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2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Women’s Round of 16 Results: Alyssa Spencer d. Aelan Vaast 11.83 (7.33 + 4.50) - 11.80 (6.30 + 5.50) Laura Raupp d. Rachel Presti 11.67 (5.00 + 6.67) - 11.23 (6.03 + 5.20) Sawyer Lindblad d. Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri 15.10 (7.60 + 7.50) - 10.33 (5.50 + 4.83) Sol Aguirre d. Daniella Rosas 11.53 (6.10 + 5.43) - 6.83 (2.83 + 4.00) Erin Brooks d. Luana Silva 15.03 (8.43 + 6.60) - 13.00 (7.50 + 5.50) Francisca Veselko d. Sara Wakita 14.10 (6.60 + 7.50) - 8.67 (4.50 + 4.17) Sierra Kerr d. Kirra Pinkerton 12.47 (6.17 + 6.30) - 11.60 (5.17 + 6.43) Zahli Kelly d. Ellie Harrison 14.23 (6.83 + 7.40) - 10.13 (5.80 + 4.33) Eliminated in 9th Place: Aelan Vaast Rachel Presti Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri Daniella Rosas Luana Silva Sara Wakita Kirra Pinkerton Ellie Harrison Women’s Quarter-Finals: Alyssa Spencer v. Laura Raupp Sawyer Lindblad v. Sol Aguirre Erin Brooks v. Francisca Veselko Sierra Kerr v. Zahli Kelly Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Round of 16- Results: Brodi Sale d. Taro Watanabe 11.76 (6.33 + 5.43) - 10.33 (4.73 + 5.60) Eli Hanneman d. Luke Thompson 13.50 (7.00 + 6.50) - 12.00 (7.50 + 4.50) Kauli Vaast d. Saxon Reber 17.50 (9.00 + 8.50) - 12.00 (6.16 + 5.83) Levi Slawson d. Kade Matson 13.77 (7.17 + 6.60) - 12.87 (7.20 + 5.65) Jarvis Earle d. Jett Schilling 14.97 (7.30 + 7.67) - 12.20 (6.50 + 5.70) Oscar Berry d. Cauã Costa 11.40 (5.67 + 5.73) - 9.63 (5.00 + 4.63) Jackson Bunch d. Adur Amatriain 16.77 (8.77 + 8.00) - 12.04 (5.67 + 6.37) Alan Cleland d. Ryan Kainalo 17.40 (8.67 + 8.73) - 12.10 (6.00 + 6.10) Eliminated in 9th Place: Adur Amatriain Cauã Costa Jett Schilling Kade Matson Saxon Reber Luke Thompson Taro Watanabe Ryan Kainalo Men’s Quarter-Finals: Brodi Sale v. Eli Hanneman Kauli Vaast v. Levi Slawson Jarvis Earle v. Oscar Berry Jackson Bunch v. Alan Cleland Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champino Viktor Axelsen starts his season off on a winning note, coming back from down a set to defeat his teammate Rasmus Gemke 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-12) Always fun to watch Viktor play, so happy he won

Thank you for the correction. Don’t know how I’ve missed those team changes. Excited to see what they can do in the upcoming Olympic qualification cycle.

2023 Beach Pro Tour Elite16- From February 1-5, 2023 | Doha, Qatar : (For qualifiers, four spots are available in the main draw, just win two in a row and you’re in) Women’s Tournament Reserves: 1. Hasegawa/Sakaguchi 2. Klinger/Klinger 3. Matsumoto/Matsumoto 4. Makhno/Makhno 5. Lunina/Lazarenko 6. Simo/Rodriguez 7. Murakami/Fujii 8. Paulikiene/Raupelyte 9. Dave/Ashush 10. Grudzinskaite/Grudzinskaite 11. Dumbauskaite/Krizanauskaite Women’s Tournament Qualifiers (This field is loaded with talent, holy crap): 1. Cannon/Sponcil 2. Talita/Thamela 3. Nuss/Kloth 4. Andressa/Vitoria 5. Schneider/Sude 6. Menegatti/Gottardi 7. Borger/Ittlinger 8. Taiana Lima/Hegeile 9. Ishii/Mizoe 10. Placette/Richard 11. Stockman/Kraft 12. Álvarez/Moreno 13. Böbner/Vergé-Dépré 14. Carro/Lobato 15. Rivas Zapata/Villablanca 16. Helland-Hansen/Olimstad Women’s Tournament Main Draw: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Cheng/Hughes 3. Müller/Tillmann 4. Barbora/Carol 5. Clancy/Mariafe 6. Pavan/Bukovec 7. Humana-Parades/Wilkerson 8. Flint/Scoles 9. Samoilova/Graudina 10. Stam/Schoon 11. Hüberli/Brunner 12. Hermanová/Stochlova My question here is, when will be the return of Klineman/Ross?

