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WTA 1000 Qatar Open | Doha, Qatar Women’s Singles 1. Iga Swiatek 2. Elena Rybakina 3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3. Karolina Pliskova Women’s Doubles 1. Demi Schuurs/Luisa Stefani 2. Caroline Dolehide/Desirae Krawczyk 3. Marie Bouzkova/Marketa Vondrousova 3. Anhelina Kalinina/Xu Yifan Full Results

ATP 500 Rotterdam Open | Rotterdam, Netherlands Men’s Singles 1. Jannik Sinner 2. Alex De Minaur 3. Tallon Griekspoor 3. Grigor Dimitrov Men’s Doubles 1. Nikola Mektic/Wesley Koolhof 2. Botic Van De Zandschulp/Robin Haase 3. Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek 3. Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow Full Results

ATP 250 Argentina Open | Buenos Aires, Argentina Men’s Singles 1. Facundo Diaz Acosta 2. Nicolas Jarry 3. Carlos Alcaraz 3. Federico Coria Men’s Doubles 1. Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori 2. Horacio Zeballos/Marcel Granollers 3. Rafael Matos/Nicolas Barrientos 3. Marcelo Melo/Matwe Middelkoop Full Results

ATP 250 Delray Beach Open | Delray Beach, United States Men’s Singles 1. Taylor Fritz 2. Tommy Paul 3. Marcos Giron 3. Frances Tiafoe Men’s Doubles 1. Julian Cash/Robert Galloway 2. Santiago Gonzalez/Neal Skupski 3. Diego Hidalgo/Cristian Rodriguez 3. Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski Full Results

Halfpipe WC Calgary | Calgary, Canada Women Gold- Eileen Gu (97.00) Silver- Zoe Atkin (92.00) Bronze- Svea Irving (90.25) Men Gold- Alex Ferreira (95.50) Silver- Jon Sallinen (94.50) Bronze- Lee Seung-Hun (94.00) Full Results

And finally, on Day 3/4, Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish won silver and bronze in the men’s 10000m, while Ivanie Blondin and Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu won silver in women’s and men’s mass start. Was hoping for a gold medal in an Olympic event but not a bad showing overall IMO.

Women’s 5000m Gold- Joy Beune (6:47.72) Silver- Irene Schouten (6:48.98) Bronze- Martina Sablikova (6:51.88) Men’s 10000m Gold- Davide Ghiotto (12:38.82) Silver- Ted-Jan Bloemen (12:47.01) Bronze- Graeme Fish (12:48.61) Men’s 1500m Gold- Jordan Stolz (1:41.44) Silver- Kjeld Nuis (1:42.66) Bronze- Pender Kongshaug (1:06.80) Women’s 1500m Gold- Miho Takagi (1:52.29) Silver- Mei Han (1:52.72) Bronze- Joy Beune (1:52.91)

Women’s Mass Start Gold- Irene Schouten (60 SP/8:23.71) Silver- Ivanie Bloudin (42 SP/8:23.81) Bronze- Marijke Groenewoud (20 SP/8:24.01) Men’s Mass Start Gold- Bart Swings (63 SP/8:40.67) Silver- Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (40 SP/8:40.70) Bronze- Livio Wenger (20 SP/8:40.77) Men’s 1000m Gold- Jordan Stolz (1:06.05) Silver- Zhongyan Ning (1:06.53) Bronze- Kjeld Nuis (1:06.80) Women’s 1000m Gold- Miho Takagi (1:12.83) Silver- Mei Han (1:13.27) Bronze- Jutta Leerdam (1:13.28)

IJF Grand Slam Baku | Baku, Azerbaijan Day 3 Women’s 78kg Gold- Guusje Steenhuis Silver- Yuliia Kurchenko Bronze- Anna-Monta Olek Bronze- Yelysaveta Lytvynenko Women’s +78kg Gold- Romane Dicko Silver- Asya Tavano Bronze- Marit Kamps Bronze- Elis Startseva Men’s 90kg Gold- Murad Fatiyev Silver- Krisztian Toth Bronze- Ivaylo Ivanov Bronze- Vugar Talibov Men’s 100kg Gold- Ilia Sulamanidze Silver- Piotr Kuczera Bronze- Niiaz Bilalov Bronze- Michael Korrel Men’s +100kg Gold- Valeriy Endovitskiy Silver- Dzhamal Gamzatkhanov Bronze- Jelle Snippe Bronze- Jur Spijkers Full Results

IJF Grand Slam Baku | Baku, Azerbaijan Apologize in advance for the incoming spam, I was busy earlier in the week so I wasn’t able to update any results. Day 2 Women’s 63kg Gold- Lubjana Piovesana Silver- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Bronze- Joanne Van Lieshout Bronze- Zsofi Ozbas Women’s 70kg Gold- Barbara Matic Silver- Marie Eve Gahie Bronze- Elisavet Teltsidou Bronze- Szabina Gercsak Men’s 73kg Gold- Hidayat Heydarov Silver- Abubakr Sherov Bronze- Ejder Toktay Bronze- Arthur Margelidon Men’s 81kg Gold- Zelim Tckaev Silver- Omar Rajabli Bronze- Askerbii Gerbekov Bronze- Frank De Wit Full Results

Well it seems as if all of my swimming prayers (minus Oleksiak) have been answered. Kylie Masse is competing at the Spanish Spring Open this week, she ripped a 27.23 in the women’s 50m backstroke (#2 in 2023-24 only behind McKeown’s 26.86 WR) and recorded a 58.80 split during the mixed 4x100m medley relay. With Angus/Pickrem producing some excellent breaststroke splits during the relays/individual events at Worlds, along with the emergence of Branton/LePage, and Masse/Ruck’s resurgence after struggles in recent years, our women’s 4x100m medley relay is looking good for Paris.

