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Three medals at the Bakuriani WC! Mikaël Kingsbury won bronze in moguls, and gold in dual moguls. On the women’s side, Maia Schwinghammer won her first career WC medal with a silver in dual moguls!

Dual Moguls WC Bakuriani, Georgia Men Gold- Mikaël Kingsbury Silver- Ikuma Horishima Bronze- Nick Page Really surprising top 8 finish for Paolo Pascarella Women Gold- Jakara Anthony Silver- Maïa Schwinghammer Bronze- Jaelin Kauf Full Results

Mikael “The King” Kingsbury into the men’s dual moguls big final as well

Maïa Schwinghammer with her first career WC podium, and it’ll be at least a silver as she advances to the women’s dual moguls big final

Maïa Schwinghammer through to the women’s dual moguls semifinals at the Bakuriani WC! Best ever WC result for her

Since I don’t feel like doing two separate medal tables, I’ll just remove hockey from it for now and add it at the end. Speed Skating Men’s 500m Gold- Laurent Dubreuil Silver- Tatsuya Shinhama Bronze- Yuma Murakami Women’s 500m Gold- Kim Min-Sun Silver- Femke Kok Bronze- Vanessa Herzog Men’s 1000m Gold- Jordan Stolz Silver- Wataru Morishige Bronze- Thomas Krol Women’s 1000m Gold- Jutta Leerdam Silver- Brittany Bowe Bronze- Miho Takagi Men’s 1500m Gold- Ning Zhongyan Silver- Kjeld Nuis Bronze- Jordan Stolz Women’s 1500m Gold- Miho Takagi Silver- Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong Bronze- Ragne Wiklund Men’s 5000m Gold- Davide Ghiotto Silver- Patrick Roest Bronze- Jorrit Bergsma Women’s 3000m Gold- Irene Schouten Silver- Ragne Wiklund Bronze- Ayano Sato Men’s 10000m Gold- Patrick Roest Silver- Davide Ghiotto Bronze- Ted-Jan Bloemen Women’s 5000m Gold- Irene Schouten Silver- Martina Sablikova Bronze- Ragne Wiklund Women’s Mass Start Gold- Irene Schouten Silver- Ivanie Blondin Bronze- Marijke Groenewoud Women’s Team Pursuit Gold- Canada Silver- Japan Bronze- Netherlands Men’s Mass Start Gold- Andrea Giovannini Silver- Lee Seung-Hoon Bronze- Bart Swings Men’s Team Pursuit Gold- Netherlands Silver- Norway Bronze- Italy Short Track Speed Skating Medal Table After 7 Sports (Hockey/short track speed skating not included) 6-5-4– 15 6-4-4– 14 6-4-4– 14 6-1-4– 11 5-8-4– 17 5-3-3– 11 4-6-7– 17 4-4-6– 14 4-4-2– 10 3-5-5– 13 2-1-0– 3 2-0-1– 3 1-2-2– 5 1-2-2– 4 1-1-4– 6 1-0-0– 1 0-2-1– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-1– 2 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1

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Ski Cross WC Innichen, Italy Men Gold- Terence Tchiknavorian Silver- Tim Hronek Bronze- Florian Wilmsmann Women Gold- Sixtine Cousin Silver- Marielle Berger Sabbatel Bronze- Sandra Naeslund Full Results

Sixtine Cousin with her first career WC podium, and it’s a first ever victory!

No words. Absolute disaster. Today is giving me Beijing 2022 flashbacks.

What a horrible day for the men…

Jared Schmidt out in the 1/8 finals

Moguls WC Bakuriani, Georgia Men Gold- Ikuma Horishima (77.11) Silver- Filip Gravenfors (75.85) Bronze- Mikael Kingsbury (75.21) Mikael looked visibly disappointed after that run, hopefully he can redeem himself tomorrow in dual moguls. Women Gold- Jakara Anthony (79.09) Silver- Rino Yanagimoto (77.10) Bronze- Hannah Soar (71.18) Full Results