2023 Beach Pro Tour Elite16- From February 1-5, 2023 | Doha, Qatar : (For qualifiers, four spots are available in the main draw, just win two in a row and you’re in) Men’s Tournament Reserves: 1. Huseyin Mermer/Urlu 2. Dumek/Sedlak 3. Friend/Brewster 4. MacNeil/Russell 5. Klasnic/Kolaric 6. Plavins/Samoilovs 7. Hajós/Attila Stréli 8. Lorenz/Reinhardt 9. Jawo/Njie Men’s Tournament Qualifiers: 1. Carambula/Rangheri 2. Seidel/Waller 3. Lupo/Rossi 4. McHugh/Burnett 5. Crabb/Brunner 6. Herrera/Gavira 7. Vinicius/Saymon 8. Ermacora/Pristauz 9. Krattinger/Breer 10. Samoilovs/Smedins 11. Carracher/Nicolaidis 12. Heidrich/Dillier 13. Bassereau/Lyneel 14. Webber/Cory 15. Aravena/Droguett 16. Al Jalaboubi/Alhashmi Men’s Tournament Main Draw: 1. Mol/Sørum 2. Renato/Vitor Felipe 3. Brouwer/Meeuwsen 4. Andre/George 5. Grimalt/Grimalt 6. Bryl/Losiak 7. Åhman/Hellvig 8. Perusic/Schweiner 9. Ahmed/Cherif 10. Nicolai/Cottafava 11. Ehlers/Wickler 12. Nassim/Mahmoud Berntsen/Mol? Nõlvak/Tiisaar? Where are Varenhorst/Van De Velde, Boermans/Immers and Luini/Penniga? Bourne/Schalk? A lot of top teams missing from this event on the men’s side. Edit: as @hoversaBR has kindly pointed out to me, Alison/Guto have split, and therefore the teams headed into the next Olympic qualification cycle are Alison/Alvaro & Guto/Leo.

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 3 Results- Women’s Keirin: Gold- Lauriane Genest, Silver- Sarah Orban, Bronze- Diane Snobelen (Of note, Kelsey Mitchell chose not to compete in this event, otherwise she probably would’ve been on the podium) Men’s Keirin: Gold- James Hedgcock, Silver- Tyler Rorke, Bronze- Nick Wammes Women’s Pursuit: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Fiona Majendie, Bronze- Ruby West Men’s Pursuit: Gold- Michael Foley, Silver- Dylan Bibic, Bronze- Carson Mattern Men’s Madison: Gold- Dylan Bibic/Mathias Guillemette, Silver- Chris Burnst/Evan Burtnik, Bronze- Philippe Jacob/Tristan Jussaume Women’s Madison: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme/Lily Plante, Silver- Erin Attwell/Devaney Collier, Bronze- Kiara Lylyk/Kaitlyn Rauwerda Full Results Here

2023 Beach Pro Tour Finals- From January 26-29, 2023 | Doha, Qatar: Men’s Tournament: 1. Cherif/Ahmed 2. Mol/Sørum 3. Brouwer/Meeuwsen 4. Andre/George 5. Bryl/Losiak 6. Nicolai/Cottafava 7. Perusic/Schweiner 8. Grimalt/Grimalt 9. Renato/Vitor Felipe 10. Carambula/Rangheri Women’s Tournament: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Barbora/Carol 3. Stam/Schoon 4. Clancy/Mariafe 5. Samoilova/Graudina 6. Hüberli/Brunner 7. Tillmann/Müller 8. Kloth/Nuss 9. Cheng/Hughes 10. Pavan/Bukovec

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 2 Results- Women’s Sprint: Gold- Lauriane Genest, Silver- Kelsey Mitchell, Bronze- Sarah Orban Men’s Sprint: Gold- James Hedgcock, Silver- Nick Wammes, Bronze- Tyler Rorke Women’s Omnium: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Erin Attwell, Bronze- Kiera Lylyk Men’s Omnium: Gold- Dylan Bibic, Silver- Michael Foley, Bronze- Chris Ernst Full Results Here

Valerie Grenier wins giant slalom gold in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Her first career World Cup medal. She finished in a combined two run time of 1:55.01, snapping Mikaela Shiffrins five race win streak (She finished 6th). Italian Martina Bassino (1:55.38) won the silver medal, while Pétra Vlohova (1:55.41) won the bronze medal to complete the podium.

