Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts
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Apr 12, 2010

Rossi Menghentikan Dominasi Stoner Di GP Qatar


Valentino Rossi sang juara bertahan memulai musim 2010 dengan positif. Rossi memenangi MotoGP Qatar setelah mengambil alih posisi Casey Stoner yang crash out di awal-awal balapan. Rossi diikuti Jorge Lorenzo untuk membuat Yamaha finis satu-dua.
Untuk Rossi, ini adalah kali pertama dia menjadi jawara lagi di Losail semenjak tahun 2006. Setelahnya, Losail selalu dikuasai Stoner yang jadi juara tiga tahun beruntun.
Dalam balapan kali ini Stoner pun sebenarnya memulai dengan menjanjikan. Sial untuk si pembalap Ducati, dia terjatuh saat tengah memimpin balapan dan setelah mencatat fastest lap. Stoner pun tak dapat angka.
Lorenzo yang jadi runner-up musim lalu juga tampil mengesankan. Sempat melorot posisinya usai start dari posisi tiga, Lorenzo menggebrak dan mencuri posisi dua di lap-lap akhir setelah melewati Nicky Hayden (Ducati) dan Andrea Dovizioso (Honda).
Pujian besar juga patut dituai dua nama yang disebut terakhir tadi. Sebelum aksi Lorenzo di akhir balapan, Hayden yang start di posisi sembilan dan Dovizioso yang start di posisi enam banyak bertarung di belakang Rossi untuk berebut posisi dua.
Hayden dan Dovizioso bahkan praktis terus bertarung sampai menjelang garis finis, kendati kali ini untuk berebut podium akhir alias posisi tiga. Dovizioso memenangi duel ini dengan selisih tipis.
Sementara Dani Pedrosa yang jadi rekan Dovizioso di Honda bisa dibilang sebagai rider yang paling mencuri perhatian saat start. Dari posisi tujuh, dia melesat ke tempat terdepan. Sial untuknya, kemudian Pedrosa malah drop dan akhirnya finis di posisi tujuh.
Jalannya Balapan
Dani Pedrosa melakukan start apik. Sedari tikungan pertama, dia langsung mengambil alih pimpinan. Namun, di tikungan empat Valentino Rossi, yang juga langsung ngebut selepas start, berhasil menyusulnya dan gantian berada terdepan.
Di lap pertama, Rossi pun memimpin balapan diikuti Pedrosa. Pedrosa! Tak lama setelah lap pertama genap dilahap, si rider Honda berhasil melewati Rossi lagi. Tak lama kemudian Casey Stoner ikut menyalip Rossi.
Stoner! Posisi terdepan kini diambil alih Stoner dengan balapan masih tersisa panjang 20 lap lagi. Pedrosa kini ada di posisi dua, diikuti Rossi, Nicky Hayden di posisi empat. Andrea Dovizioso menggenapi lima besar, sementara Jorge Lorenzo yang start di posisi tiga kini tercecer di posisi enam.
Rossi mengambil alih posisi dua dari Pedrosa pada lap empat, kendati Pedrosa terus menempel dan berusaha menyalipnya lagi. Namun, justru Hayden kemudian malah mencuri kesempatan untuk melaju ke posisi tiga dengan melewati Pedrosa.
Stoner jatuh! Di awal-awal lap kelima Stoner terjatuh dari motor dan out dari balapan! Sungguh sial untuk Stoner, yang dipastikan hampa poin di seri perdana ini, terlebih sesaat sebelumnya dia baru mencatat fastest lap. Rossi kini memimpin balapan dengan dikuntit Hayden.
Di lap tujuh, Rossi masih diikuti Hayden dan Dovizioso. Lorenzo sementara itu ada di posisi empat dan Pedrosa yang memulai balapan dengan apik kini malah sudah melorot ke posisi lima.
Pergantian posisi lagi terjadi setelah Dovizioso berhasil melewati Hayden di lap delapan untuk berada di belakang Rossi. Masih 14 lap lagi tersisa dalam balapan ini.
Ben Spies dan Randy De Puniet menyodok ke posisi lima dan enam dengan 12 lap tersisa. Akibatnya Pedrosa pun kian terdorong ke belakang di posisi tujuh. Belum ada perubahan di posisi empat besar dengan susunan Rossi, Dovizioso, Hayden dan Lorenzo.
Setengah balapan sudah dijalani, tiga pembalap terdepan kian berjarak dari pembalap lain. Dovizioso tampak kian mengancam Rossi si pimpinan balapan, kendati Hayden pun siap mencari celah di belakangnya.
Doviziso! Nyaris saja dia berhasil mendapat ruang untuk melewati Rossi pada lap 15 meski The Doctor berhasil menutup celah itu tepat pada waktunya. Tekanan berat buat Rossi masih datang dari Dovizioso dan juga Hayden dengan tujuh lap masih tersisa.
Rossi dilewati Dovizioso pada lap 16! Tapi Dovizioso tidak lama memimpin balapan karena kemudian Rossi melewatinya lagi dari sisi dalam tikungan.
Hayden mencuri posisi dua! Hayden tiba-tiba berhasil melewati Dovizioso. Ah, tapi lagi-lagi perubahan posisi tak bertahan lama karena Dovizioso kembali melewatinya.
Tiga lap lagi dan ketegangan kian meninggi. Rossi cukup aman, dengan catatan tak ada kendala berarti, karena jarak kian bertambah dengan para pengejarnya. Justru Hayden yang kini diancam Lorenzo di posisi tiga.
Lorenzo berhasil melewati Hayden dari sisi dalam tikungan ke kanan! Lorenzo kini ada di posisi tiga dengan dua lap tersisa dan memburu Dovizioso dan kemudian melewatinya! Lorenzo ada di posisi dua!
Di lap-lap akhir, perebutan posisi tiga memanas. Hayden dan Dovizioso sengit berebut posisi dan kemudian nyaris beriringan melintasi garis finis, dengan Dovizioso sedikit di depan Hayden.
READ MORE - Rossi Menghentikan Dominasi Stoner Di GP Qatar