Here’s my votes: I’m still thinking, so this will probably get edited soon, just not right now. BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Johannes Høsflot Klaebo (cross-country skiing) #2: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (athletics) #3: Leon Marchand (swimming) #4: Novak Djokovic (tennis) #5: Luka Doncic (basketball) #6: Mondo Duplantis (athletics) Marco Odermatt (alpine skiing), Johannes Tinges Bo (biathlon), Taiga Hasegawa (snowboarding), Eliud Kipchoge (athletics), Noah Lyles (athletics), and Marcus Kleveland (snowboarding) all miss out. BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Sandra Naeslund (freestyle skiing) #2: Faith Kipyegon (athletics) #3: Melissa Vargas (volleyball) #4: Ariarne Titmus (swimming) #5: Mikaela Shiffrin (alpine skiing) #6: Janja Garnbret (sport climbing) Katie Ledecky (swimming), Lotte Kopecky (track/road cycling), and Femke Bol (athletics) all miss out. BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Max Verstappen (formula 1) #2: Ali Farag (squash) #3: Nour El Sherbini (squash) #4: Emily Harrop (ski mountaineering) #5: Rhiannan Iffland (high diving) #6: Apor Gyorgydeak (teqball) Jyothi Vennam (compound archery) and Veronika Windisch (ice cross) miss out. BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Marcel Hug (athletics) #2: Stefano Raimondi (swimming) #3: Jesper Pedersen (alpine skiing) #4: Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (sitting volleyball) #5: Ebba Arsjo (alpine skiing) #6: Markus Rehm (athletics) Karen Palomeque (athletics) and Victoria Feige (surfing) would be my next two picks. BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Connor Bedard (ice hockey) #2: Darja Varfolomeev (rhythmic gymnastics) #3: Quan Hongchan (diving) #4: Dominika Banevič (“breaking”) #5: Rayssa Leal (skateboarding) #6: Kaylia Nemour (artistic gymnastics) Summer McIntosh (swimming) would be on here at #2, but I can only nominate one Canadian. BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: 4x7.5km relay (biathlon) #2: volleyball team #3: show jumping team #4: 3x3 basketball team #5: rugby sevens team #6: Team Edin (curling) BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: field hockey team #2: freestyle relays (swimming) #3: rugby sevens team #4: Team Tirinzoni (curling) #5: volleyball team #6: 3x3 basketball team Spain’s football team, and United States’s ice hockey team would be my next picks. BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (diving) #2: Duda/Ana Patricia (beach volleyball) #3: Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (sailing) #4: Lim Si-Hyeon/Kim Woo-Jin (archery) #5: Sam Schroeder/Niels Vink (wheelchair tennis) #6: Mol/Sørum (beach volleyball) BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Qin Haiyang (swimming) #2: Xandra Velzeboer (short-track speed skating) #3: Emma Finucane (track cycling) #4: Jordan Stolz (speed skating) #5: Ethan Katzberg (athletics) #6: Anna Hall (athletics) If it was including teams, Kloth/Nuss (beach volleyball) would be up there. COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Simone Biles (gymnastics) #2: Ruta Meilutyte (swimming) #3: Katerina Johnson-Thompson (athletics) #4: Cam McEvoy (swimming) #5: Elina Svitolina (tennis) #6: Jamal Murray (basketball) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: win over United States in women’s waterpolo at the World Aquatics Championships #2: Femke Bol rebounding from a late race fall in the mixed 4x400m to win gold in the women’s 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships! #3: Adriana Diaz and Bruna Takahashi’s embrace after the gold medal match in women’s singles table tennis at the Pan American Games #4: Canada booking their ticket to the Olympics in men’s basketball at the FIBA World Cup for the first time since 2000 #5: Novak Djokovic winning three grand slam titles this year, while extending his overall total to 24, winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and US Open. #6: Connor Bedard and Trevor Zegras scoring Michigan goals on the same day (December 23) #7: Miltiadis Tentoglou winning gold in men’s long jump at the World Athletics Championships with his round six attempt. But also, Canada qualifying for Paris in men’s volleyball, which marks their third consecutive appearance. Really impressive considering we’ve never really been near the top of the World Rankings.

@phelps great picks overall but I’m not sure Camryn Rogers is a great pick in the “most improved” category, she won a bronze medal at Worlds last year and had a PB of 77.67m (now 78.62) Instead, I’d switch her with the other Canadian hammer thrower World Champion Ethan Katzberg, who wasn’t even in the medal conversation before this year (much less gold)

Three golds in a row for Jared Schmidt, as he wins round 1 of the Innichen WC! Hannah Schmidt also on the podium with a bronze. Round two tomorrow.

Ski Cross WC Innichen, Italy Men Gold- Jared Schmidt Silver- Nicolas Raffort Bronze- Youri Duplessis Kergomard First career WC podium for Raffort! Women Gold- Sandra Naeslund Silver- Fanny Smith Bronze- Hannah Schmidt Full Results

Sandra Naeslund back to her winning ways!