Sam Kerr (women’s football)

Just thought as* it was only “junior curling”… glad to be proven wrong

Don’t really know if anyone cares, but Team Plett just qualified for the semifinals in women’s curling at the World Junior Curling Championships!

Although I don’t see them losing their matches you’re posting this too early… they haven’t won the quotas yet.

also qualifies for Paris in women’s team after sweeping 3-0.

qualifies for Paris in women’s team after sweeping 3-0.

I agree we haven’t been doing the best in bobsleigh lately, but what do you mean they’re always at the bottom of the rankings? Ribi/Appiah are almost always among the top 15 in monobob/two-women. Disappointing that we can’t seem to field a squad in either two-man or four-man though, I guess that’s what happens when the majority of your WC level athletes retire after Beijing 2022.

With the World Aquatics Championships having recently concluded, and Paris 2024 only five months away, I’ve decided to do predictions for the Canadian Diving/Swimming Olympic Trials, and Canada’s women’s waterpolo team. Can’t be bothered to do artistic swimming considering I don’t follow the sport. I’ll probably do another version after the Canadian Open in April. Italics= Relay Only Swimming Women’s 50m Freestyle - Taylor Ruck Women’s 100m Freestyle - Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak Women’s 200m Freestyle - Penny Oleksiak, MSH Women’s 400m Freestyle - Ella Jansen, Summer McIntosh Women’s 1500m Freestyle - Abby Dunford Women’s 100m Breaststroke - Sophie Angus, Alexanne LePage Women’s 200m Breaststroke - Kelsey Wog, Sydney Pickrem Women’s 100m Butterfly - Maggie MacNeil, Katerine Savard Women’s 200m Butterfly - Summer McIntosh Women’s 100m Backstroke - Ingrid Wilm, Kylie Masse Women’s 200m Backstroke - Kylie Masse Women’s 200m Individual Medley - Sydney Pickrem, Summer McIntosh Women’s 400m Individual Medley - Tessa Cieplucha, Summer McIntosh Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Summer McIntosh, Maggie MacNeil, Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak (right now absolutely not, but I think she can rebound in time, she always seems to bring her best during the Olympic years), Mary-Sophie Harvey, Rebecca Smith Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Summer McIntosh, Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck, Mary-Sophie Harvey, Ella Jansen, Brooklyn Douthwright Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay - Sophie Angus, Taylor Ruck, Maggie MacNeil, Kylie Masse, Alexanne LePage, Ingrid Wilm, Katerine Savard Men’s 50m Freestyle - Josh Liendo Men’s 100m Freestyle - Ruslan Gaziev, Josh Liendo Men’s 100m Backstroke - Blake Tierney, Javier Acevedo Men’s 200m Backstroke - Hugh McNeill Men’s 100m Butterfly - Illya Kharun, Josh Liendo Men’s 200m Butterfly - Illya Kharun Men’s 200m Individual Medley - Finlay Knox Men’s 400m Individual Medley - Lorne Wigginton Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay - James Dergousoff, Javier Acevedo, Josh Liendo, Illya Kharun, Ruslan Gaziev Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Josh Liendo, Finlay Knox, Javier Acevedo, Ruslan Gaziev, Jeremy Bagshaw, Patrick Hussey Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Ruslan Gaziev, Finlay Knox, Javier Acevedo, Jeremy Bagshaw Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay - James Dergousoff, Javier Acevedo, Maggie MacNeil, Penny Oleksiak McMillan, O’Croinin, Branton, Brousseau, Taivassalo, Mastromatteo, Andison, all out. Diving Women’s 3m - Mia Vallee (Pamela Ware) Women’s 10m - Caeli McKay Men’s 10m - Nathan Zsombor-Murray Waterpolo Women’s Team - Jessica Gaudreault, Hayley McKelvey, Verica Bakoc, Serena Browne, Elyse Lemay-Lavoie, Axelle Crevier, Blaire McDowell, Kindred Paul, Marilia Mimides, Emma Wright, Shae LaRoche, Daphne Guevremont

Sarah Mitton takes the win in women’s shot put at the Hvêzdy v Nehvizdech meet (WA Indoor Tour Silver) in Nehvizdy, Czech Republic, recording a new SB of 20.08m!

Time for my weekly Calendar yet again! Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canadian Women’s Curling Championships), ISA Surf Games, Short Track Speed Skating World Championships, Victorian Open (swimming), Madrid Indoor Tour Gold (athletics), all Canucks games (NHL), CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, Bobsleigh/Skeleton World Championships, Potential Adds: Ski Cross World Cup Reiteralm, ATP/WTA Tennis, Epee Fencing FIE World Cup Heidenheim (only team), BWF Super 1000 All England Open

Takaichi over Megumi Horikawa in women’s -63kg?

Irene Schouten (speed skating) https://www.instagram.com/p/C3iIriaqDDJ/?hl=en @Dennis @Jinzha @CCB

You must be reading too much SwimSwam I saw a comment saying that too, but I’m not sure how reliable the source is.

Squad for Indoor Worlds: https://athletics.ca/blog/2024/02/15/meet-team-canada-for-the-2024-world-athletics-indoor-championships/