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Andresscu defeats Raducanu 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the Miami Open R128! Andresscu finished the match with 32 winners, compared to Emma’s 20. Next up [7] Sakkari

Women’s Olympic Rankings Continued… (As of March 21, 2023) 76. Muno/Gaffney (140 PTS) 77. Clough/Pola (100 PTS) 78. Beitler/McGuire (100 PTS)

Women’s Olympic Rankings (As of March 21, 2023) B Bold= Qualified for Paris 2024 via World Ranking, R Bold= Quota limit already reached, G Bold= Host Country Quota. 1. Nuss/Kloth (1560 PTS) 2. Hughes/Cheng (1360 PTS) 3. Stam/Schoon (1200 PTS) 4. Hermanova/Stochlova (1200 PTS) 5. Brunner/Hüberli (1100 PTS) 6. Simo/Rodriguez (1100 PTS) 7. Talita/Thamela (1060 PTS) 8. Klinger/Klinger (1020 PTS) 9. Clancy/Mariafe (1000 PTS) 10. Borger/Ittlinger (920 PTS) 11. Samoilova/Graudina (900 PTS) 12. Kraft/Stockman (860 PTS) 13. Carro/Lobato (800 PTS) 14. Duda/Ana Patricia (760 PTS) 15. Brandie/Melissa (760 PTS) 16. Tainá/Victoria (720 PTS) 17. Ishii/Mizoe (700 PTS) 18. Böbner/Vergé-Dépré (620 PTS) 19. Barbora/Carol (600 PTS) 20. Pavan/Bukovec (600 PTS) 21. Cannon/Sponcil (600 PTS) 22. Placette/Richard (600 PTS) 23. Akiko/Yurika (560 PTS) 24. Lunina/Lazarenko (480 PTS) 25. Müller/Tillmann (460 PTS) 26. Andressa/Vitoria (460 PTS) 27. Zeng/Lin (460 PTS) 28. Menegatti/Gottardi (460 PTS) 29. Paulikiene/Raupelyte (460 PTS) 30. Flores/Guttierez (460 PTS) 31. Harward/Kolinske (460 PTS) 32. Taiana Lima/Hegeile (400 PTS) 33. Polley/Zeimann (400 PTS) 34. Wang/Zhu (360 PTS) 35. Lahti/Ahtiainen (360 PTS) 36. MacDonald/Tilley (360 PTS) 37. Álvarez/Moreno (340 PTS) 38. Makhno/Makhno (340 PTS) 39. Marcelle/Monkhouse (320 PTS) 40. Havelkova/Slukova (300 PTS) 41. Sude/Schneider (300 PTS) 42. Liliana/Soria (300 PTS) 43. Suzuka/Reika (300 PTS) 44. Erika/Michelle (300 PTS) 45. Dunn/Furlan (280 PTS) 46. Mears/Phillips (240 PTS) 47. Rebuffel/Benhamou (240 PTS) 48. Motomura/Riko (240 PTS) 49. Vesty/Stevenson (240 PTS) 50. Kathi/Lena (220 PTS) 51. McKay/Wuttunee (220 PTS) 52. Megan/Nicole (220 PTS) 53. Wang/Dong (220 PTS) 54. Kociolek/Lodej (220 PTS) 55. Quiggle/Schmerhorn (220 PTS) 56. Fleming/Johnson (180 PTS) 57. Kendall/Bettenay (180 PTS) 58. Miharu/Sakai (180 PTS) 59. Månesköld/Bergholm (180 PTS) 60. McBain/Bélanger (140 PTS) 61. Rivas Zapata/Chris (140 PTS) 62. Dvronikova/Pospisilova (140 PTS) 63. Hollas/Soomets (140 PTS) 64. Sinsalo/Parkkinen (140 PTS) 65. Chamereau/Vieira (140 PTS) 66. Murakami/Sakurako (140 PTS) 67. Shiba/Maruyama (140 PTS) 68. Yamada/Take (140 PTS) 69. Rivera/Torres (140 PTS) 70. Vidaurrazaga/Albarran (140 PTS) 71. Green/Hanabadi (140 PTS) 72. Harrison/Isherwood (140 PTS) 73. Imhasly/Ruru (140 PTS) 74. Sadlier/Clarke (140 PTS)

Men’s Olympic Rankings Continued… (As of March 21, 2023) 76. Shindo/Oda (140 PTS) 77. Zhouxin/Xue (140 PTS) 78. Kolinske/Smith (140 PTS) 79. Potts/Clarkin (100 PTS) 80. Field/Gale (100 PTS) 81. Tiso/Anyang (100 PTS) 82. Kraji/Stewart (100 PTS) 83. Gilliespie/Preston (60 PTS) 84. Taira/Watanabe (60 PTS) 85. Dalton/Watson (60 PTS) 86. Sadlier/Smith (60 PTS) 87. Tiplady/Black (60 PTS)

