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Provisionally qualified for the 2023 World Aquatic Championships (after Day 2, meeting the FINA A/B standard) Women (7) 400m Freestyle (FINA A- 4:08.81) Summer McIntosh- 3:56.08 Ella Jansen- 4:08.81 1500m Freestyle (FINA A- 16:29.57) Emma Finlin- 16:20.61 50m Backstroke (FINA A- 28.22) Kylie Masse- 27.41 Ingrid Wilm- 27.59 100m Backstroke (FINA A- 1:00.59) Ingrid Wilm- 58.80 Kylie Masse- 59.00 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:25.91) Sydney Pickrem- 2:24.63 Kelsey Wog- 2:25.26 100m Butterfly (FINA A- 58.33) Maggie MacNeil- 56.54 Katerine Savard- 57.81 Men (5) 800m Freestyle (FINA A- 7:53.11) Eric Brown- 7:56.96 50m Backstroke (FINA A- 25.16) Javier Acevado- 24.90 100m Backstroke (FINA A- 54.03) Javier Acevedo- 53.83 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:10.32) Brayden Taivasaalo- 2:11.28 100m Butterfly (FINA A- 51.96) Josh Liendo- 50.36 Illya Kharun- 51.45

Andresscu injury update

50.78 100m Fly for Josh Liendo, a new Canadian Record

Provisionally qualified for the 2023 World Aquatic Championships (after Day 1, meeting the FINA A/B standard) Women (6) 400m Freestyle (FINA A-4:08.81) Summer McIntosh- 3:56.08 Ella Jansen- 4:08.81 100m Backstroke (FINA A- 1:00.59) Ingrid Wilm- 58.80 Kylie Masse- 59.00 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:25.91) Sydney Pickrem- 2:24.63 Kelsey Wog- 2:25.26 Men (2) 100m Backstroke (FINA A- 54.03) Javier Acevedo- 53.83 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:10.32) Brayden Taivasaalo- 2:11.28

Weather in Verbier, Switzerland would just not cooperate, despite many delays to the schedule, which meant the final stop of the FWT season was cancelled. Congrats to Justine Dufour-Lapointe, who secures her first ever FWT title (In her first ever season! What can’t she do? )

Winners on Day 1 of the 2023 Canadian Swim Trials Women’s Para 50m Breastroke- Niki Ens SB2 (1:43.32) Women’s Para 100m Breastroke- Tess Routliffe SB7 (1:34.68) Men’s Para 100m Breastroke- James Leroux SB9 (1:10.97) Women’s 200m Breastroke - Sydney Pickrem (2:24.63) Men’s 200m Breastroke- Brayden Taivasaalo (2:11.28) Women’s 100m Backstroke- Ingrid Wilm (58.80) Men’s 100m Backstroke- Javier Acevedo (53.83) Women’s 400m Freestyle- Summer McIntosh (3:56.08 // WR) Men’s 400m Freestyle- Eric Brown (3:50.81)

McIntosh 3:56.08 400m Freestyle WR at the 2023 Canadian Swim Trials. Absolutely incredible.

Swimming WRs that I think will be broken in 2023 (LC- Individual Events) Men’s 400m IM- Leon Marchand Women’s 100m Butterfly- Maggie MacNeil Women’s 200m Backstroke- Regan Smith Women’s 400m Freestyle- Ariane Titmus Men’s 100m Freestyle- Caleb Dressel

Varvara Gracheva (Women’s Tennis) is switching* from Russia to France.

