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Not saying she’s doping or anything, but the time is so incredible (it’s good even for 17-18 year olds) that I begin to wonder what the Chinese coaches are putting her through during training. I mean, she raced in 10 events at the Chinese Olympic Trials… even Phelps at Beijing 2008 didn’t have a schedule that big… Either way to me it’s hard to see her performing at the highest level beyond her 20s.

Iurisci/Zoeschg and Berger/Hohenauer are the reigning U18 European Champions Massey won silver with Pater last year, and has made a semi-deep run at AVP Virginia with Perez (according to their seeding anyways) and her and Davis should be medal contenders. Julhia/Marcela, Rayner/Zajer, and Juca/Gabriel are some of the other ones to watch out for. To my knowledge, no they do not have an equivalent to the seniors, so for above it was kind of hard to figure out who some of the favourites might be (maybe I’ll do more research later) But if they do, it’s kind of hard to try and follow, even if you want to, because the majority of the events, besides the U19/U21 World Championships of course, don’t show up on the Volleyball World site (and there’s no Junior Volleyball World site, or anything of that sort…)

14 year old Divine Iheme with an U15 best of 10.30 at the BFTTA Open!

I won’t have the time to follow it either, sorry

Dressel will focus on the 50m freestyle for the upcoming Olympic quad. https://swimswam.com/caeleb-dressel-affirms-commitment-to-train-for-los-angeles-2028-olympics-focusing-on-50-free/#comments

Had a massive headache, so decided to delay posting the results until now. Hamburg Elite16 | Hamburg, Germany Women’s Tournament Gold- Tanja Hüberli/Nina Brunner Silver- Svenja Müller/Cinja Tillmann Bronze- Thamela Cordello/Victoria Lopes Men’s Tournament Gold- Anders Mol/Christian Sørum Silver- Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira Bronze- Stefan Boermans/Yorrick de Groot Full Results

U20 World Championships will be live-streamed on the Beach Volleyball World Youtube Channel.

Diamond League Silesia Men’s Hammer Throw 1. Ethan Katzberg (80.02m) 2. Mykhailo Kokhan (79.85m) 3. Wojciech Nowicki (76.05m) Women’s Hammer Throw 1. Brooke Andersen (76.19m) 2. Hanna Skydan (71.82m) 3. Janee Kassanavoid (70.55m) Men’s Shot Put 1. Joe Kovacs (22.14m) 2. Ryan Crouser (22.12m) 3. Leonardo Fabbri (22.03m) Men’s High Jump 1. Gianmarco Tamberi (2.31m) 2. Romaine Beckford (2.29m, PB) 3. Oleh Doroshchuk (2.29m) Men’s 110m Hurdles 1. Grant Holloway (13.04) 2. Rasheed Broadbell (13.05) 3. Daniel Roberts (13.24) Women’s 1000m 1. Nelly Chepchirchir (2:31.24) 2. Jemma Reekie (2:32.56) 3. Mary Moraa (2:33.43) Men’s Pole Vault 1. Armand Duplantis (6.26m, WR!) 2. Sam Kendricks (6.00m) 3. Emmanouil Karalis (6.00m) Men’s 100m 1. Fred Kerley (9.87) 2. Ferdinand Omanyala (9.88) 3. Ackeem Blake (9.89) Men’s 400m Hurdles 1. Karsten Warholm (46.95) 2. Clement Ducos (47.42, PB) 3. Abderrahman Samba (47.69) Women’s 400m Hurdles 1. Femke Bol (52.13) 2. Anna Cockrell (52.88) 3. Rushell Clayton (53.13) Men’s 3000m 1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (7:17.55, WR) 2. Berihu Aregawi (7:21.28, PB & NR) 3. Yomif Kejelcha (7:28.44) Ingebrigtsen not only breaks Komen’s 28 year old WR, but smashes it! What a run from him. Women’s Triple Jump 1. Shanieka Ricketts (14.50m) 2. Leyanis Perez Hernandez (14.42m) 3. Dariya Derkach (14.02m) Women’s 100m Hurdles 1. Ackera Nugent (12.29) 2. Grace Stark (12.37) 3. Danielle Williams (12.38) Women’s 400m 1. Marileidy Paulino (48.66) 2. Salwa Eid Naser (49.23) 3. Natalia Kaczmarek (49.95) Women’s Javelin Throw 1. Adriana Vilagos (65.60m, PB & NR) 2. Jo-an van Dyk (62.81m) 3. Nikola Ogrodnikova (61.84m) Men’s 3000m Steeplechase 1. Soufiane El-Bakkali (8:04.29) 2. Amos Serem (8:04.29) 3. Samuel Firewu (8:04.34, PB) Men’s 800m 1. Marco Arop (1:41.86) 2. Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:43.23) 3. Bryce Hoppel (1:43.32) Men’s 200m 1. Letsile Tebogo (19.83) 2. Alexander Ogando (19.86, PB) 3. Kenny Bednarek (20.00) Women’s 1500m 1. Diribe Welteji (3:57.08) 2. Freweyni Hailu (3:57.88) 3. Georgia Bell (3:58.11) Women’s 100m 1. Tia Clayton (10.83) 2. Marie-Josee Ta Lou (10.83) 3. Tamari Davis (10.84) Full Results

