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DEAFLYMPICS TAIPEI 2009: Ukraine, Russia to battle for final gold

Contestants lie on the ground following a crash in the men’s 50km points cycling race in Taipei yesterday. PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES

Ukraine and Russia won their semi-finals in the Deaflympics men’s soccer tournament at Yingfeng Sports Field in Taipei yesterday to set up a showdown for the Games’ last gold medal at the Taipei Municipal Stadium at 2pm on Tuesday.

In the morning semi-final, Ukraine defeated France 4-0, with all the goals coming in the second half.

Myroslav Tanchyk scored a brace for the East Europeans, while Volodymyr Riy and Dmytro Nevenchenko added the others.

In the afternoon semi, Russia downed 10-man Germany 4-2, thanks to goals from Pavel Istrashkin, top scorer Nikolay Afanasyev and a brace from Arkadiy Kochiev.

Germany captain Daniel Jagla netted, but was also sent off as his team failed to emulate their female counterparts who reached tomorrow’s women’s final the previous morning, and will have to sit out the bronze medal match with France tomorrow morning.

Germany’s other goal was scored by Jens Bangert.

Contestants pick themselves up following a crash in the men’s 50km points cycling race in Taipei yesterday. PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES

In the 5th/8th-place playoffs, Argentina beat a US team that was down to eight men by the end of the game 2-0, with second-half goals from Jorge Chazarreta and Ricardo Mestre Picon. The US had skipper Michael Lawson and Kenneth Noll sent off after receiving two yellow cards, while Justin Hefflefinger got a straight red.

In the later match, 10-man Iran rallied from 2-1 down at halftime to defeat 10-man Ireland.

Taiwan’s Chou Shui-cheng shoots after breaking through Thailand’s defensive line during their handball match in Taipei yesterday. PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES

Aliakbar Ahmadvand scored two and substitute Hamid Ghasemi the other for Iran, who had Mohammad Pargar sent off. Joseph Watson and Daniel Johnson got Ireland’s goals, while substitute Andrew Wynne got his marching orders.

In the 9th/12th-place playoffs, Great Britain thrashed Denmark 5-1, with goals from Steven Gardiner (2), Benjamin Lampert, James Clarke and Christopher Beech. Nassor Salim netted for the Danes.

Yesterday’s medalists and finalists Athletics Decathlon Gold: Kirill Tsybizov (Russia) Silver: Craig Saalfeld (United States) Bronze: An Ching-lung (Taiwan) Men’s 200m Gold: Han Yang (China) Silver: Humphery Edosa Eguasa (Nigeria) Bronze: Chae Kyung-wan (South Korea) Men’s High Jump Gold: Alexey Landar (Russia) Silver: Alexey Savostin (Russia) Bronze: Mohammadhadi Salehi (Iran) Women’s 200m Gold: Alena Tsiarentsyeva (Belarus) Silver: Anu Opik (Estonia) Bronze: Suslaidy Girat Rivero (Cuba) Men’s 110m Hurdles Gold: Joshua Hembrough (United States) Silver: Maris Grenins (Latvia) Bronze: Li Lin (China) Women’s 100m Hurdles Gold: Kairit Olenko (Estonia) Silver: Yuliya Shapoval (Ukraine) Bronze: Amber Lynn Nash (United States) Men’s Triple Jump Gold: Alexey Savostin (Russia) Silver: Maris Grenins (Latvia) Bronze: Aliaksandr Kozich (Belarus) Women’s 800m Gold: Nelli Erofeeva (Russia) Silver: Lauren Peffers (Great Britain) Bronze: Evgenia Gurova (Russia) Women’s Javelin Throw Gold: TBC Silver: TBC Bronze: TBC Cycling Road Men’s 50km Points Race Gold: Nicholaus Schreiber (United States) Silver: Reece-Emerson van Beek (Australia) Bronze: Steeve Touboul (France) Handball Men’s Team Gold: Croatia Silver: Serbia Bronze: Germany Shooting Men’s 50m Rifle Prone Gold: Ingo Fritz Schweinsberg (Germany) Silver: Artem Almazov (Russia) Bronze: Dieter Link (Germany) Swimming Men’s 100m Backstroke Gold: Ivan Kassin (Russia) Silver: Kim Geon-oh (South Korea) Bronze: Phil Goldberg (Germany) Women’s 200m Butterfly Gold: He Yueyue (China) Silver: Ekaterina Savchenko (Russia) Bronze: Kana Imamura (Japan) Men’s 200m Individual Medley Gold: Terence Parkin (South Africa) Silver: Ilya Trishkin (Russia) Bronze: Andriy Zurgalidze (Ukraine) Women’s 50m Freestyle Gold: Ganna Lytvynenko (Ukraine) Silver: Aksana Petrushenka (Belarus) Bronze: Valeriia Sytnikova (Ukraine) Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Gold: Russia Silver: Ukraine Bronze: China Table Tennis Men’s Doubles Gold: Li Yunnan/Wang Cong (China) Silver: Andrii Gnatiuk/Gennadii Zakladnyi (Ukraine) Bronze: Yang Yang/Zhang Chaoyue (China) Women’s Doubles Gold: Huang Mengping/Shi Ce (China) Silver: Lin Huan/Mao Shangbin (China) Bronze: Kyoko Kohama/Yukiko Suzuki (Japan) Tennis Women’s Doubles Gold: Heike Albrecht/Verena Fleckenstein (Germany) Silver: Ho Chiu-hsiang/Ho Chiu-mei (Taiwan) Bronze: Barbara Oddone/Susanna Ricci Bitti (Italy) Men’s Doubles Gold: Mikael Laurent/Vincent Novelli (France) Silver: Stephen Swann/Glen Flindell (Australia) Bronze: Mario Kargl/Daniel Erlbacher (Austria) Mixed Doubles Gold: Philip Sinclair/Catherine Graham (Great Britain) Silver: Gianpaolo Damiani/Barbara Oddone (Italy) Bronze: Tetsuya Matsushita/Yachiyo Abe (Japan)

In the later match, Spain beat Japan 2-0, with first-half goals from Iker Rodriguez and Christian Gutierrez.

In the 13th/15th-place playoff, South Korea defeated Kazakhstan by 3-2 to leave them in 15th and last place.

Tomorrow, Great Britain face Russia in the bronze medal match, starting at 9:30am at Yingfeng Sports Field.
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