Men’s Olympic Rankings (As of March 21, 2023) B Bold= Qualified for Paris 2024 via World Ranking, R Bold= NOC quota limit already reached, G Bold= Host Country Quota. 1. Åhman/Hellvig (1560 PTS) 2. Herrera/Gavira (1560 PTS) 3. Mol/Sørum (1200 PTS) 4. Carambula/Ranghieri (1000 PTS) 5. Burnett/McHugh (920 PTS) 6. Bryl/Łosiak (900 PTS) 7. Brouwer/Meeuwsen (760 PTS) 8. Grimalt/Grimalt (760 PTS) 9. Ehlers/Wickler (760 PTS) 10. Boermans/de Groot (760 PTS) 11. Seidl/Pristauz (720 PTS) 12. Evandro/Arthur (680 PTS) 13. Samoilovs/Smedins (620 PTS) 14. Renato/Vitor Felipe (600 PTS) 15. Cherif/Ahmed (600 PTS) 16. Andre/George (600 PTS) 17. Nicolai/Cottafava (600 PTS) 18. Hodges/Schubert (600 PTS) 19. Brunner/Crabb (600 PTS) 20. Schacter/Dearing (600 PTS) 21. Bassereau/Lyneel (600 PTS) 22. Cory/Webber (560 PTS) 23. Mermer/Urlu (540 PTS) 24. MacNeil/Russell (480 PTS) 25. Ermacora/Waller (460 PTS) 26. Diaz/Alayo (460 PTS) 27. Nõlvak/Tiisaar (460 PTS) 28. Krou/Gauthier Rat (460 PTS) 29. Saymon/Vinicius (460 PTS) 30. Mol/Berntsen (460 PTS) 31. Kantor/Rudol (460 PTS) 32. Dumek/Sedlak (460 PTS) 33. Abdallah/Essam (460 PTS) 34. Likejiang/Jiaxin (400 PTS) 35. Hörl/Horst (360 PTS) 36. Luini/Penninga (360 PTS) 37. O’Dea/O’Dea (360 PTS) 38. Lorenz/Reinhardt (340 PTS) 39. Hajós/Stréli (340 PTS) 40. Plavins/Samoilovs (340 PTS) 41. Hood/Mazim (340 PTS) 42. Brewster/Friend (340 PTS) 43. McKienzie/Vaught (320 PTS) 44. Bourne/Schalk (300 PTS) 45. Arthur/Adrielson (300 PTS) 46. Lupo/Rossi (300 PTS) 47. Pedrosa/Campos (300 PTS) 48. Virgen/Sarabia (300 PTS) 49. Gabriel/Felipe Alves (300 PTS) 50. Hartles/Heijs (280 PTS) 51. Reid/McManaway (240 PTS) 52. Kurokawa/Fukushima (240 PTS) 53. Takken/Bushby (240 PTS) 54. Fuller/Nicklin (240 PTS) 55. Capogrosso/Capogrosso (220 PTS) 56. Aravena/Droguett (220 PTS) 57. Kulzer/Poniewaz (220 PTS) 58. Sowa/Pfretzschner (220 PTS) 59. Dal Corzo/Viscovich (220 PTS) 60. Krattiger/Breer (220 PTS) 61. Hood/Josefsen (180 PTS) 62. Schwarmann/Kaufer (180 PTS) 63. Forsyth/Vukets (180 PTS) 64. McKelvie/Stewart (180 PTS) 65. Carracher/Nicolaidis (140 PTS) 66. Cruz/Aguirre (140 PTS) 67. Galindo/Barajas (140 PTS) 68. Tocs/Fokerots (140 PTS) 69. Houmann/Mølgaard (140 PTS) 70. Heidrich/Dillier (140 PTS) 71. Pedro/Henrique (140 PTS) 72. Johann/Lucas Aguinelo (140 PTS) 73. Pascariuc/Leitner (140 PTS) 74. Furuta/Dylan (140 PTS) 75. Abella/Blake (140 PTS)