1:41.87 for Arop in the men’s 800m! Another sub 1:42

65.60m opener for Vilagos! NR!

48.66 for Paulino in the women’s 400m!

12.29 for Nugent in the women’s 100m hurdles! WOW.

7:31.96 NR for Mo Ahmed in the men’s 3000m at the Silesia Diamond League! Ethan Katzberg with another win in men’s hammer throw with a best mark of 80.02m.

WORLD RECORDDDDDD INGEBRIGTSEN 7:17.55 in the men’s 3000m!

17-12 1st set and already 4 aces for Brunner The best women’s server in the world at the moment, she was brilliant at the Olympics too.

I have a question… is there any way to stream pre-program action? Because ugh, so many good events that I’ll miss in Silesia.

You’re welcome! Got a bit of a headache while typing, but given that I was almost done I decided to push through it. Same, although it’s partly because there’s more going on sport-wise during the Paralympics than the Olympics (actually, there was nothing going on during the Olympics so it was easy) with the ice hockey Olympic Qualifier, athletics (Diamond League’s), flag football World Championships, and the US Open in tennis (although I probably won’t be watching the majority of it, only the first round and the men’s and women’s singles finals)

This took me around 6 hours to do by the way I’m actually quicker than normal, but since I had to do a shit ton of research but ugh… After I’m finished with this, I’m done with previews until Milano-Cortina 2026 (maybe short ones for some of the Olympic qualifiers but that’s it)

