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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2018 Sport 23 WEIGHTLIFTING Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Rather cloudy with isolated showers in the morning VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Variable force 2 to 3 becoming East Northeast force 4 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. PARTLY CLOUDY 19 º C /13 º C UV INDEX: 6 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Nonsense (9) 8. Inquired (5) 9. Surplus (5) 10. Rural (6) 12. Not tamed (4) 14. Separate article (4) 15. Account book (6) 17. Humped ruminant (5) 18. Misplaces (5) 20. Astronaut (9) Down 2. Annoy (3) 3. Villain (6) 4. Skin eruption (4) 5. Gazing (7) 6. Wig (9) 7. Most tender (9) 11. Cooking vessel (7) 13. Person employed in a bank (US) (6) 16. Mountains (4) 19. Transgression (3) Bc7+ Rd6 (or d6) Neg6# Maltese athletes compete in San Marino open THE San Marino Weightlifting Cup 2018 has come to an end this weekend with an ex- cellent performance by the Maltese Weight- lifting National team. The competition held in the Republic of San Marino brought to- gether athletes from around Central Italy including Rome, Lazio and Parma and other neighbouring countries such as Switzerland, Monaco and Croatia together with the host- ing country San Marino. The Maltese team was made up of Anton Micallef, Shaun Ciantar and Ryan Paul De- giorgio. For the latter two, this was their first ever international participation in an inter- national weightlifting event. The team was headed by coach Kurt Camilleri. Ciantar and Degiorgio (-77kgs) battled in the Men Group B category and both man- aged to secure a personal best on their re- spective clean and jerk lifts with 122kgs and 104kgs respectively. This result placed the Maltese athletes in 1st and 3rd position in the under 77kgs category with a total of 212kgs and 185kgs respectively. On the other hand, Micallef (-94kgs) was competing in the Men Group A category. With his confidence and experience, the Maltese athlete managed to secure a per- sonal best in both the Snatch (107kgs) and Clean & Jerk (131kgs). With a total of 238kgs he positioned himself in 3rd place of the un- der 94kgs.