Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Kenya’s Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia
Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie smashed the half marathon world record by 29 seconds on Sunday, becoming the first person to break 58 minutes at the Valencia Half Marathon.
Kandie, who finished second at the world half marathon championships in Gdynia in October, finished the Spanish annual race in 57 minutes and 32 seconds, breaking the previous record of 58:01 set by compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in September 2019.
“I can’t believe it, I have beaten Kamworor’s world record by half a minute,” Kandie said. “Today is a great day for me and also for Kenya.”
The top four men all ran under the previous world best, with Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda finishing second in 57:37, Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto third in 57:49 and Kenyan Alexander Mutiso taking fourth place in 57:59.
Kandie, 24, led the chasing pack, which included reigning world champion Kiplimo, through the 15-kilometer mark in 41:10.
The pair traded the lead over the next six km before Kandie made the decisive move, to finish more than a minute off his previous personal best of 58:37.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba won the women’s race in 1:05:18, setting the fastest time for a debut over the distance.
https://sports.inquirer.net/410423/kenyas-kandie-smashes-half-marathon-world-record-in-valencia
Woods’ Hall of Fame induction on hold until 2022 due to COVID-19
Tiger Woods’ induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame will have to wait, after organizers said they were postponing the 2021 ceremony until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 15-time major winner will be inducted alongside 11-time LPGA winner Susie Maxwell Berning, former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and the late Marion Hollins, who broke barriers as one of the few female developers of golf courses in the sport’s history.
The honorees, who were announced earlier this year, will be inducted as the Hall of Fame class of 2022, a spokeswoman said.
“Given the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving the ceremony back a year will give us a better opportunity to properly recognize and honor this important class,” World Golf Foundation CEO Greg McLaughlin said in a statement.
“We look forward to shining a light on their achievements and inspiring future golfers around the world through this ceremony and celebration.”
The induction ceremony will take place March 9, 2022, during the Players Championship.
https://sports.inquirer.net/410390/woods-hall-of-fame-induction-on-hold-until-2022-due-to-covid-19
Marvelous oldies
Cone refers to Tenorio, Devance and Dillinger as ‘geezers’—old men who carried fight for Gin Kings in Game 4
Against an enemy that has enviable depth, Barangay Ginebra turned to its championship experience and put together a masterclass on both ends to move on the cusp of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) history.
The Gin Kings are now a win away from winning a truly extraordinary Philippine Cup, and coach Tim Cone has his “old geezers,” particularly LA Tenorio, to thank.
“You can’t count out experience, you can’t count experience in the [title] playoffs,” Cone said on the heels of Ginebra’s 98-88 Game 4 conquest of TNT on Sunday night at Angeles University Foundation powered by Smart 5G where the Gin Kings took a 3-1 lead.
Tenorio put the Gin Kings on his back, finishing with a team-best 22 points, six assists, three steals, while highlighting his massive performance by engaging the Tropang Giga’s Roger Pogoy in a shootout down the stretch.
There was no secret to Tenorio’s sensational performance. Though he did admit there was a bit of a tweak with the way he and his teammates approached the contest: Ginebra simply wanted to bare its teeth.“We had to be aggressive,” he told reporters on the way to his hotel room. “The last game, we were playing to protect the lead. We were not playing to win.
“In this series, it is our experience which is really our advantage,” Tenorio said. “We have players who really played a lot of championship games like Joe [Devance], Jeff [Chan], Jared [Dillinger].”
Devance and Dillinger started for the crowd darlings for the first time here, and that was something Cone thought would nullify TNT’s dependence on Troy Rosario, who in the previous contest came through for the Tropang Giga.
“We had a definitive game plan coming in with those guys,” Cone said. “We were making jokes about it, they said it’s going to be the ‘geezers lineup.’” They average about 35 years old in that lineup.
“It was obvious, [how] we wanted to keep [Troy] from trying to pin us down to the basket like he did in Game 3,” Cone explained.