Casey Stoner Jatuh, Rossi Juara di GP Qatar

Casey Stoner gagal mengulangi tradisi juaranya di Losail yang pernah ia selama tiga musim terakhir. Dia out dalam balapan yang kemudian dimenangi oleh Valentino Rossi.
Stoner yang tiga musim terakhir selalu jadi jawara MotoGP Qatar kali ini malah harus menyudahi balapan tanpa angka. Sedang memimpin balapan di lap lima, si pembalap Ducati itu terjatuh dari motornya dan out dari balapan.
Hal ini jelas capaian mengecewakan buat Stoner yang juga tampil dominan di sesi latihan bebas dan kemudian kualifikasi. Apalagi sebelum jatuh dia pun sempat membuat fastest lap.
Jatuhnya Stoner dimanfaatkan Rossi yang langsung mengambil alih posisi terdepan. Rossi yang di awal balapan juga sempat terlibat duel sengit dengan Dani Pedrosa berhasil menjaga posisi terdepan sampai akhir balapan.
Pedrosa sendiri mengawali balapan dengan menjanjikan. Dari posisi start tujuh, dia sempat berhasil jadi pembalap di posisi terdepan. Namun, lambat laun posisinya kian tercecer ke belakang.
Hayden juga start tak kalah apik. Dari tempat start sembilan, dia berhasil melaju ke depan dan kemudian acap menghabiskan waktu memperebutkan posisi dua dan tiga dengan Andrea Dovizioso, kendati akhirnya tercecer.
Dovizioso sendiri tidak mengawali balapan semengilap rekannya di Honda, Pedrosa. Tetapi dengan stabil dia terus merangsek ke depan dan kemudian berduel dengan Hayden, serta terus-terusan mengancam Rossi.
Lorenzo yang banyak menghabiskan waktu di posisi empat tiba-tiba menggebrak di lap-lap akhir. Dia menyalip Hayden dan kemudian Dovizioso untuk jadi runner-up.
Hasil Balapan MotoGP Qatar:
Posisi-Pembalap-Tim-Waktu
1. Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 42m 50.099s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 42m 51.121s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 42m 51.964s
4. Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 42m 51.975s
5. Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 42m 54.002s
6. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 42m 59.421s
7. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 43m 6.607s
8. Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m 9.966s
9. Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 43m 10.992s
10. Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP 43m 11.199s
11. Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 21.737s
12. Hector Barbera Paginas Amarillas Aspar 43m 22.672s
13. Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 30.879s
Tak Finis/DNF:
Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing
Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team
Mika Kallio Pramac Racing
READ MORE - Casey Stoner Jatuh, Rossi Juara di GP Qatar