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 1 Results- Women’s 500m Time Trial Final: Gold- Kelsey Mitchell, Silver- Lauriane Genest, Bronze- Sarah Orban Men’s Kilo Time Trial Final: Gold- James Hedgcock (The name?? ), Silver- Ryan Dodyk, Bronze- Dylan Bibic Women’s Scratch Race Final: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Erin Attwell, Bronze- Kiara Lylyk Men’s Scrach Race Final: Gold- Dylan Bibic, Silver- Mathias Guillemette, Bronze- Michael Foley In the team sprint events, there are only two teams competing in each of the men’s/women’s team sprint finals. Bit ridiculous to give the losing team a silver, if you ask me. Women’s Team Sprint Final: Gold- Emy Savard, Jackie Boyle, Sarah Orban, Silver- Kelsey Mitchell, Erin Watchman, Ericka Rieder Men’s Team Sprint Final: Gold- Tyler Rorke, Nick Wammes, James Hedgcock, Silver- Alex Brugger, Ryan MacDonald, Dustin Brooks Full Results Here

Here are my predictions Swimming: Women’s 100m Butterfly: Gold- Maggie MacNeil , Silver- Torri Huske , Bronze- Emma McKeon / Sarah Sjoestrom Swimming: Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Gold- Leon Marchand , Silver- Carston Foster , Bronze- Daiya Seto Changed my mind actually ignore my vote on poll. Gold- Adam Peaty , Silver- Nicolo Martinenghi , Bronze- Nic Fink (Sorry Michael Andrew. Still one of my favorite swimmers.)

Anyone know where I can find a link to stream the King Of The Court Finals event in Doha Qatar? I live in Canada. Edit: Think it’s on Youtube

Also, just noticed a mistake in the men’s street skateboarding poll. Ryan Decenzo is Canadian not American.

I mean you’re not wrong. I’m not saying it won’t be close, but in the last few years Maggie has won gold at the 2021 & 2022 short course world championships, while also winning gold at the 2019 long course world championships (Chose not to defend her title in 2022), all while being the reining Olympic champion.

I seemed to have missed the poll, so let me do my predictions down below: Women’s Judo -48kg: Gold- Natsumi Tsunoda , Silver- Assunta Scutto , Bronze- Shirine Boulki , Bronze- Julia Figueroa Men’s Judo -60kg: Gold- Naohisa Takato , Silver- Yeldos Smetov , Bronze- Yang Yung Wei , Bronze- Giorgi Sardalashvili Men’s Fencing Sabre Individual: Gold- Aron Szilagyi , Silver- Maxine Pianfetti , Bronze- Luigi Samele Women’s Fencing Epeé Individual: Gold- Rossella Fiamingo , Silver- Katrina Lehis , Bronze- Marie-Florence Candassamy (Another Hungary/Italy/France fencing podium, how unrealistic ) Probably would have Choi In-Jeong/Song Se-ra in the mix as well. Men’s Street Skateboarding: Gold-Nyjah Houston , Silver- Gustavo Ribeiro , Bronze- Kelvin Hoefler

5. Remove Swimming- Women’s 400m Freestyle, and change it with Swimming- Women’s 100m Butterfly. MacNeil’s dominance the past few years in this event (Whether short/long course), has really changed my opinion.

Meant to vote China for shooting.

2023 World Aquatic Championships, 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships, 2023 Judo World Championships

Kingsbury 29th, I’m shocked.

First Paralympic quotas have been awarded in Goalball! Gold and silver medalists at the 2022 World Goalball Championships book their NOC a ticket to the 2024 Paralympics. Women’s Tournament: South Korea and Turkey earn 2024 Paralympics quotas Men’s Tournament: Brazil and China earn 2024 Paralympics quotas

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals- Bangkok, Thailand Reining Olympic Champion Demark’s Viktor Axelsen defeats Japan’s Koidai Naraoka 2-0 (21-5, 21-15), to secure himself a spot in the semi-finals. He previously defeated China’s Lu Guangzu 2-0 (21-13, 21-11) Edit: He’s also the reining BWF World Tour Finals Champion, and reining BWF World Champion.

FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Ski Cross- Val Thorens, France Men’s Ski Cross: Men’s Big Final 1. Johannes Rohrweck 2. Tobias Mueller 3. Jonas Lenherr 4. Dominik Zuech Men’s Small Final 5. Ryo Sugai 6. David Mobaerg 7. Bastien Midol 8. Mathias Graff Full Final Result HERE Women’s Ski Cross: Women’s Big Final 1. Sandra Naslund (One win away from beating Fanny Smith for most World Cup wins in women’s ski cross) 2. Marielle Thompson 3. Talina Gaitenbien 4. Fanny Smith Women’s Small Final 5. Hannah Schmidt 6. Daniela Maier 7. Andrea Limbacher 8. Sonja Gigler DNS Full Final Result HERE

Or maybe Samoilova/Graudina in Beach Volleyball, or Latvian Men’s 3X3 Team

2) At the moment Guo is not a bigger medal contender than Harvey, Guo is 10th in the World Rankings, Harvey is 3rd. 3) You’re absolutely right, I’m just worried about how Mayer will do. 4) Why the hell would the US not send their best men’s basketball team? And before Canada, I would put both France, and Australia above them in odds, maybe even Spain as they didn’t even qualify for the Olympics last year, with a squad full of NBA talent.