Devance and Dillinger, who have a combined 16 PBA titles, accounted for eight and seven points, respectively—with most coming in the middle two quarters where the Kings established their character.
Ginebra scooted ahead by as many as 17 points, just the right buffer that it needed to blunt Pogoy’s 34-point performance—and a string of three triples heading into the waning minutes that narrowed the gap to just three and gave the Tropang Giga a legitimate chance to pull it out.
By then, Tenorio had already saved enough energy to unload haymakers himself: back-to-back triples and a jumper to swing the lead back to 10 with under a minute left to play.
“That’s our composure,” Tenorio said of his team’s calmness toward the end. “I have to also [commend] Joe and Jared. They started the game and they played really well.
“They don’t get to play that much but whenever they’re needed, they’re ready,” he added. “That’s the experience [we take pride in]. We have veterans, leaders who are really big for this team.”
“It could be harder to respond. It’s easier to make shots, it’s harder to respond. But that’s what LA did—two huge responses from the three-point line. That kind of took the sails out of TNT,” Cone said of his foremost playmaker, who seems to be peaking just as some have begun sputtering inside an extended stay in the bubble.
Tenorio, who had an appendectomy just two weeks before he entered the PBA’s self-contained zone here in Clark Freeport, averaged 6.6 points and 4.1 assists in the eliminations. Through four games in this championship series, the pint-sized guard cranked those norms up to 14.5 and 6.2 and is a prime candidate for Finals MVP.
TNT, meanwhile, has found itself walking on thinner ice after losing Jayson Castro early in the third period on Sunday. The club’s fleet-footed star aggravated a left knee injury and wasn’t able to return.
And there was Tropang Giga coach Bong Ravena ruing his charges’ effort on the floor: “I don’t know if maybe we were tired or what, but we were like a step behind Ginebra.”
Castro joins two-way guard Ray Parks Jr. (calf strain) at the end of TNT’s bench, both listed as day-to-day by team officials and reducing the Tropang Giga’s main guns to just Pogoy, Rosario and Poy Erram, whose admirable showing throughout these Finals has been eclipsed by the team’s three losses.
But the Tropang Giga aren’t throwing the towel—and they’re not expected to, anyway.
“It’s not yet over,” Ravena said. “Ginebra still needs to win one more game. We just have to show that we want it more than them. That’s our situation right now. We have to play through it, as our backs are against the wall. We just have to put all out on the floor.”
“We’re still hopeful,” Pogoy said. “I know we’re going to fight it out to the end of the series.” INQ
‘Mr. Budgetarian’ as a businessman
Show business is a paradox: it can be lucrative one day, but provide no source of income the next. Enchong Dee knew this from the get-go, and luckily, was equipped to handle the situation, having been raised by parents who taught him how to handle money especially amid a financial crisis.
“Looking back, when I started earning money, my motivation was ‘How will the quality of my life improve?’” Enchong said. “Therefore all of the things I spent on are basically for my security, my comfort, and to improve of the quality of my life. Doon ko siya lahat nilagay, so up to now, I feel that I am reaping the benefits of all the right things I did 10 years ago.”
As Enchong’s showbiz career gained traction, his finances eventually allowed him to venture into other income-generating pursuits. Apart from his showbiz gigs, he is currently involved in agri-business, real estate, as well as the food franchise industry. He complements his active income with financial instruments such as an insurance policy with an investment component, a health protection insurance, as well as mutual funds. For such needs, he relies on Sun Life Philippines. His situation and needs have inspired Sun Life to create the Negosyante Starter Pack for entrepreneurs and freelancers like him who want to fund both their business and personal goals.
The Negosyante Starter Pack is a bundle of Sun MaxiLink 100 life insurance and Sun Life Prosperity Achiever 2028 mutual fund, with rates that start at P4,000 per month. These products can help one be a step closer to a brighter future, just like Enchong.“As I focus on my career and my businesses, it’s important for me to have a trusted partner covering my back,” he shared. “I’m glad I have Sun Life as my
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