Andresscu suffers a lower leg injury in a loss to Alexandrova at the WTA 1000 Miami Open. At 6-7 (5), 2-0 [15-40] disaster struck for Bibi, and she eventually had to retire, leaving the court in a wheelchair. Injuries have been frequent for her, so unfortunate that she can never catch a break. And she was just starting to play well too Alexandrova after the match: “I’m really sorry that it happened to Andresscu. Seeing her on the court in so much pain, it’s painful to watch. “You cannot help, you just can do nothing, which is terrible. And I think she’s going to be just fine soon, and I’m wishing for her a speedy recovery”

Varvara Gracheva switching nationalities from Russia to France Now maybe Kostyuk will finally give her a handshake

Peterman/Gallant are my favourite Canadian mixed doubles team, and they probably would’ve had a higher chance at gold should they have competed at the 2023 Worlds. Explains my sad face

Women’s Olympic Rankings Continued… (As of March 26, 2023) 76. Muno/Gaffney (140 PTS) 77. Clough/Pola (100 PTS) 78. Beitler/McGuire (100 PTS)

Women’s Olympic Rankings (As of March 26, 2023) B Bold= Qualified for Paris 2024 via World Ranking, R Bold= Quota limit already reached, G Bold= Host Country Quota. 1. Hughes/Cheng (2560 PTS) 2. Nuss/Kloth (2160 PTS) 3. Clancy/Mariafe (2000 PTS) 4. Stam/Schoon (1960 PTS) 5. Duda/Ana Patricia (1860 PTS) 6. Hermanova/Stochlova (1540 PTS) 7. Brandie/Melissa (1520 PTS) 8. Talita/Thamela (1400 PTS) 9. Samoilova/Graudina (1360 PTS) 10. Barbora/Carol (1360 PTS) 11. Menegatti/Gottardi (1360 PTS) 12. Kraft/Stockman (1260 PTS) 13. Müller/Tillmann (1220 PTS) 14. Pavan/Bukovec (1200 PTS) 15. Cannon/Sponcil (1200 PTS) 16. Placette/Richard (1200 PTS) 17. Brunner/Hüberli (1100 PTS) 18. Ishii/Mizoe (1100 PTS) 19. Simo/Rodriguez (1100 PTS) 20. Klinger/Klinger (1020 PTS) 21. Borger/Ittlinger (920 PTS) 22. Flores/Guttierez (920 PTS) 23. Zeng/Lin (860 PTS) 24. Carro/Lobato (800 PTS) 25. Harward/Kolinske (800 PTS) 26. Taiana Lima/Hegeile (800 PTS) 27. Liliana/Soria (760 PTS) 28. Andressa/Vitoria (740 PTS) 29. Polley/Zeimann (740 PTS) 30. Tainá/Victoria (720 PTS) 31. Lahti/Ahtiainen (700 PTS) 32. Sude/Schneider (640 PTS) 33. Böbner/Vergé-Dépré (620 PTS) 34. Akiko/Yurika (560 PTS) 35. Lunina/Lazarenko (480 PTS) 36. Vidaurrazaga/Albarran (480 PTS) 37. Paulikiene/Raupelyte (460 PTS) 38. Scoles/Flint (460 PTS) 39. Wang/Zhu (360 PTS) 40. MacDonald/Tilley (360 PTS) 41. Álvarez/Moreno (340 PTS) 42. Makhno/Makhno (340 PTS) 43. Marcelle/Monkhouse (320 PTS) 44. Havelkova/Slukova (300 PTS) 45. Suzuka/Reika (300 PTS) 46. Erika/Michelle (300 PTS) 47. Dunn/Furlan (280 PTS) 48. Mears/Phillips (240 PTS) 49. Rebuffel/Benhamou (240 PTS) 50. Motomura/Riko (240 PTS) 51. Vesty/Stevenson (240 PTS) 52. Kathi/Lena (220 PTS) 53. McKay/Wuttunee (220 PTS) 54. Megan/Nicole (220 PTS) 55. Wang/Dong (220 PTS) 56. Kociolek/Lodej (220 PTS) 57. Quiggle/Schmerhorn (220 PTS) 58. Fleming/Johnson (180 PTS) 59. Kendall/Bettenay (180 PTS) 60. Miharu/Sakai (180 PTS) 61. Månesköld/Bergholm (180 PTS) 62. McBain/Bélanger (140 PTS) 63. Rivas Zapata/Chris (140 PTS) 64. Dvronikova/Pospisilova (140 PTS) 65. Hollas/Soomets (140 PTS) 66. Sinsalo/Parkkinen (140 PTS) 67. Chamereau/Vieira (140 PTS) 68. Murakami/Sakurako (140 PTS) 69. Shiba/Maruyama (140 PTS) 70. Yamada/Take (140 PTS) 71. Rivera/Torres (140 PTS) 72. Green/Hanabadi (140 PTS) 73. Harrison/Isherwood (140 PTS) 74. Imhasly/Ruru (140 PTS) 75. Sadlier/Clarke (140 PTS)