Back in August 2022 I made predictions on which events Team Canada would qualify in (Totally unrealistic ), but since Olympic Qualification has really been ramping up recently I’ve decided to do an in-depth updated version. If any of you disagree with any of this, then please reply with changes you would make. Canada (T: 339-372 athletes) Archery (2) - Crispin Duenas hasn’t competed since the Tokyo Olympics. If he’s gonna make a run for Paris (Crazily enough his 5th straight Olympics if he can qualify) then I have him securing a quota, otherwise it’ll probably go to Eric Peters. Stephanie Barrett is a safe bet for a quota on the women’s side. Athletics (64) - Men’s Events (25) 100m - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake 200m - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake 800m - Marco Arop, Brandon McBride 1500m - William Paulson, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Cameron Proceviat 5000m - Justyn Knight, Mo Ahmed, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 10000m - Mo Ahmed Marathon - Cam Levins, Rory Linkletter, Ben Priesner/Trevor Hofbauer 400m Hurdles - Malik Metivier 3000m Steeplechase - John Gay, Matthew Hughes, Ryan Smeeton High Jump - Django Lovett Hammer Throw - Adam Keenan, Ethan Katzburg, Rowan Hamilton 4x100m Relay - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake Decathlon - Pierce LePage, Damian Warner 20km Race Walk - Evan Dunfee Women’s Events (39) 100m - Khamica Bingham, Crystal Emmanuel 200m - Natassha McDonald, Lauren Gale 400m - Natassha McDonald, Kyra Constantine 800m - Lindsay Butterworth, Madeline Kelly, Savannah Sutherland/Jazz Shukla/Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 1500m - Gabriella De-Bues Stafford, Lucia Stafford 5000m - Julie-Ann Staehli, Kate Van Buskirk, Andrea Seccafien 10000m - Andrea Seccafien, Leslie Sexton 100m Hurdles - Michelle Harrison, Mariam Abdul-Rashid 400m Hurdles- Noelle Montcalm, Sage Watson 3000m Steeplechase- Regan Yee, Ceili McCabe, Genevieve Lalonde Marathon- Malindi Elmore, Natascha Wodak, Dayna Pidhoresky Pole Vault- Alysha Newman, Anicka Newell Long Jump- Christabel Nettey Triple Jump- Mikeisha Welcome Shot Put- Sarah Mitton, Brittany Crew Discus Throw- Trinity Tutti Hammer Throw- Camryn Rogers, Jillian Weir Javelin Throw- Elizabeth Gleadle Heptathlon- Georgia Ellenwood/Nicole Ostertag 4x400m Relay- Kyra Constantine, Sage Watson, Natassha McDonald, Aiyanna Stiverne (A few of Madeline Price, Micha Powell, Alicia Brown for heats) Artistic Swimming (8) - Unlike last Olympics I don’t have us securing qualification at the 2023 Pan-Am Games as United States have surpassed us in terms of recent success. Still I think we can qualify at the 2024 World Championships. Badminton (8) - Michelle Li in women’s singles. Brian Yang in men’s singles. Rachel Honderich/Kristen Tsai in women’s doubles. Adam Dong/Nyl Yakura in men’s doubles. Ty Lindeman/Josephine Wu in mixed doubles Given the tough selection criteria, top 16 (singles), top 8 (doubles) the only semi-realistic chance at qualifying a second berth would be Wendy Zhang. Don’t see it happening. Basketball (28) - With Argentina not qualifying for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, its highly likely that we’ll get the second Americas spot (Behind United States) for Paris 2024. Women’s 3x3 team was dominant last year, and is a safe bet to qualify. Our women’s team will probably qualify too. Beach Volleyball (4-6) - Brandie/Melissa and Pavan/Bukovec in the women’s tournament. Maybe Schacter/Dearing through the NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament?? It’s all dependant on whether United States qualifies their two pairs through the world rankings. Boxing (5) - Tammara Thibeault- Women’s 75kg Charlie Cavanaugh- Women’s 66kg Priyanka Dhillon- Women’s 50kg Scarlett Delgado- Women’s 54kg Caroline Veyre- Women’s 57kg I’m predicting no male athletes will qualify this time with Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh (Men’s 57kg) and Wyatt Sanford (Men’s 63.5kg) just missing out. Breaking (1-2) - Phil Wizard is of the worlds best b-boys he should qualify. Tiffany Leung also has a chance, but her only chance will be through the Olympic Qualifier Series. Canoe: Sprint/Slalom (16) - Don’t know the boats situation, but I’ll try my best. Women’s Canoe Sprint Events (13) Katie Vincent - C-1 200m / C-2 500m Sophia Jensen - C-1 200m / C-2 500m Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka - K-2 500m / K-4 500m Adreanne Langlois - Women’s K-2 500m / K-4 500m Michelle Russell - Women’s K-1 500m Riley Melanson - Women’s K-4 500m Natalie Davidson - Women’s K-4 500m Nicholas Mateev - Men’s K-4 500m, Men’s K-2 500m Simon McTavish - Men’s K-4 500m, Men’s K-2 500m Pierre-Luc Poulin - Men’s K-4 500m Laurent Lavigne - Men’s K-4 500m Connor Fitzpatrick - Men’s C-1 1000m Roland Varga - Men’s C-1 1000m Canoe Slalom (3) Alex Baldoni - Men’s C-1, Men’s KX-1 Lois Betteridge- Women’s C-1 Florence Mateu - Women’s K-1 Cycling (19) - Track Cycling (15) Kelsey Mitchell- Women’s Sprint, Women’s Keirin, Women’s Team Sprint Lauriane Genest- Women’s Sprint, Women’s Keirin, Women’s Team Sprint Sarah Orban- Women’s Team Sprint Allison Beveridge- Women’s Omnium Maggie Coles-Lyster- Women’s Omnium, Women’s Madison Sarah Van Dam- Women’s Madison Women’s Team Pursuit Dylan Bibic- Men’s Omnium, Men’s Madison Nick Wammes- Men’s Sprint, Men’s Keirin, Men’s Team Sprint Ryan Dodyk- Men’s Sprint, Men’s Team Sprint James Hedgcock- Men’s Keirin, Men’s Team Sprint Mathias Guillemette- Men’s Madison Road Cycling (4) Leah Kirchmann - Women’s Time Trial Alison Jackson - Women’s Road Race/ Women’s Time Trial Michael Woods- Men’s Road Race Hugo Houle- Men’s Road Race/Men’s Time Trial Mountain Biking (2) Carter Woods- Men’s Cross-Country Emily Batty- Women’s Cross-Country BMX Racing (3) James Palmer- Men’s Race Molly Simpson- Women’s Race Drew Mechielsen/Teigen Pascual- Women’s Race BMX Freestyle (1) Maxime Chalifour- Men’s Park Diving (7-8) - Bryden Hattie/Cedric Fofana/Vincent Riendeau- Men’s 3m Springboard Nathan Zsombor-Murray- Men’s 10m Platform, Men’s 10m Syncronized Platform Rylan Wiens- Men’s 10m Platform, Men’s 10m Syncronized Platform Mia Valee- Women’s 3m Springboard, Women’s 10m Syncronized Springboard Margo Erlam- Women’s 3m Springboard (Women’s Syncronized 3m Springboard if Melissa isn’t aiming to make a run for Paris 2024) Melissa Citrini- Women’s Syncronized 3m Springboard (If she’s aiming to make a run for Paris 2024) Caeli McKay- Women’s 10m Platform, Women’s 10m Syncronized Platform Celina Toth- Women’s 10m Platform, Women’s 10m Syncronized Platform Notably, Pamela Ware misses out on qualification. Equestrian (9) - Should qualify