Part 1 (Part 2 includes the other non-para swimming/athletics sports, Part 3 is para swimming-athletics, Part 4 is a rundown of my predictions) Archery Kyle Tremblay - Men’s Compound Open: Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Bronze Medalist, Sao Paolo 2024 Para Pan American Championships Bronze Medalist, 9th at the 2024 Para Archery World Ranking Event Nove Mesto/Para Archery World Ranking Tournament Dubai, WR #9 Badminton Yuka Chokyu - Women’s Singles WH1: Sydney 2000/Athens 2004/Beijing 2008 Paralympian in wheelchair tennis (!), Lima 2019 Para Pan Ams Silver Medalist/Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Bronze Medalist, WR #10 Boccia Lance Cryderman- Men’s Individual BC1: Sydney 2000 Paralympian (!), Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Silver Medalist, WR #11 Danik Allard- Men’s Individual BC2: Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Silver Medalist, WR #12 Iulian Ciobanu- Men’s Individual BC4: Rio 2016/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Bronze Medalist, WR #10 Alison Levine- Women’s Individual BC4: Rio 2016/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Gold Medalist, 4th at the 2022 World Championships, Bronze at the 2024 Povea World Cup, WR #2 Alison Levine/Iulian Ciobanu- Pairs BC4: Santiago 2023 Para Pan Ams Gold Medalists, Bronze Medalists at the 2022 World Championships, Silver at the 2024 Montreal World Cup, Gold at the 2024 Povea World Cup, WR #2 Our two best chances come in BC4, with Levine in the women’s individual event, and Levine/Ciobanu in the mixed pairs event. Cryderman, Allard, and Ciobanu could all potentially podium but it’ll be tough. No medal here would be a downright disaster, hopefully we don’t get a repeat of what happened in Tokyo. Prediction: One gold (mixed pairs BC4), and One bronze (women’s BC4), or two medals. Cycling Road Cycling Nathan Clement - Men’s T1 Time Trial, Men’s T1 Road Race: 2016 Paralympian in swimming, Glasgow 2023 World Championships gold/silver medalist in the time trial/road race, Baie-Comeau 2022 World Championships silver medalist in the time trial/road race, bronze at the 2024 World Cups in Adelaide/Maniago in the road race (and 5th in Otsend) and two silvers (Ostend, Maniago) and a bronze (Adelaide) in the three 2024 World Cup time trials. Charles Moreau - Men’s H3 Time Trial, Men’s H3 Road Race: Rio 2016/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Rio 2016 bronze medalist in the time trial/road race, Glasgow 2023 World Championships 4th in the time trial (only 0.08 off bronze), Bronze at the 2024 Adelaide World Cup in the time trial and 5th in the road race, 12th in the time trial and 6th in the road race at the Otsend World Cup, and 19th in the road race at the 2024 Maniago World Cup Mike Sametz - Men’s C3 Time Trial, Road Race: Rio 2016 Paralympian, Rio 2016 bronze medalist in the time trial, Glasgow 2023 bronze medalist in the time trial, 7th in the time trial at the 2024 Ostend World Cup, 8th in the time trial at the 2024 Maniago World Cup and 12th in the road race Track Cycling Kate O’Brien - Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial, Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit: 2015 World Championships silver medalist in mixed team bobsleigh (had to do a double take when reading this, hella impressive), Rio 2016 Olympian in cycling, Tokyo 2020 Paralympian in cycling, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist in the time trial, Saint-Quentin-en-Ivelines 2022/2023 Glasgow World Championships silver medalist in the time trial but finished only 5th at Rio Di Janeiro 2024. Keely Shaw - Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial, Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit: Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist in the individual pursuit, 2023/2024 Glasgow/Rio di Janeiro World Championships silver/bronze medalist in the individual pursuit Mel Pemble - Women’s C1-3 500m Time Trial: 2018 Paralympian in alpine skiing (!), 2023/2024 Glasgow/Rio di Janeiro World Championships bronze/silver medalist in the time trial Alexandre Hayward - Men’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit, Men’s C1-3 500m Time Trial: Nothing. Honestly I’m not sure why Hayward decided to go with track over road, considering he’s had much more success on the latter? Maybe trying to challenge himself more? Anyways, along with para swimming and athletics, cycling is expected to hand us a fair few medals. On the road, we have debutant (in cycling) Clement as the headliner, with Moreau and Sametz both capable of challenging for minor medals. On the track, another debutant Mel Pemble has quickly risen to become one of Canada’s biggest para stars in a matter of a couple of years. Unfortunately the majority of her events aren’t in the Paralympic program, and she only has the time trial, in which classes are combined so it’ll be even tougher for her to make the podium. Reid, van den Aarssen, and Xiaomei will be her biggest competition. Shaw in the individual pursuit and O’Brien in the time trial are good bets for a medal as well. O’Brien, at best will be limited to silver, Great Britain’s O’Cox has won the last three World Championships titles, and is the 2x defending Paralympic champion. Normoyle, Groot, Xiaohui, Patoullet, Petricola, and O’Brien will likely be the battle for silver and bronze, leaning towards Groot and then O’Brien. In the individual pursuit, it’s Petricola. Then Bosco, Shaw, Morelli, and Lemon for the silver and bronze medals. Prediction: 2 in road cycling (Gold for Clement in men’s T1 time trial and bronze in the road race), and 3 in track cycling (Bronze for Pemble in women’s c1-3 500m time trial, silver for Shaw in women’s C4-3000m individual pursuit, and bronze for O’Brien in women’s C4-5 500m time trial) Equestrian Roberta Sheffield & “Fairuza” - Individual Grade II, Individual Freestyle II: Rio 2016/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, 5th in Individual Grade III at the Herning 2022 World Championships, 6th in Freestyle Grade III at the Herning 2022 World Championships (Sheffield had her classification changed this year), 12th in Individual Grade III at Tokyo 2020, WR #7 Jody Schloss & “El Colorado” - Individual Grade I, Freestyle Grade I: London 2012/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, 11th in Individual Grade I at Tokyo 2020, 12th in Individual Grade I at the Herning 2022 World Championships, WR #19 Austen Burns & “Happy Feet 3” - WR #17 Open Team - 10th at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, 9th at the Herning 2022 World Championships Almost had a stroke while typing out the horses names (kidding… somewhat), equestrian is the stupidest sport ever and doesn’t deserve a spot in the Olympics or Paralympics, it’s way too dependent on the horses Goalball Women’s Team - 4th at the 2022 Matosinhos World Championships, 4th at the 2023 Birmingham World Games, Gold at the 2023 Santiago Para Pan American Games, WR #6 We beat WR #4 Brazil and WR #3 Brazil on route to the Para Pan American title last fall, which shows this squad (all returnees from Tokyo 2020 so the chemistry is there) is capable of big things. I could see them beating all teams besides Turkey (who are IMO a class above the rest), but the other medals are up for grabs. That being said, I’m quite doubtful of their abilities to put it together during the Paralympics, they haven’t made it to to the medal rounds since 2004, and I believe they’ve been medal contenders at all games since then? (someone correct me if I’m wrong) Prediction: No medal, and the typical Canadian 4th. Paracanoeing Brianna Hennessy - Women’s KL1, Women’s VL2: Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Darmouth 2022/Duisburg 2023/Szeged 2024 World Championships silver medalist in women’s VL2, Darmouth 2022/Duisburg World Championships bronze medalist in women’s KL1, 5th at the Szeged 2024 World Championships Mathieu St. Pierre - Men’s VL2: Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, 5th at Tokyo 2020, 7th at the Szeged 2024 World Championships Erica Scarff - Women’s VL3: Duisburg 2023 World Championships silver medalist, Szeged 2024 World Championships 4th Canada has yet to win a medal in para-canoeing ever since its Olympic debut at Rio 2016, but that streak is looking like it will end in Paris. Hennessy (in both events) and Scarff will both be favoured to land on the podium, having won medals at the last World Championships in Duisburg, and in Hennessy’s case the previous year in Darmouth as well. Great Britain’s Wiggs has won the last 6 World Championships (2018-2024) in women’s VL2, and is also the reigning Paralympic champion. Ukraine’s Mazhula was the 5x defending World Championships gold medalist (2018-2023) before Wollermann stopped her streak at the Szeged 2024 World Championships. She is also the reigning Paralympic silver medalist. Wiggs has been the dominant athlete in the women’s VL2 event, and there’s no reason to think she won’t be untouchable at Paris. Hennessy finished a fair bit ahead of all three VL2 bronze medalists, so I think she’ll be able to bring home the silver. In KL1, it should be Mazhula, then Wollermann, Müller, and Hennessy in terms of odds but I could see any combination of them on the podium. In women’s VL3, it should be between Great Britain’s Henshaw and Gordon for gold, and Scarff, Brazil’s Santilli, and Uzbekistan’s Mamadalieva for the bronze. Prediction: One silver (women’s VL2), One bronze (women’s KL1), or two medals. Paratriathlon Stefan Daniel - Men’s PTS5: Rio 2016/Tokyo 2020 Paralympian, Rio 2016 Paralympic Silver Medalist, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Bronze Medalist, Pontevedra 2023 World Championships Silver Medalist, Abu Dhabi 2022 World Championships Gold Medalist, Yokohama 2024 World Series 2nd, Swansea 2024 World Series 3rd, Montreal 2024 World Series 2nd, WR #1 Kamylle Frenette - Women’s PTS5: Pontevedra 2023 World Championships 4th, Abu Dhabi 2022 World Championships Bronze Medalist, Yokohama 2024 World Series 2nd, Swansea 2024 World Series 2nd, Montreal 2024 World Series 1st, WR #2 Leanne Taylor - Women’s PTWC: Pontevedra 2023 World Championships 4th, Abu Dhabi 2022 World Championships 5th, Yokohama 2024 World Series 2nd, Swansea 2024 World Series 1st, Montreal 2024 World Series 2nd, WR #4 On paper all three athletes could medal, but at the very least I’m hoping for an improvement on our single bronze medal from Daniel in Tokyo. Prediction: One silver (men’s PTS5) and One bronze (women’s PTS5), or two medals. Table Tennis Peter Isherwood - Men’s Singles WH2: WR #49