Men’s Olympic Rankings Continued… (As of March 26, 2023) 76. Pascariuc/Leitner (140 PTS) 77. Furuta/Dylan (140 PTS) 78. Abella/Blake (140 PTS) 79. Shindo/Oda (140 PTS) 80. Zhouxin/Xue (140 PTS) 81. Kolinske/Smith (140 PTS) 82. Potts/Clarkin (100 PTS) 83. Field/Gale (100 PTS) 84. Tiso/Anyang (100 PTS) 85. Kraji/Stewart (100 PTS) 86. Gilliespie/Preston (60 PTS) 87. Taira/Watanabe (60 PTS) 88. Dalton/Watson (60 PTS) 89. Sadlier/Smith (60 PTS) 90. Tiplady/Black (60 PTS)

Men’s Olympic Rankings (As of March 26, 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 (2760 PTS) 2. Mol/Sørum (2300 PTS) 3. Carambula/Ranghieri (1760 PTS) 4. Ehlers/Wickler (1760 PTS) 5. Boermans/de Groot (1660 PTS) 6. Herrera/Gavira (1560 PTS) 7. Brouwer/Meeuwsen (1520 PTS) 8. Bryl/Łosiak (1500 PTS) 9. Grimalt/Grimalt (1360 PTS) 10. Nicolai/Cottafava (1360 PTS) 11. Burnett/McHugh (1260 PTS) 12. Seidl/Pristauz (1120 PTS) 13. Cherif/Ahmed (1060 PTS) 14. Brunner/Crabb (1060 PTS) 15. Nõlvak/Tiisaar (1060 PTS) 16. Evandro/Arthur (1020 PTS) 17. Renato/Vitor Felipe (1000 PTS) 18. Andre/George (1000 PTS) 19. Hodges/Schubert (940 PTS) 20. Schacter/Dearing (940 PTS) 21. Lupo/Rossi (900 PTS) 22. Ermacora/Waller (800 PTS) 23. Perusic/Schweiner (760 PTS) 24. Hörl/Horst (760 PTS) 25. Bourne/Schalk (760 PTS) 26. Virgen/Sarabia (760 PTS) 27. Samoilovs/Smedins (620 PTS) 28. Bassereau/Lyneel (600 PTS) 29. Cory/Webber (560 PTS) 30. Krattiger/Breer (560 PTS) 31. Mermer/Urlu (540 PTS) 32. MacNeil/Russell (480 PTS) 33. Diaz/Alayo (460 PTS) 34. Krou/Gauthier Rat (460 PTS) 35. Saymon/Vinicius (460 PTS) 36. Mol/Berntsen (460 PTS) 37. Kantor/Rudol (460 PTS) 38. Dumek/Sedlak (460 PTS) 39. Abdallah/Essam (460 PTS) 40. Likejiang/Jiaxin (400 PTS) 41. Luini/Penninga (360 PTS) 42. O’Dea/O’Dea (360 PTS) 43. Lorenz/Reinhardt (340 PTS) 44. Hajós/Stréli (340 PTS) 45. Plavins/Samoilovs (340 PTS) 46. Hood/Mazim (340 PTS) 47. Brewster/Friend (340 PTS) 48. Cruz/Barajas (340 PTS) 49. Luini/Penninga (340 PTS) 50. McKienzie/Vaught (320 PTS) 51. Arthur/Adrielson (300 PTS) 52. Pedrosa/Campos (300 PTS) 53. Gabriel/Felipe Alves (300 PTS) 54. Hartles/Heijs (280 PTS) 55. Reid/McManaway (240 PTS) 56. Kurokawa/Fukushima (240 PTS) 57. Takken/Bushby (240 PTS) 58. Fuller/Nicklin (240 PTS) 59. Capogrosso/Capogrosso (220 PTS) 60. Aravena/Droguett (220 PTS) 61. Kulzer/Poniewaz (220 PTS) 62. Sowa/Pfretzschner (220 PTS) 63. Dal Corzo/Viscovich (220 PTS) 64. Hood/Josefsen (180 PTS) 65. Schwarmann/Kaufer (180 PTS) 66. Forsyth/Vukets (180 PTS) 67. McKelvie/Stewart (180 PTS) 68. Carracher/Nicolaidis (140 PTS) 69. Cruz/Aguirre (140 PTS) 70. Galindo/Barajas (140 PTS) 71. Tocs/Fokerots (140 PTS) 72. Houmann/Mølgaard (140 PTS) 73. Heidrich/Dillier (140 PTS) 74. Pedro/Henrique (140 PTS) 75. Johann/Lucas Aguinelo (140 PTS)