a full team (Jumping, Eventing, Dressage) anything less will be a disappointment. Fencing (10) - Eleanor Harvey - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Jessica Guo - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Kelliegh Ryan - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Sabrina Fang - Women’s Team Foil Alexandre Verett/Leonora MacKinnon - Women’s Epee Gabriella Page - Women’s Sabre Maximilien Van Haaster - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Blake Brozus - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Eli Schenkel - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Fares Arfa - Men’s Sabre Football (18) - All we have to do is beat Jamaica in a two legged playoff series and our women’s team is off to Paris. Should be doable. Men’s team has no chance, due to them blowing their only chance at the CONCACAF U20 Championships. Golf (4) - Brooke Henderson - Women’s Stroke Play Alena Sharp - Women’s Stroke Play Adam Svensson - Men’s Stroke Play Correy Conners - Men’s Stroke Play Artistic Gymnastics (14) - Women’s Team already secured qualification by virtue of their 3rd place finish at the 2022 Worlds. Men’s Team (Although not qualified yet) had a brilliant result last year, and could possibly qualify Artistic Gymnastics (11) Women’s Team- Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Emma Spence, Sydney Turner Ellie Black - Women’s Balance Beam, Women’s All-Around Brooklyn Moors - Women’s All Around, Women’s Floor Shallon Olsen - Women’s Vault Laurie Denoumee - Women’s Vault Denelle Pendrick misses out on qualification. Men’s Team - Felix Dolci, William Emard, Rene Cournoyer, Chris Kaji, Jason Rampersad. Idk I don’t follow Gymnastics very much Trampoline Gymnastics (3) Jermey Chartier - Men’s Event Sophiane Methot - Women’s Event Samantha Smith - Women’s Event Judo (7) - Kelly Deguchi - Women’s -52kg Jessica Klimkait - Women’s -57kg, Team Event Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard - Women’s -63kg, Team Event Coralie Godbout - Team Event Arthur Margelidon - Men’s -73kg, Team Event Francois Gauthier-Drapeau - Men’s -81kg, Team Event Kyle Reyes - Men’s -100kg, Team Event Notably, Christa Deguchi and Shady El Nahas miss out. Rowing (25-30) - Don’t know anything about the boating situation for Team Canada, so I’ll just use numbers from Tokyo/Rio and the recent WCHs to do my predictions. We should qualify a fair few amount of athletes here. Rugby 7s (13-26) - Considering United States is pretty much almost qualified through the World Series, nothing is stopping our women’s team from securing a quota at the RAN 7s Qualification Tournament, especially since we’re hosting it. United States has to qualify for Paris 2024 through the World Series for us to have a chance, if they can do it then we’ll probably secure a quota, otherwise probably not. Sailing (6) - Sarah Douglas - Women’s Dinghy Georgia Lewin-Lafrance - Women’s Skiff Fillah Karim - Men’s Dinghy Arie Mofatt - Men’s Skiff Nataliya Leshko - Women’s Kite Tom Ramshaw - Men’s Dinghy Shooting (1-2) - We usually qualify a couple of athletes here, just don’t know who. Skateboarding (5) - Ryan Decenzo, Matt Berger and Micky Papa - Men’s Street Andy Anderson - Men’s Park Fay Ebert - Women’s Park Sport Climbing (2) - Alannah Yip - Women’s Combined Sean McColl - Men’s Combined Ethan Pitcher just misses out on Olympic Qualification. Surfing (2) - Casually optimistic that we can qualify two of the following female athletes (Erin Brooks, Mathea Olin, Sanoa Olin) Swimming (28) - Men (6) Hau-Li Fan - 10km Open Water Finlay Knox - 200m IM Josh Liendo - 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly Ilya Kharun - 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly Javier Acevado - 100m Backstroke Gabe Mastromatteo - 100m Breastroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay Women (14) Kylie Masse - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Maggie MacNeil - 100m Butterfly Penny Oleksiak - 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle Summer McIntosh - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Butterfly Mary Sophie-Harvey - 200m IM Katerine Savard - 100m Butterfly Kelsey Wog - 100m Breastroke, 200m Breastroke Taylor Ruck - 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke Ingrid Wilm - 100m Backstroke Tessa Cieplucha - 400m IM Ella Jansen - 400m Freestyle Katrina Bellio - 1500m Freestyle Sydney Pickrem - 200m Breastroke Sophie Angus - 100m Breastroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x200m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay Additional Relay Athletes: Rebecca Smith, Rachel Nicol, Yuri Kisil, Ruslan Gasiev, Markus Thornmeyer, Jermey Bagshaw, Stephen Calkins, James Dergousoff. Notably, IM specialist Bailey Andison misses out on Olympic qualification. Table Tennis (2) - Eugene Wang - Men’s Singles Mo Zhang - Women’s Singles Taekwondo (6) Skylar Park - Women’s -57kg Ashley Kraayeveld - Women’s -67kg Nicholas Hoefling - Men’s -58kg Marc Andre Bergeron - Men’s +80kg Jordan Stewart - Men’s -80kg Yvette Hui Hai Yong - Women’s -49kg Tennis (8) - Felix Auger-Aliassime - Men’s Singles, Mixed Doubles Denis Shapovalov - Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles Leylah Fernandez - Women’s Singles Bianca Andresscu - Women’s Singles Rebecca Marino - Women’s Singles Vasek Pospisil - Men’s Doubles Sharon Fichman - Women’s Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski - Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Triathlon (4) Amelie Kretz - Women’s Event, Team Event Emy Legault - Women’s Event, Team Event Tyler Mislawchuk - Men’s Event, Team Event Charles Paquet - Men’s Event, Team Event Waterpolo (12) - Women’s Team assuming United States qualifies through the World Championships. Weightlifting (2) - Maude Charron - Women’s 59kg Boady Santavy - Men’s 102kg Wrestling (7) - Ericka Weibe - Women’s 76kg Linda Morais - Women’s 68kg Ana Godinez - Women’s 62kg Madison Parks - Women’s 50kg Karla Godinez - Women’s 57kg Amar Dhesi - Men’s 125kg Lachlan McNeil - Men’s 65kg Justina Di Stasio, Olivia Di Bacco and Diana Wiecker all miss out due to stacked weightclasses. Rythmic Gymnastics, Modern Pentathlon, Handball are highly unlikely for Canada to qualify in. Field Hockey teams have been on a decline lately, but qualification is possible. Maybe we’ll qualify, maybe we won’t. Despite the brilliant performance of our women’s volleyball team at the 2022 Worlds, I have them JUST missing out. I think our men’s volleyball team is on a decline, and won’t back up their Tokyo 2020 qualification. If anyone can help think of shooting/rowing athletes/boats qualified. I have no clue lol. Maybe I made these predictions too optimistic

