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2023 Japan National Championships- Tokyo, Japan April 4- April 9, 2023 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Women’s 200m Backstroke Rio Shirai Women’s 100m Butterfly Rikako Ikee Ai Soma Women’s 200m Butterfly Airi Mitsui Hiroko Makino Women’s 100m Breastroke Reona Aoki Women’s 200m Breastroke Runa Imai Women’s 200m Individual Medley Mio Narita Yui Ohashi Shiho Yamamoto Women’s 400m Individual Medley Mio Narita Ageha Tanigawa Men’s 100m Freestyle Katsuhiro Matsumoto Men’s 200m Freestyle Katsuhiro Matsumoto Men’s 100m Backstroke Ryosuke Irie Men’s 200m Backstroke Hidekazu Takehara Daiki Yangawa Kodai Nishiono Men’s 100m Butterfly Katsuhiro Matsumoto Naoki Mizunuma Takaya Yasue Men’s 200m Butterfly Tomoru Honda Teppei Morimoto Takumi Terada Men’s 200m Breastroke Ippei Watanabe Shoma Sato Yu Hanaguruma Yamato Fukasawa Men’s 200m Individual Medley Daiya Seto So Ogata Men’s 400m Individual Medley Daiya Seto Tomoru Honda Kaito Tabuchi

Frances Tiafoe is the men’s singles champion at the 2023 Houston Open (ATP 250), defeating Tomás Martin Etcheverry in two tiebreak sets 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6)

Jordan Thompson/Max Purcell are the men’s doubles champions at the 2023 Houston Open (ATP 250), defeating Henry Patten/Julian Cash 4-6, 6-4, [10-5]

Another race walker angry with World Athletics decision

Sander Gillé/Jordan Vliegen are the men’s doubles champions at the 2023 Estoril Open (ATP 250), defeating Nikola Ćaćić/Miomir Kecmanović 6-3, 6-4

This is also Ruud’s 9th career clay court title. His other clay court titles include the Argentina Open in 2020/2022, the Geneva Open in 2021/2022, the Swedish Open in 2021, the Swiss Open in 2021/2022 and the Austrian Open in 2021. His only non-clay title was at the San Diego Open (hardcourt) in 2021.

Casper Ruud is the men’s singles champion at the 2023 Estoril Open (ATP 250), defeating Miomir Kecmanóvic 6-2, 7-6 (3) Ruud’s 10th career ATP title, all 250s. Now he even has more career titles than Tsitsipas

Roberto Carballes Baéna is the men’s singles champion at the 2023 Marrakesh Open (ATP 250), defeating Alexandre Müller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2

Desirae Krawczyk/Danielle Collins are your women’s doubles champions at the 2023 Charleston Open (WTA 500) defeating Giuliana Olmos/Ena Shibahara 0-6, 6-4, [14-12]

2023 Eindhoven Qualification Meet- Eindhoven, Netherlands April 6- April 9, 2023 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Men’s 50m Freestyle Kenzo Simons Renzo Tjon-A-Joe Men’s 1500m Freestyle Sven Schwarz Women’s 50m Freestyle Marrit Steenbergen Kim Busch Women’s 100m Freestyle Marrit Steenbergen Women’s 200m Freestyle Maritt Steenbergen Women’s 100m Backstroke Maaike de Waard Kira Toussaint Women’s 100m Breastroke Tess Schouten Women’s 200m Individual Medley Marrit Steenbergen

2023 Romanian National Championships- Otopeni, Romania April 5- April 9, 2023 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Men’s 100m Freestyle David Popovici

What an incredible swim by 14 year-old Amelie Blocksidge (Who turned 14 today) at the 2023 British National Championships today with a 16:19.67 1500m Free, for a twelve second PB and the British national title.

2023 British National Championships- Sheffield, Great Britain April 5- April 9, 2023 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Women’s 50m Freestyle Anna Hopkin Women’s 100m Freestyle Freya Anderson Anna Hopkin Women’s 200m Freestyle Freya Anderson Abbie Wood Women’s 400m Freestyle Freya Colbert Women’s 100m Backstroke Medi Harris Women’s 200m Backstroke Katie Shanahan Freya Colbert Women’s 200m Butterfly Emily Large Keanna MacInnes Women’s 200m Individual Medley Katie Shanahan Abbie Wood Women’s 400m Individual Medley Freya Colbert Katie Shanahan Men’s 50m Freestyle Lewis Burras Benjamin Proud Men’s 100m Freestyle Matthew Richards Lewis Burras Duncan Scott Men’s 200m Freestyle Matthew Richards Thomas Dean James Guy Duncan Scott Men’s 800m Freestyle Daniel Jervis Men’s 1500m Freestyle Daniel Jervis Men’s 200m Backstroke Oliver Morgan Brodie Williams Men’s 100m Butterfly Jacob Peters James Guy Men’s 200m Individual Medley Thomas Dean Duncan Scott

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Medal Matches Gold Medal Match- 9 - 3 Bronze Medal Match- 11 - 3 Men’s Medalists Gold- Scotland (Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr) Silver- Canada (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harden, Geoff Walker) Bronze- Switzerland (Yannick Schwaller, Benoît Schwarz, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat) Full Results Here

Scotland wins gold at the 2023 Men’s Curling World Championships with a 9-3 victory over Canada Scotland’s first men’s title since 2009.

Scotland’s curling percentages after seven ends. Mouat 96% Hardie 98% Lammie 93% McMillan 96% Sensational.

blanks the seventh end. has hammer up 6-3 against headed into the eighth.

Gushue for TWO 6-3 over after six.

FIVB Challenge Ipanema, Brazil Women’s Tournament Gold- Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia Silver- Bárbara Seixas/Carol Solberg Salgado Bronze- Terese Cannon/Sarah Sponcil Men’s Tournament Gold- Andre Loyola Stein/George Souto Maior Wanderley Silver- Youssef Krou/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat Bronze- Hendrik Mol/Mathias Berntsen Tournament Results Here

4-1 over after four.

win bronze at the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championships, with an 11-3 victory over Full Results Here

BWF Orleans Masters- Orleans, France (Super 300) Women’s Singles 1. Carolina Marin 2. Beiwen Zhang 3/4. Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt 3/4. Yvonne Li Men’s Singles 1. Priyanshu Rajawat 2. Magnus Johannesen 3/4. Nhat Nguyen 3/4. Lei Lanxi Women’s Doubles 1. Miyaura Rena/Sakuramoto Ayako 2. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning 3/4. Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen 3/4. Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto Men’s Doubles 1. Cheng Boyang/Liu Yi 2. Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana 3/4. Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan 3/4. Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin Mixed Doubles 1. Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei 2. Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin 3/4. Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati 3/4. Adnan Maulana/Nita Violina Marwah

New Zealand qualify for the Olympics

Entry list for AVP New Orleans is out, with a very stacked women’s field. The men’s field is a tad light though… https://avp.com/event/pro-series-new-orleans-open/2023-nola-pro-series/

BMX Racing European Cup- Zolder, Belgium Men’s Elite Gold- Quillan Isidore Silver- Mateo Carmona Garcia Bronze- Vincent Pelluard