanca


caf confederation cup group stage, matchday 1:

group a: asec mimosas 1–1 club africain



golf

men s majors:

the open championship in sandwich, kent, united kingdom:

leaderboard after final round: (1) darren clarke (nir) 275 (−5) (t2) dustin johnson (usa) & phil mickelson (usa) 278 (−2)

clarke becomes fourth northern irish player win major, after fred daly @ 1947 open championship, graeme mcdowell @ 2010 u.s. open & rory mcilroy @ 2011 u.s. open.






pga tour:

viking classic in madison, mississippi:

winner: chris kirk (usa) 266 (−22)

kirk wins first pga tour title.







horse racing

canadian thoroughbred triple crown:

prince of wales stakes in fort erie, ontario: 01 ! pender harbour (trainer: mike de paulo; jockey: luis contreras) 02 ! bowman s causeway (trainer: chad brown; jockey: eurico rosa da silva) 03 ! oh canada (trainer: bob tiller; jockey: krista carignan)



motorcycle racing

moto gp:

german grand prix in hohenstein-ernstthal, germany:

motogp: (1) dani pedrosa (esp) (honda) (2) jorge lorenzo (esp) (yamaha) (3) casey stoner (aus) (honda)

riders championship standings (after 9 of 18 races): (1) stoner 168 points (2) lorenzo 153 (3) andrea dovizioso (ita) (honda) 132


moto2: (1) marc márquez (esp) (suter) (2) stefan bradl (ger) (kalex) (3) alex de angelis (smr) (motobi)

riders championship standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) bradl 167 points (2) márquez 120 (3) simone corsi (ita) (ftr) 84


125cc: (1) héctor faubel (esp) (aprilia) (2) johann zarco (fra) (derbi) (3) maverick viñales (esp) (aprilia)

faubel , zarco finish race in dead heat, faubel awarded victory virtue of having set faster race lap zarco.
riders championship standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) nicolás terol (esp) (aprilia) 166 points (2) zarco 134 (3) viñales 122







synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

solo technical routine: 01 ! natalia ishchenko (rus) 98.300 points 02 ! huang xuechen (chn) 96.500 03 ! andrea fuentes (esp) 95.300

ishchenko wins event third successive time, , tenth world title overall.





snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

semi-finals:

wales 1–4  china
hong kong 3–4  northern ireland


final: china 4–2  northern ireland

china win title first time.





tennis

atp world tour:

mercedescup in stuttgart, germany:

final: juan carlos ferrero (esp) def. pablo andújar (esp) 6–4, 6–0

ferrero wins 16th career title.




skistar swedish open in båstad, sweden:

final: robin söderling (swe) def. david ferrer (esp) 6–2, 6–2

söderling wins title second time in 3 years, winning fourth title of year , tenth of career.






wta tour:

internazionali femminili di palermo in palermo, italy:

final: anabel medina garrigues (esp) def. polona hercog (slo) 6–3, 6–2.

medina garrigues wins second title of year , 11th of career. wins event fifth time.




gastein ladies in bad gastein, austria:

final: maría josé martínez sánchez (esp) def. patricia mayr-achleitner (aut) 6–0, 7–5

martínez sánchez wins fourth career title.







triathlon

itu world championships, leg 4 in hamburg, germany:

women (all aus): 01 ! emma moffatt 1:53:37 02 ! emma jackson 1:53.44 03 ! emma snowsill 1:53:44

standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1) bárbara riveros díaz (chi) 2498 points (2) paula findlay (can) 2400 (3) andrea hewitt (nzl) 2318





volleyball

men s european league final 4 in košice, slovakia:

bronze medal match: 03 ! slovenia  3–0  romania
final: 02 ! spain  2–3 01 !  slovakia

slovakia win title second time.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

group a:

netherlands  7–7  united states
kazakhstan  6–21  hungary


group b:

australia  7–10  canada
new zealand  19–6  uzbekistan


group c:

brazil  4–15  russia
greece  10–9  spain


group d:

italy  12–4  cuba
south africa  5–22  china