Mel/Brandie win AVP Miami defeating Scoles/Flint 2-0 (21-17, 24-22)

Psych sheets are now out for the 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials https://www.swimming.ca/content/uploads/2022/07/20230322-CANTRIALS-psychsheet-01.pdf Canadian Swim Trials Preview (There’ll be a separate preview for the para-swimmers coming out soon) Notes: - Although they may not be contenders this year, keep an eye out for Laon Kim, Halle West, Regan Rathwell, Maxine Clark, and Lorne Wigginton. They are all promising swimmers with bright futures ahead. - Penny Olesiak is still recovering from her surgery (Read More Here), and therefore will skip the Canadian Trials this year. Still wonder if she’ll be eligible for the relays at the 2023 World Championships, with direct qualification to the Olympics being awarded to the top three nations in each of the three relays (4x200 free, 4x100 free, 4x100 medley) it will be a BIG hit to our chances should she not compete. - Summer McIntosh will be competing in the 200m/400m Freestyle, 200/400 Individual Medley, 200m Butterfly. These are her five best events, so no real surprises here. She’ll be the favourite in all five of her individual events, and it’s almost a guarantee that she’ll meet the FINA A standard for World Championships in every single one of them. - Kylie Masse will be competing in the 50/100/200m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly. She almost never competes in butterfly, so I’m a bit surprised to see it on her programme. - Maggie MacNeil will be competing in the 100 Butterfly, 50/100m Freestyle. - Josh Liendo will be competing in the 50/100m Freestyle and 50/100m Butterfly. Previewing each event at the Trials; * Expected to contend means that they could potentially make the team for Worlds, NOT that they’ll have a chance against the favorites. Just needed to clarify. Women’s Events Women’s 50m Freestyle: Although coming into this meet seeded fourth, I’d have to say Maggie MacNeil would be the favourite (25.78 - FINA B). Rebecca Smith (25.70 - FINA B), Katerine Savard (26.07 - FINA B), and Hannah Cornish (25.58 - FINA B) are expected to be the other main contenders. Backstroke specialist Ingrid Wilm will also be competing, and is one of the lower seeds to watch out for (26.23). Women’s 100m Freestyle: Taylor Ruck comes into this meet as the top seed (53.99 - FINA A) but Maggie MacNeil (54.38 - FINA B) will provide a tough challenge. Rebecca Smith (55.21 - FINA B), Katerine Savard (55.22 - FINA B) and Mary Sophie-Harvey (55.39 - FINA B) are also expected to contend. Women’s 200m Freestyle: Summer McIntosh again will be the number one seed (Unsurprisingly) with a time of 1:54.13 (Under the FINA A standard). Taylor Ruck (1:57.60 - FINA A), Mary Sophie-Harvey (1:57.94 - FINA A), Katerine Savard (1:58.28 - FINA A), Ella Jansen (1:58.30 - FINA A) and Rebecca Smith (1:58.48 - FINA A) are all expected to contend for that second quota. Women’s 400m Freestyle: Summer McIntosh will be the overwhelming favourite here (3:59.79 - FINA A) but youngster Ella Jansen (4:07.18 - FINA A) will also be looking to qualify. Katrina Bellio has an entry time under the FINA B Standard (4:11.06) and is expected to contend as well. Women’s 800m Freestyle: Abby Dunford comes into this meet as the number one seed (8:38.06 - FINA B). Mabel Zavaros (8:42.16 - FINA B), and Emma Finlin (8:42.54 - FINA B) are other athletes expected to contend. Women’s 1500m Freeststyle: Abby Dunford comes into this meet as the number one seed (16:20.26 - FINA A) with an entry time comfortably faster than second seed Emma Finlin (16:31.49 - FINA B). Women’s 200m Individual Medley: Summer McIntosh comes into this meet as the top seed (2:08.08 - FINA A). Mary Sophie-Harvey (2:10.22 - FINA A), Sydney Pickrem (2:10.58 - FINA A), and Tessa Cieplucha (2:12.03 - FINA A) are expected to be contending for that second quota. Women’s 400m Individual Medley: Summer McIntosh comes into this meet as the top seed (4:28.61 - FINA A). Tessa Cieplucha (4:39.49 - FINA A), Ella Jansen (4:40.17 - FINA A), Mabel Zavaros (4:41.52 - FINA A), and Sydney Pickrem (4:43.31 - FINA B) are expected to be contending for that second quota. Women‘s 50m Butterfly: Katerine Savard comes into this meet as the top seed (26.14). But with Kamryn Cannings (26.92 - FINA A), Kylie Masse (26.96 - FINA A) and Ingrid Wilm (27.26 - FINA A) all competing, it’ll be a dogfight for the two available quotas. Women’s 100m Butterfly: World & Olympic Champion Maggie MacNeil comes into this meet with the top seed (56.36 - FINA A). Katerine Savard (57.86 - FINA A) and Rebecca Smith (58.15 - FINA A) are expected to be her biggest contenders. Women’s 200m Butterfly: Summer McIntosh is the heavy favourite for the title (2:05.05 - FINA A). Mabel Zavaros (2:11.68 - FINA B) is the second seed. Women’s 50m Backstroke: Kylie Masse (27.18 - FINA A) is the heavy favourite. Ingrid Wilm is the second seed, with the only other sub-28 entry time in the field (27.66 - FINA A) Women’s 100m Backstroke: Would be suprised if anyone other than Kylie Masse (58.39 - FINA A) managed to win. Of course, you can never count out Ingrid Wilm (59.47 - FINA A) and Taylor Ruck (59.67 - FINA A) Women’s 200m Backstroke: Kylie Masse yet again is the favourite (2:07.66 - FINA A), and should secure a quota. Ingrid Wilm (2:11.61 - FINA B) is also expected to contend, although will need to drop a few seconds in order to secure a second quota for Canada. Notable scratch here as Taylor Ruck isn’t competing, she placed sixth at the Tokyo Olympics in this event. Women’s 50m Breastroke: Rachel Nicol comes into this event as the top seed (31.24 - FINA B). Sophie Angus (31.47 - FINA B), Sydney Pickrem (31.51 - FINA B) are also expected to contend. Kelsey Wog (32.21) is further down in the seedings, but she’ll be expected to contend as well. Women’s 100m Breastroke: Sophie Angus comes into this event as the top seed, with an entry time of 1:07.60 - FINA B. Kelsey Wog (1:08.04 - FINA B), Rachel Nicol (1:08.13 - FINA B), and Sydney Pickrem (1:08.92 - FINA B) are also expected to contend. All four swimmers currently have entry times under the FINA B standard. Women’s 200m Breastroke: Kelsey Wog is coming into this event with an entry time of 2:23.82 - FINA A, which is almost three seconds faster than second seed Rachel Nicol (2:26.75 - FINA B). Cieplucha (2:26.84 - FINA B), Pickrem (2:27.58 - FINA B), Sophie-Harvey (2:28.82 - FINA B) will also be looking to amount a challenge. Men’s Events Men’s 50m Freestyle: Josh Liendo comes into this meet as the top seed (21.63 - FINA A). He should run away with the win by a fair margin. Men’s 100m Freestyle: Josh Liendo comes into this meet as the top seed (47.55 - FINA A). Javier Acevado (49.12 - FINA B), Finlay Knox (49.23 - FINA B) and Stephen Calkins (49.65 - FINA B) are also expected to contend. Men’s 200m Freestyle: Finlay Knox comes into the meet as the top seed (1:47.92 - FINA A) and is the heavy favourite in this event. Men’s 400m Freestyle: Alex Axon comes into this meet as the top seed (3:52.07 - FINA B), ahead of Eric Brown (3:52.70 - FINA B). Men’s 800m Freestyle: Eric Brown comes into this meet as the top seed (7:59.68 - FINA B) ahead of Alex Axon (8:02.24 - FINA B) Men’s 1500m Freestyle: Eric Brown comes into this meet as the top seed (15:17.46 - FINA B) ahead of Alex Axon (15:31.93 - FINA B) Men’s 200 Individual Medley: Finlay Knox comes into this meet as the top seed (1:57.30 - FINA A). Illya Kharun (2:02.41 - FINA B) and Collyn Gagne (2:00.37 - FINA B) are other athletes to keep an eye on. Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Collyn Gagne comes into this meet as the top seed (4:17.82 - FINA B). Lorne Wigginton (4:19.40 - FINA B) is another title contender. Men’s 50m Butterfly: Josh Liendo comes into this meet as the top seed (23.42 - FINA A) ahead of Illya Kharun (23.90 - FINA B) and Stephen Calkins (24.21 - FINA B). Men’s 100m Butterfly: Josh Liendo comes into this meet as the top seed (50.88 - FINA A), ahead of Finlay Knox (51.86 - FINA A) and Illya Kharun (52.31 - FINA B). Kharun is a very promising swimmer btw. Men’s race of the meet in my opinion. Men’s 200m Butterfly: Illya Kharun comes into this meet as the top seed (1:55.66 - FINA A). He should win the title comfortably. Men’s 50m Breastroke: Gabe Mastromatteo comes into this meet as the top seed (27.53 - FINA B) ahead of James Dergousoff (27.83 - FINA B). Men’s 100m Breastroke: James Dergousoff comes into this meet as the top seed (1:00.86 - FINA B) ahead of Olympian Gabe Mastromatteo (1:01.38 - FINA B) Men’s 200m Breastroke: James Dergousoff comes into this meet as the top seed (2:12.33 - FINA B) while Finlay Knox (2:13.96 - FINA B) is also one to watch out for. Men’s 50m Backstroke: Javier Acevado comes into this meet as the top seed (24.97 - FINA A). Should win by a fair margin. Men’s 100m Backstroke: Blake Tierney comes into this meet as the top seed (54.45 - FINA B), while Javier Acevado (54.81 - FINA B) is the second seed. Men’s 200m Backstroke: Richie Stokes comes into this meet as the top seed (1:58.79 - FINA B) ahead of Blake Tierney (1:59.19 - FINA B) LOL this took me like two hours to do. But oh well, have nothing better to be doing