Apr 4, 2010

Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysian GP

"A very good result for us, especially for me, after two races where we didn't finish where we wanted to be,'' Vettel said.


Vettel passed pole-sitter and teammate Mark Webber in the first corner and held the lead throughout, capping off a 1-2finish for Red Bull. Nico Rosberg finished third for Mercedes as forecast rain stayed away from the 3.44-mile Sepang circuit.
Despite getting away well Webber lost pole at the first corners, and Vettel - who retired from the lead in Melbourne last weekend - took a comfortable victory.
Nico Rosberg secured a maiden podium for Mercedes, who lost seven-times champion Michael Schumacher with a wheel nut issue after only 11 laps.
Briton Lewis Hamilton shot up the inside ahead of the first corner, making up seven places -including that of world champion team-mate Jenson Button- for 13th with Felipe Massa following Hamilton all the way.
He finished the race sixth ahead of the Brazilian, with Button eighth. Robert Kubica took fourth for Renault ahead of Adrian Sutil of Force India.
Jaime Alguersuari and Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the points positions.
Once Vettel's electric start allowed him to sneak through in the turn one-turn two complex at Sepang, he dropped into second only once - over the extra couple of laps for which Webber stayed out during the pitstops.
The two RB6s quickly left the following Rosberg and Kubica behind and were alone for practically the entire race.
The only issue for them arose when the right-front wheelgun during Webber's stop - on lap 24 - would not come away immediately, costing him a couple of seconds.
That saw Hamilton, who had quickly made up another three places and saw the field ahead of him disappear into the pits, spend some time in P2. He stayed out longer than everyone other than Fernando Alonso, who retired with only two laps remaining while trying to get past Button.
As Hamilton re-emerged from the pits on lap 31 the McLarenpair were wheel to wheel, with the 2008 world champion just keeping the racing line ahead of the reigning champ.
Button, who had taken 14th from Alonso in the early laps after making up two spots himself off the line, pitted as early as lap 10 and suffered in the latter stages with well-worn tyres.
With 12 laps remaining he had to relinquish eighth to Massa, who immediately set about catching Hamilton. The Briton had been all over Sutil, but dropped back in the last laps to concentrate on fending off his title rival from two years ago.
Alonso ran wide after passing Button and smoke immediately began to pour from the back of the F10, signalling the end of his race.
Heikki Kovalainen was also unclassified while Vitaly Petrov, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Timo Glock and Kamui Kobayashi all saw their races ended by mechanical faults - while Kobayashi's team-mate Pedro de la Rosa never made it to the start line, his Sauber coming to a stop at turn three as the drivers made their way around the circuit to the grid.
Sebastien Buemi fought for 11th in the Toro Rosso, ahead of Williams' Rubens Barrichello, Alonso, Lucas Di Grassi of Virgin, Hispania pair Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna and the ailing Lotus of Jarno Trulli.Next up is the Chinese Grand Prix on April 18.
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Apr 3, 2010