The following teams have had the best starts to the season, and are the early favourites for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Keep in mind, this season started less than two months ago and there’s only been a couple of events. Men’s: Mol/Sørum / Åhman/Hellvig / Ehlers/Wickler / Herrera/Gavira / Carambula/Ranghieri / Boermans/de Groot Women’s: Hughes/Cheng / Duda/Ana Patricia / Stam/Schoon / Clancy/Mariafe / Mel/Brandie

Tepic, Mexico Elite16 - March 22-26, 2023 Men’s Results Gold Medal Match Åhman/Hellvig d. Mol/Sørum 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) Bronze Medal Match Ehlers/Wickler d. Boermans/de Groot 2-0 (24-22, 21-16) Men’s Medalists Gold- David Åhman/Jonathan Hellvig Silver- Anders Mol/Christian Sørum Bronze- Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler Women’s Results Gold Medal Match Hughes/Cheng d. Duda/Ana Patricia 2-1 (21-14, 15-21, 15-10) Bronze Medal Match Clancy/Mariafe d. Menegatti/Gottardi 2-1 (16-21, 21-17, 19-17) Women’s Medalists Gold- Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng Silver- Eduarda Santos Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva Ramos Bronze- Taliqua Clancy/Mariafe Artacho Del Solar

Since I’m bored I’ll try to predict the WRs that’ll be broken throughout the remainder of the 2023 season Men Mondo Duplantis - Pole Vault Eluid Kipchoge - Marathon Grant Holloway - 110m Hurdles Ryan Crouser - Shot Put Women Sydney McLaughlin - 400m Hurdles Yulimar Rojas - Triple Jump Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - 100m Faith Kipyegon - 1500m

Team Laing/Jones win the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, with a 9-4 win over Peterman/Gallant. They’ll represent Canada at the Mixed Doubles World Championship later next month in Korea.

Men’s Snowboard Cross Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada Final Results: Gold- Martin Noerl Silver- Jake Vedder Bronze- Elliot Grondin Full Final Results Here

Women’s Snowboard Cross Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada Final Results: Gold- Josie Baff Silver- Pia Zerkhold Bronze- Chloe Trespeuch Full Final Results Here

Louis Krieber Gagnon (-90kg) loses in the second round to Lasha Bekauri (GEO)

Shady El-Nahas (-100kg) wins bronze on Day 3 of the 2023 Grand Slam in Tbisili, Georgia defeating Nurlykhan Sharkhan (KAZ) 10-0. In the semifinals he lost to Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag (MGL) 2-0.

Liam Brearley wins silver at the WC season-finale in Silvapana, Switzerland Results: Men Liam Brearley - 2nd - 89.00 Cameron Spalding - 4th - 79.50 Francis Jobin - 8th - 69.75 Women Jasmine Baird - 7th - 64.50 Laurie Blouin - 9th - 27.75