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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West Northwest force 5 to 6 SEA: Rough SWELL: Low West Northwest becoming low to moderate Sea Temp.: 18°C 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. PARTLY CLOUDY 21 º C / 14 º C UV INDEX: 7 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Instrument of torture (10) 8. Lacking hue (5) 9. Terminate at a premature stage (5) 10. Investigate (4) 12. Tidily (6) 14. Security (6) 17. Small drink of liquor (4) 21. Scottish stadium (5) 22. Attempts (5) 23. Artist's workbook (10) Down 2. Piles (5) 3. Bring into existence (4) 4. Digging tool (5) 5. Perch (5) 6. Possessing wit (5) 7. Recedes (4) 11. Fem. pronoun (3) 13. Besides (3) 14. Lower legs (5) 15. Physical power (5) 16. Poisonous (5) 18. Rhinoceros (5) 19. Face covering (4) 20. Stump (4) Ng5+ Kf6 Qf8+ Kxg5 Kg3 d4 Qh8 d3 Qh4# Qh8 d4 Kg3 d3 Qh4# ATHLETICS Galea wins Marzamemi sprint to claim top spot in Sicily Triathlon Series MALTA Triathlon Champion Keith Galea won the second race of the Sicily triathlon series to bounce on top of the series Gen- eral Classification. The second race was a sprint distance triath- lon held in the historic place of Marzamemi. The race which was organized by the Italian triathlon federation had the title of Sicily's regional championships thus at- tracted a lot of high profile ath- letes including top professional Italian athletes enrico schiavino and Ennio Salerno who was the favourite to win the race Galea came out of the water few seconds behind the main group. Following a very fast swim-bike transition, the Champion caught the leaders in the first lap of the bike. A group of five was formed who was leading the race. Galea made several attacks in the sec- ond lap and noticed that his ri- vals were struggling. In the third and last lap on the bike, Galea made his winning move. He attacked in the last up- hill section which no one man- ged to hope his restlessness pace on the hill thus opening a good gap. Seeing this Galea continued in his effort till T2. He then when on to tackle the 5km run and managed not only to hold on to his advantage but managed to in- crease his lead to win the race in 59minutrs 28 seconds to win the race and claimed the top sport in the general classification Contacted after the Race Galea said that is very pleased with his performance. He did no expect- ed to win the race but thanks to good race tactics and very pow- erful legs during the race help him to achieve a great result. Galea who is under the Govern- ment's Flexi Training Scheme would like to thank his coach Dermot Galea, his swimming coach Catalin Stan, his sponsors Garmin Malta BBB Cycling Mal- ta, Jaycee Malta, Mochika Out- door Life, Lucida Laundry, dgtri. com, Starbene 24/7, Team Barry Malta International Challenge Marathon, his Club Birkirakara St Joseph, the Malta Triathlon Federation, the Maltese Olym- pic Committee and Sportmalta for the constant support. Special Thanks also goes to Virtu Fer- ries and sportmalta who sup- ported this trip. Triathlete Keith Galea crosses the finish line