David Haye Defeats John Ruiz with Ninth-Round

Briton David Haye has made a successful first defence of his WBA world heavyweight title after stopping challenger John Ruiz in Manchester, England on Saturday night.
David Haye delivered the fight he promised, even if he flirted with defeat more than once on his way to forcing the preternaturally courageous American challenger, John Ruiz, to succumb in the ninth round of one of the best world title fights we have seen in these islands for many years.
Haye keeps his WBA heavyweight belt at the first time of asking and Ruiz goes home with the loud cheers of appreciation ringing in his ears for what many might consider foolhardy grit.
The American walked - or rather jogged- to the ring first under the ritual hail of catcalls from a well-refreshed gathering of 20,000 in this most atmospheric of venues, the majority of them rubber-necking to spot the Chelsea and Manchester United stars in the audience.
Rio Ferdinand, who grew up with Haye in south London, was there, along with Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Jamie Redknapp, Daniel Sturridge and Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Haye, who brought more than 70 members of his extended family with him, had looked supremely relaxed when introduced to the crowd at Old Trafford earlier in the day. There was nothing laid-back about the way he started the fight, however.
He put Ruiz down with a corking right hand that went straight through the American's guard in the first 30 seconds. He had him down again almost straight away, this time with a blow to the back of the head. Curiously, the referee, Guillermo Perez Pineda, docked Haye a point yet gave Ruiz an eight-count.
It hardly bothered Haye, who had promised an explosive evening, as he continued to lay into the 38-year-old challenger who, despite carrying a little extra around the middle, looked in terrific shape. The second and third were more even as Haye waited for another opening, landing heavily time after time but taking a few in return as Ruiz regained his composure.
What had looked as if it would be a quick night's work turned into an enthralling contest as Ruiz got his jab working to take the fourth. Haye went back to this corner with a small cut near his right eye and received a stern lecture from his trainer Adam Booth, who urged him to up his work rate and look after his defence.
He responded the only way he knows how with a series of crushing head shots and missed Ruiz with an upper cut in centre ring that would have ripped a hole in a battle ship.
After what Lennox Lewis called his "punch-perfect performance' against Nikolai Valuev last November, Haye was letting his instincts take over and put Ruiz down in the fifth, again with a blow to the back of the head. He was treading a fine line and Booth was not happy as the fight entered the middle stages.
The sixth was another unruly affair and Ruiz was taking an awful battering but was still dangerous. Ruiz had not taken a sustained beating like this in 54 fights over 18 years and the crowd gave him due credit for his bravery.
Haye's right hand, which had broken on Valuev's head, clearly was OK as he threw with enthusiasm from all angles at the pulped-up features of an ageing fighter who was slowly turning into a punch bag. Ruiz, as if on motorised rollerskates, was an almost willing target for Haye's health-threatening headshots as they continued their painful dance until the American's new trainer, Miguel Diaz, mercifully threw in the towel in the ninth round.
Earlier in the evening, George Groves announced himself as another genuine rising star of British boxing when he did to the Commonwealth super-middleweight champion, Charles Adamu, in six rounds what Carl Froch took 12 rounds to do in 2004.
That night, the Ghanaian, seven months after winning the title for the first time, was down once but finished only three points behind the Nottingham fighter. Froch went on to win the world title and is now vying for recognition as the best boxer at 12 stone in the world in Showtime's Super Six series.
Londoner Groves, who has never been past eight rounds, gave Adamu a beating from start to finish and took little in return.
He felled him with a short, chopping right in the first, then stunned him to the soles of his boots with heavy body shots in a neutral corner. But for the Ghanaian's resilience - this was his eighth championship contest - it might have ended right there.
The young challenger had him down twice in the fourth, almost over again towards the end of the fifth and the referee, Victor Laughlin, called it off when Adamu wobbled under another concussive right hand in the sixth round.
He protested but would not have reached the end without taking a lot more of the same. Groves's movement and ring craft bamboozled the 32-year-old, who swung wildly outside an oncoming barrage of stiff jabs, followed by a right hand clearly modelled on Haye's. He beat the Olympic gold medallist James DeGale in the amateurs. They must surely meet one day to make some serious money together.
In the other Commonwealth title fight, at light-welter, Colin Lynes of Hornchurch took a 10 count on one knee in his own corner in the eighth round against the London-based Nigerian, Ajose Olusegan.
READ MORE - David Haye Defeats John Ruiz with Ninth-Round