Justine Dufour-Lapointe takes second (68.33) behind Italian Arianna Tricomi (80.67), and as a result she’ll be headed into the final stop (Vebier) with the yellow bib, 2620 pts ahead of American Molly Aramanino.

Katie Anderson secures the FreeRide World Tour title in women’s snowboard with her third win of the season (70.67) just ahead of Austrian Manuela Mandl (69.33)

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Mixed Standings After Day 4 China 7 W / 1 L Canada 7 W / 1 L South Korea 6 W / 2 L Norway 5 W / 3 L United States 4 W / 4 L Scotland 4 W / 4 L Sweden 4 W / 4 L Latvia 3 W / 5 L Czech Republic 3 W / 5 L Japan 2 W / 6 L Denmark 2 W / 6 L Italy 1 W / 7 L Mixed Doubles Standings After Day 4 Group A China 6 W / 0 L United States 4 W / 2 L Slovakia 3 W / 2 L Hungary 3 W / 2 L Estonia 2 W / 3 L Switzerland 2 W / 3 L Norway 2 W / 3 L Poland 1 W / 3 L Finland 1 W / 3 L Scotland 1 W / 4 L Group B Canada 5 W / 0 L Latvia 4 W / 1 L England 4 W / 1 L Germany 3 W / 2 L South Korea 2 W / 2 L Japan 1 W / 3 L Sweden 1 W / 4 L Italy 1 W / 4 L Denmark 0 W / 4 L

2023 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Draw 7 Results 6 - 4 8 - 2 8 - 5 6 - 4 4 - 10 Draw 8 Results 7 - 6 15 - 3 10 - 9 8 - 2 9 - 3 10 - 6 Full Results Here

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Draw 7 Results 6 - 4 11 - 2 6 - 2 6 - 3 2 - 11 10 - 3 Draw 8 Results 6 - 1 1 - 13 10 - 6 8 - 1 7 - 6 10 - 5 Full Results Here

2023 Tim Hortons Brier: March 3- March 12, 2023 | London, Ontario Men’s Standings After Day 4 Pool A Team Koe (AB) - 5 W / 0 L Team Dunstone (MB) - 4 W / 0 L Team Horgan (NO) - 2 W / 1 L Team Manuel (NS) - 2 W / 2 L Team Carruthers (WC2) - 2 W / 2 L Team Knapp (SK) - 1 W / 3 L Team Higgs (NU) - 1 W / 3 L Team Young (NL) - 1 W / 3 L Team Koe (NT) - 0 W / 3 L Pool B Team Bottcher (WC1) - 4 W / 1 L Team McEwen (ON) - 3 W / 1 L Team Gushue (CAN) - 3 W / 1 L Team Asselin (QC) - 3 W / 1 L Team Scoffin (YT) - 2 W / 2 L Team Sturmay (WC3) - 1 W / 2 L Team Gauthier (BC) - 1 W / 2 L Team Smith (PEI) - 1 W / 3 L Team Jones (NB) - 0 W / 5 L

2023 Tim Hortons Brier: March 3- March 12, 2023 | London, Ontario Draw 10 Results Team Dunstone (MB) 8 - 4 Team Manuel (NS) Team McEwen (ON) 10 - 7 Team Scoffin (YT) Team Bottcher (WC1) 8 - 7 Team Jones (YT) Team Koe (AB) 6 - 4 Team Young (NL) Draw 11 Results Team Gushue (CAN) 6 - 3 Team Bottcher (WC1) Team Manuel (NS) 9 - 7 Team Knapp (SK) Team Asselin (QC) 6 - 3 Team Sturmay (WC3) Team Young (NL) 8 - 7 Team Koe (NT) Draw 12 Results Team Koe (AB) 10 - 1 Team Higgs (NU) Team Gauthier (BC) 10 - 4 Team Jones (NB) Team Dunstone (MB) 8 - 4 Team Carruthers (WC2) Team Scoffin (YT) 9 - 2 Team Smith (PEI)

