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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 8 AUGUST 2018 23 SPORTS Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Mainly fine VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Variable force 2 to 3 becoming Westerly overnight SEA: Slight SWELL Negligible A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. SUNNY 33 º C /23 º C UV INDEX: 10 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku A B C D E F G H Pursuits Across 1. Abandoned town (5,4) 8. Electromagnetic telecommunication (5) 9. Flat surface (5) 10. Female parent (6) 12. Portable shelter (4) 14. One of the Channel Islands (4) 15. Subject to death (6) 17. Sound (5) 18. Storage centre (5) 20. Soon (9) Down 2. Did possess (3) 3. Oral (6) 4. Outstanding (4) 5. Most feeble (7) 6. Likely to turn out well (9) 7. Provide with fresh air (9) 11. Small dog (7) 13. Made of wood (6) 16. Chief god of ancient Greece (4) 19. Comrade (3) d6+ Kd7 R1c7# THE Uttoxeter 23-year-old recorded a time of exactly 57 seconds in his final at the European Championships in Glasgow on Saturday night. But will now go into the record books as 57.10 after officials re- vealed a "configuration delay" of 0.10 seconds affecting the first nine races of the session. The revised time has no ef- fect on his achievement in the Tollcross pool, given the new mark still eclipses his previous best of 57.13secs set in the Olympic final in Rio in 2016. LEN said in a statement: "During the afternoon com- petition session on Satur- day 4 August 2018, the LEN Technical Swimming Com- mittee became aware of a potential problem in relation to the race timing equipment for the first nine races of that session. "Upon thorough investiga- tion it became apparent that the starting mechanism had been incorrectly configured prior to the start of the ses- sion which resulted in all reported times being 0.10s faster due to a configuration delay of 0.10s. "The LEN TSC working with the timing system op- erators carried out extensive tests to confirm this system configuration error and have, with the benefit of the nec- essary technical analysis, re- vised all recorded times for the first nine races during that session. "The LEN TSC confirms that all times recorded dur- ing the first three competi- tion sessions and after the first nine races of that ses- sion (subsequently) are ac- curate." The second world record set in the session, in which Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov eclipsed Liam Tancock's pre- vious best 50m backstroke time by 0.04secs, is therefore unaffected by the changes. Peaty is due to launch his bid for a second European gold medal in the 50m breast- stroke heats which begun yesterday evening. Chris Spice, British Swim- ming's national perfor- mance director, said in a statement: "We support LEN's vigilance in this matter and appreciate the time they have taken to make sure all times are correct. "We want this event to be remembered for the amazing achievements of the athletes so it is important that the re- sults are correct. "We don't want this to take away from Adam's amaz- ing performance which we all experienced in a fantastic arena." Adam Peaty world record time adjusted after timing error say ESF Adam Peaty's new 100-metres breaststroke world record has been adjusted due to a problem with the timing mechanism, the European Swimming Federation (LEN) has announced SWIMMING