Mar 28, 2010

Melbourne F1 Grand Prix -Button wins Melbourne thriller for McLaren


Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions that Formula One racing is boring.
A rain shower just before the start saw the field start on intermediate Bridgestone tyres, and after a brush between Button, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes' Michael Schumacher, then a heavy crash involving BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg in Turn Six, the safety car was deployed.
When racing resumed on Lap Five drivers then had to judge the best time to switch to slick tyres as the track began to dry out in places. Button made the decision first, but it seemed premature as he momentarily slid off the road as he rejoined from his pit stop on Lap Six.
By Lap Eight, however there were wholesale pit stops as the road dried out, by which time the Englishman had climbed back up the order. When the final stops had been completed by Lap 11 Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had a one-second lead over Button, with hard-tyred Robert Kubica third for Renault ahead of a mighty scrap between Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, fast-starting Felipe Massa for Ferrari, Red Bull's Mark Webber and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as, further back, Alonso recovered having been spun to the back of the pack at the start.
Soon Vettel and Button had left Kubica to his own devices, and the Red Bull driver seemed to have things under control. But on the 20th lap the German speared off into the gravel in Turn 13, handing Button the lead he held comfortably until the end. It is possible that the Red Bull suffered a wheel-related failure.
Behind Button, Kubica drove a brilliant race to hold off Hamilton, who had fought up to third after passing Webber and Massa. But a second tyre stop dropped the 2008 champion back and obliged him to fight again to catch Massa and Alonso who moved to third and fourth places. Hamilton and Webber had a fabulous fight as they drew closer and closer to the red cars, with Rosberg pulling up to join them and make the fight for second a six-car affair in the closing stages.
On Lap 56 Hamilton got alongside and fractionally ahead of Alonso, but the Spaniard braked super late, locked up and just maintained the position, and as Hamilton was obliged to back off a fraction Webber charged into the back of him, spinning them both off. The Australian was subsequently reprimanded for causing the collision.
Thus Kubica brought the Renault home a brilliant second from Massa, with Alonso fourth from Rosberg and the recovered Hamilton, who had put in the drive of the race.
Behind them, Vitantonio Liuzzi drove another unobtrusive but beautifully-controlled race for Force India, dealing with Pedro de la Rosa's BMW Sauber and holding eighth until the Webber/Hamilton incident elevated him to seventh. Rubens Barrichello again brought the Williams home in the points, this time eighth, ahead of the recovered Webber.
The final point went to Schumacher, who had a bruising afternoon after his first-corner altercation. He spent most of it getting a driving lesson from young Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari, but at one stage he was also repassed by Timo Glock's Virgin and Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus as he fought back up the field. In the end he got past Alguersuari, and then jumped De la Rosa, but this was undoubtedly a tough afternoon for the multiple champ.
Alguersuari finished 11th on a day when he truly earned his F1spurs, ahead of De la Rosa, while Lotus again earned top new team honours courtesy of Kovalainen's 13th place. Behind him, Karun Chandhok scored his and the HRT team's first-ever finish, at the second attempt.
The first-lap contretemps saw Kobayashi damage his BMW Sauber's front wing, and when it folded back under the car he was a passenger as it went out of control in Turn Six and he smashed into Buemi's Toro Rosso and Hulkenberg's Williams. All three cars were eliminated immediately, while Jarno Trulli counted as the first official retirement when his Lotus was wheeled off the grid and was unable to restart from the pits.
HRT's Bruno Senna retired early with yet more hydraulic problems, while Renault's Vitaly Petrov retired when he spun. Force India's Adrian Sutil fell prey to mechanical problems, while both Virgins also failed to go the distance.
After a gripping race Alonso still leads the world championship with 37 points to Massa's 33, Button's 31, Hamilton's 23 and Rosberg's 20. In the constructors' stakes, Ferrari still lead with 70 from McLaren on 54, Mercedes on 29 and Renault and Red Bull on 18.
READ MORE - Melbourne F1 Grand Prix -Button wins Melbourne thriller for McLaren