Danke Laura Ludwig! One of the all-time greats of beach volleyball, what a career she’s had. Olympic gold at Rio 2016, World Championships silver at Vienna 2017, various World Tour, Beach Pro Tour, and European Championships medals, and has revolutionized the game with creating plays like “the Ludwig” Even though it’s her last international tournament, and her last with Lippmann, she still has one last tournament before she officially retires, as from September 5-8 she’ll be competing at the Queen & King of the Court with Katja Stam in Utrecht! Edit: That’s wrong, she’s partnered up with Agatha at Queen & King of the Court in Miami!

Joana Mäder and Anouk Vergé-Dépré have announced that they’re parting ways after this summer.

13 year old Reina Liu with a new PB of 2:16.37 in the women’s 200m individual medley!

Canadian Paralympic Medal Preview Paralympics are just 4 days away! As for the Olympics, I’ll be doing previews of all the competing Canadian athletes in each sport, our medal chances and where I think we’ll win medals. Don’t follow too much para sport outside of the Paralympics, besides sitting volleyball (I’ve also watched the Para Swimming/Athletics World Championships, and various wheelchair rugby/basketball events), so I’m not the most knowledgeable in certain sports, but that’s what the internet is for right? Canada is sending a strong contingent of 126 athletes, 70 women and 56 men, in 18 sports. In Tokyo, we sent 128 athletes, 71 women and 57 men, and came home with 21 medals, including 5 golds, 10 silvers, and 6 bronzes. Not to jinx anything, but I think there’s a good chance that we can improve on that number.

Thanks for reminding me