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Mixed Standings After Day 3 China 5 W / 1 L South Korea 5 W / 1 L Canada 5 W / 1 L Norway 4 W / 2 L United States 4 W / 2 L Scotland 3 W / 3 L Latvia 3 W / 3 L Japan 2 W / 4 L Sweden 2 W / 4 L Denmark 1 W / 5 L Czech Republic 1 W / 5 L Italy 1 W / 5 L Mixed Doubles Standings After Day 3 Group A China 5 W / 0 L United States 3 W / 1 L Slovakia 3 W / 1 L Hungary 2 W / 1 L Estonia 2 W / 2 L Switzerland 2 W / 2 L Poland 1 W / 2 L Norway 1 W / 3 L Finland 0 W / 3 L Scotland 0 W / 4 L Group B Canada 4 W / 0 L Latvia 3 W / 1 L England 3 W / 1 L Germany 3 W / 1 L South Korea 1 W / 2 L Japan 1 W / 2 L Sweden 1 W / 2 L Denmark 0 W / 3 L Italy 0 W / 4 L

2023 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Draw 5 Results 10 - 5 6 - 5 8 - 7 8 - 0 7 - 11 8 - 4 Draw 6 Results 7 - 6 9 - 3 8 - 5 10 - 5 5 - 6 6 - 11 Full Results Here

First stop of the FWT Finals starts today in Fieberbrunn, Austria. Best-of-two-run format, with only their top score counting towards their score and overall ranking. Katie Anderson is 3rd on the women’s snowboard start list, Olympic Moguls Gold Medalist Justine Dufour-Lapointe is 5th on the women’s ski start list, and Marcus Goguen is 11th on the men’s ski start list.

Did Karla Godinez compete? @intoronto and if so what place did she finish in.

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Draw 5 Results 7 - 4 13 - 1 6 - 3 9 - 5 6 - 2 7 - 4 Draw 6 Results 9 - 3 11 - 8 10 - 3 7 - 4 7 - 6 7 - 4 Full Results Here

2023 Tim Hortons Brier: March 3- March 12, 2023 | London, Ontario Men’s Standings After Day 4 Pool A Team Koe (AB) - 4 W / 0 L Team Horgan (NO) - 4 W / 1 L Team Dunstone (MB) - 3 W / 0 L Team Manuel (NS) - 2 W / 1 L Team Carruthers (WC2) - 2 W / 2 L Team Knapp (SK) - 2 W / 2 L Team Higgs (NU) - 1 W / 4 L Team Young (NL) - 0 W / 3 L Team Koe (NT) - 0 W / 4 L Pool B Team Bottcher (WC1) - 4 W / 0 L Team Gushue (CAN) - 4 W / 1 L Team McEwen (ON) - 2 W / 2 L Team Asselin (QC) - 2 W / 2 L Team Sturmay (WC3) - 2 W / 2 L Team Smith (PEI) - 2 W / 3 L Team Scoffin (YT) - 1 W / 2 L Team Gauthier (BC) - 1 W / 3 L Team Jones (NB) - 0 W / 3 L

2023 Tim Hortons Brier: March 3- March 12, 2023 | London, Ontario Draw 7 Results Team Smith (PEI) 8 - 7 Team McEwen (ON) Team Manuel (NS) 10 - 4 Team Higgs (NU) Team Sturmay (WC3) 7 - 6 Team Scoffin (YT) Team Koe (AB) 9 - 7 Team Carruthers (WC2) Draw 8 Results Team Horgan (NO) 6 - 4 Team Young (NL) Team Bottcher (WC1) 9 - 3 Team Gauthier (BC) Team Dunstone (MB) 10 - 4 Team Koe (NT) Team Gushue (CAN) 8 - 7 Team Asselin (QC) Draw 9 Results Team Gauthier (BC) 8 - 5 Team Sturmay (WC3) Team Horgan (NO) 10 - 6 Team Koe (NT) Team Gushue (CAN) 8 - 6 Team Smith (PEI) Team Knapp (SK) 9 - 3 Team Higgs (NU)

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Mixed Standings After Day 2 China 4 W / 0 L South Korea 3 W / 1 L Canada 3 W / 1 L Norway 3 W / 1 L Japan 2 W / 2 L United States 2 W / 2 L Scotland 2 W / 2 L Denmark 1 W / 3 L Latvia 1 W / 3 L Czech Republic 1 W / 3 L Italy 1 W / 3 L Sweden 1 W / 3 L Mixed Doubles Standings After Day 2 Group A China 3 W / 0 L United States 2 W / 0 L Switzerland 2 W / 1 L Slovakia 1 W / 1 L Poland 1 W / 1 L Hungary 1 W / 1 L Estonia 1 W / 2 L Scotland 0 W / 2 L Norway 0 W / 2 L Finland 0 W / 1 L Group B Latvia 3 W / 0 L Canada 2 W / 0 L England 2 W / 1 L Germany 2 W / 1 L South Korea 1 W / 1 L Japan 1 W / 2 L Sweden 1 W / 2 L Italy 0 W / 2 L Denmark 0 W / 3 L

2023 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championships: March 4- March 12, 2023 | Richmond, British Colombia Draw 4 Results 8 - 7 10 - 4 9 - 8 2 - 11 3 - 10 8 - 4 Full Results Here