Mar 27, 2010

Chelsea Bantai Aston Villa 7-1


The Blues Chelsea mengamuk di Stamford Bridge. Di hadapan pendukung sendiri, The Blues bantai Aston Villa dengan skor telak 7-1.
Pada laga yang dihelat di Stamford Bridge, Sabtu (27/3/2010) malam WIB, Chelsea yang butuh kemenangan untuk menjaga peluang mereka dalam perlombaan juara langsung tampil menggebrak. Imbasnya mereka pun unggul terlebih dulu.
Umpan Florent Malouda dari sisi kiri gagal diantisipasi dengan baik oleh pertahanan Villa. Mereka gagal mengawal Lampard yang berada di tiang jauh. Dengan satu sontekan kaki kanan, sembari menjatuhkan badan, Lampard pun membobol jala Villa.
Tetapi pertahanan Chelsea lengah pada menit 29. Carew yang masuk dari blind-side, berhasil meneruskan bola hasil tendangan Ashley Young yang dilepaskan dari kotak penalti. Sontekan kaki kanan penyerang asal Norwegia ini sukses membuat Petr Cech memungut bola dari gawangnya.
Namun, kesalahan James Collins yang melakukan tekel di kotak terlarang terhadap Yuri Zhirkov membuat kedudukan berubah. Penalti diberikan kepada Chelsea dan Lampard pun sukses mengkonversikannya menjadi gol. Satu menit menjelang turun minum Chelsea unggul 2-1.
Di babak kedua Chelsea sukses memperbesar keunggulan mereka menjadi 3-1 lewat Malouda. Gol ini tercipta setelah umpan terobosan Deco diterima oleh Zhirkov di sisi kiri. Zhirkov kemudian melepaskan umpan silang dan diterima oleh Malouda yang terkawal di kotak penalti. Sepakan kaki kanan pemain asal Prancis ini kemudian membuat gawang Friedel bobol lagi.
Unggul 3-1 tak membuat Chelsea berhenti menekan pertahanan Villa. Imbasnya, pada menit 61 Chelsea mendapatkan penalti setelah (lagi-lagi) Zhirkov dijatuhkan di kotak terlarang. Lampard yang menjadi algojonya tak membuang kesempatan ini. Lampard hat-trick, 'Si Biru' unggul 4-1.
Chelsea benar-benar mengamuk. Pada menit 67 mereka kembali membobol jala Villa dan memperlebar keunggulan mereka menjadi 5-1. Umpan Lampard sukses dimaksimalkan dengan baik oleh Malouda yang berada di dalam kotak penalti. Sepakan kaki kanannya membuat Friedel seperti mengalami hari yang buruk dalam laga ini.
Amukan Chelsea akhirnya sampai pada angka 6. Pada menit 83, Salomon Kalou membuat Chelsea unggul 6-1 atas Villa. Gol ini diawali oleh operan Lampard kepada Nicolas Anelka. Nama terakhir sempat menahan bola beberapa saat sebelum akhirnya memberikannya kepada Kalou yang berdiri di sisi kanan.
Dengan satu sepakan kaki kanan, Kalou pun membuat pendukung Chelsea bersorak lagi.
Lampard kemudian melengkapi kemenangan Chelsea menjadi 7-1pada menit 90. Sontekannya di depan gawang, usai memanfaatkan bola pantulan dari tumit James Milner, memastikan pasukan arahan Carlo Ancelotti ini mereguk poin penuh.
READ MORE - Chelsea Bantai Aston Villa 7-1

Mar 24, 2010

Usain Bolt Manusia Tercepat - Pecahkan Rekor Dunia 100 Meter

Usain Bolt  Pecahkan Rekor Dunia 100 Meter

Usain Bolt, Sprinter Jamaika meraih prestasi gemilang di Kejuaraan Dunia Atletik yang digelar di Berlin. Pada final lari 100 m, Minggu, 16 Agustus 2009, Bolt memecahkan rekor dunia atas namanya sendiri dengan mencatatkan waktu 9,58 detik.

Pelari Amerika Tyson Gay finish di posisi kedua dengan 9,71 detik. Rekan senegara Bolt, Asafa Powell ada di tempat ketiga dengan 9,84 detik.

"Saya sangat siap dan merasa enak (sebelum start). Saya tahu lomba akan berlangsung seru. Saya siap melakukannya dan berhasil. Saya tahu takkan mudah pada awalnya," kata Bolt seperti dikutip Daily Mail.