Ski cross WCs today and tomorrow in Innichen Not only is there a ton of Canadian medal prospects, but it’s also one of my favourite winter events (the others being ice hockey, ice cross, and the various events in freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, snowboarding, and curling)

Doha Worlds roster:

Women’s OQT roster:

Alannah Yip and Sean McColl qualify for the OQS in women’s/men’s combined!

Next version will probably be short track/long track speed skating. Snowboarding Men’s Big Air Gold- Taiga Hasegawa Silver- Su Yiming Bronze- Red Gerard Men’s Slopestyle Gold- Marcus Kleveland Silver- Mark McMorris Bronze- Su Yiming Men’s Halfpipe Gold- Ayumu Hirano Silver- Valentino Guselli Bronze- Chaeun Lee Men’s Snowboard Cross Gold- Martin Norl Silver- Eliot Grondin Bronze- Jakob Dusek Alessandro Hammerle 4th. Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Gold- Andreas Prommegger Silver- Benjamin Karl Bronze- Rolland Fischnaller Women’s Big Air Gold- Anna Gasser Silver- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Bronze- Reira Iwabuchi Women’s Slopestyle Gold- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Silver- Mia Brookes Bronze- Laurie Blouin Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Gold- Ramona Hofmeister Silver- Miki Tsubaki Bronze- Daniela Ulbing Women’s Halfpipe Gold- Chloe Kim Silver- Gaon Choi Bronze- Cai Xuetong Women’s Snowboard Cross Gold- Chloe Trespeuch Silver- Michela Moioli Bronze- Charlotte Bankes Mixed Team Snowboard Cross Gold- Michela Moioli/Omar Visintin Silver- Kalle Koblet/Sina Siegenthaler Bronze- Josie Baff/Adam Lambert Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill Gold- Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Silver- Marco Odermatt Bronze- Vincent Kreichmayr Men’s Super G Gold- Vincent Kreichmayr Silver- Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Bronze- Jack Crawford Marco Odermatt 4th. Men’s Giant Slalom Gold- Marco Odermatt Silver- Zan Kranjec Bronze- Alexis Pinturault Hendrik Kristoffersen 4th. Men’s Slalom Gold- Marco Schwarz Silver- Daniel Yule Bronze- Hendrik Kristoffersen Clement Noel 4th. Men’s Combined Gold- Johannes Strolz Silver- Alexis Pinturault Bronze- Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Women’s Downhill Gold- Sofia Goggia Silver- Jasmine Flury Bronze- Ragnhild Mowinckel Women’s Super G Gold- Lara Gut Behrami Silver- Sofia Goggia Bronze- Federica Brignone Women’s Giant Slalom Gold- Federica Brignone Silver- Mikaela Shiffrin Bronze- Sara Hector Women’s Slalom Gold- Mikaela Shiffrin Silver- Petra Vlhová Bronze- Lena Duerr Women’s Combined Gold- Mikaela Shiffrin Silver- Wendy Holdner Bronze- Petra Vlhová Ski Mountaineering Men’s Sprint Gold- Oriol Cardona Coll Silver- Nicolò Canclini Bronze- Thibault Anselmet Women’s Sprint Gold- Emily Harrop Silver- Marianne Fatton Bronze- Marianna Jagerčíková Mixed Team Relay Gold- Giulia Murada/Nicolò Canclini Silver- Emily Harrop/Thibault Anselmet Bronze- Marianne Fatton/Arno Lietha Ice Hockey Men’s Tournament- NHL Included (Two versions, one with NHL players and one without) Gold- Canada Silver- United States Bronze- Sweden Men’s Tournament- NHL Excluded Gold- Canada Silver- Finland Bronze- Czech Republic Women’s Tournament Gold- United States Silver- Canada Bronze- Finland Medal Table After 6 Sports (NHL Players Included) 6-1-3– 10 5-8-4– 17 5-5-3– 13 5-3-3– 11 4-4-3– 11 4-2-3– 9 3-5-6– 14 3-4-2– 9 2-2-2– 6 2-1-0– 3 2-0-1– 3 1-2-3– 6 1-1-4– 6 1-0-0– 1 0-2-1– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-1– 2 0-1-0– 1 0-0-1– 1 Medal Table After 6 Sports (NHL Players Excluded) 6-1-3– 10 5-8-4– 17 5-4-3– 12 5-3-3– 11 4-4-3– 11 4-2-3– 9 3-5-6– 14 3-4-2– 9 2-2-2– 6 2-1-0– 3 2-0-1– 3 1-2-2– 5 1-1-4– 6 1-0-0– 1 0-2-1– 3 0-2-1– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-0– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1

They only won 2 at Beijing 2022, so wouldn’t be that surprising.