Di Olimpiade Beijing 2008 lalu Bolt juga meraih emas plus rekor dunia dengan waktu 9,69 detik. Saat itu ia sudah merayakan kemenangan dengan mengangkat tangannya sebelum melintasi garis finish.
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Mar 13, 2010

Pacquiao Menang Lawan Joshua Clottey


Pacquiao berkali-menghujani Clottey dengan pukulan bertubi-tubi. Clottey sendiri beberapa kali berhasil mendaratkan pukulannya.
Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao berhasil mempertahankan sabuk gelar juara di kelas welter WBO setelah meraih kemenangan angka mutlak dalam partai 12 ronde kontra Joshua Clottey.
Bertarung di The Cowboys Stadium, Minggu (14/2/2010) siang WIB, Pacquiao berkali-menghujani Clottey dengan pukulan bertubi-tubi. Clottey sendiri beberapa kali berhasil mendaratkan pukulannya.
Kedua petinju mengawali dengan hati-hati. Clottey langsung memasang pertahanan rapat sementara Pacquiao berusaha mencari celah di pertahanan lawannya itu.
Pacquiao terus menekan Clottey di ronde-ronde selanjutnya sedangkan Clottey juga mulai berusaha mencari celah untuk balas mendaratkan pukulan. Tapi pukulan-pukulan Clottey tampak masih terlalu ringan.
Pertarungan kedua petinju kemudian praktis berlangsung nyaris sama. Pacquiao mengurung Clottey dan terus melayangkan pukulan-pukulan sedangkan Clottey masih tetap dengan pertahanannya seraya beberapa kali mencuri kans memukul.
Pada akhirnya, laga tuntas dan Pacquiao yang memang tampil dominan diputuskan sebagai pemenang dengan suara mutlak. Dua juri memberi angka 119-109, sedangkan lainnya 120-108.
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Mar 2, 2010

2010 - Sudah Siapkah Schumacher Cameback?

Kembalinya sang juara dunia tujuh kali Schumacher membuat F1 pastinya lebih menarik lagi. Tapi pada sisi lain, ini adalah pertaruhan reputasi Scumi.
Bagaimana persiapanx? Bos Mercedes GP Ross Brawn mengatakan, Michael Schumacher masih seperti yang dulu, ketika mereka masih sama-sama berada di tim Ferrari. Jadi, tak ada yang perlu diragukan tentang kehebatan pebalap Jerman tersebut.
"Ya, dia masih tetap yang dulu," ungkap Brawn, menjawab pertanyaan apakah Schumi-sapaan Schumacher-masih seperti ketika berada di Ferrari.
"Seperti ingatan saya. Sebenarnya, dia berhenti karena sudah capek di Formula 1, tetapi hal itu sudah berlalu. Dia sudah sangat berminat dan punya keinginan yang kuat untuk kembali lagi ke arena balapan, serta bekerja sangat keras dengan Nico untuk mengembangkan mobil."
Brawn dan Schumi bekerja bersama-sama selama beberapa tahun di Ferrari, sebelum dia (Schumi) memutuskan untuk pensiun pada akhir musim 2006. Akhir musim lalu, mantan juara dunia tujuh kali F1 tersebut mengumumkan dirinya kembali ke arena balapan bersama tim Mercedes GP, yang sekarang dikomandoi Brawn.
Menurut Brawn, Schumi sudah bisa beradaptasi dengan sempurna bersama tim barunya ini. Dia juga menegaskan, Schumi akan siap 100 persen untuk menghadapi balapan musim 2010.
"Kamu tidak akan pernah mengerti sepenuhnya, karena kami tidak bisa menempatkan dua pebalap di hari yang sama, di mobil yang sama. Tetapi saya yakin, dia sendiri yang akan menemukan saatnya. Itu alami."
Brawn juga mengakui, selama tes pra-musim 2010 ini, Schumi dan Rosberg sudah cocok meskipun sulit untuk dibandingkan. Pasalnya, trek selalu berbeda. Yang pasti, kedua pebalapnya tersebut tampaknya sangat kompetitif dan siap bertarung untuk memperebutkan gelar juara dunia F1 2010.
Sumber : kompas.com
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