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advancing to a swimming semifinal at a World Championships

Two medals for Canada at X-Games California 2023! 10-year-old Reese Nelson wins silver in women's vert, and Ryan DeCenzo wins bronze in men's street! Too bad vert isn't an Olympic discipline.

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Stage July 22nd - July 28th, 2023 4 Nations, the Winning Nations will qualify for the Final. The Losing Nations from the Semifinals will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Italy 1 Netherlands July 26th 2023, h. 18:30 Australia 1 Spain [/hide]

Day 2 Finals Summary Men's 100m Breastroke Final 1. Qin Haiyang (57.69), 2. Nic Fink (58.72), 2. Nicolo Martinenghi (58.72), 2. Arno Kamminga (58.72), 5. Lucas Mazerath (58.88), 6. Yan Zibei (59.23), 7. Josh Matheny (59.45), 8. Berke Orgetir (59.79) Women's 100m Butterfly Final 1. Zhang Yufei (56.12), 2. Maggie MacNeil (56.45), 3. Torri Huske (56.61), 4. Emma McKeon (56.88), 5. Angelina Kohler (57.05), 6. Marie Wattel (57.13), 7. Brianna Throssel (57.34), 8. Gretchen Walsh (57.38) Men's 100m Backstroke (Through to Finals) Thomas Ceccon → Xu Jianyu → Ryan Murphy → Mewen Tomac → Yohann Ndoye-Brouard → Hubert Kos → Ksawery Masiuk → Hunter Armstrong Women's 100m Breastroke (Through to Finals) Ruta Meilutyte → Lilly King → Tatjana Schoenmaker → Mona McSharry → Eneli Jefimova → Sophie Hansson → Lydia Jacoby → Satomi Suzuki Men's 50m Butterfly Final 1. Thomas Ceccon (22.68), 2. Diogo Ribeiro (22.80), 3. Maxime Grousset (22.82), 4. Jacob Peters (22.84), 5. Ben Proud (22.91), 6. Dare Rose (23.01), 7. Simon Bucher (23.26), 8. Abdelrahman El-Araby (23.34) Women's 100m Backstroke (Through to Finals) Regan Smith → Kaylee McKeown → Katharine Berkoff → Kylie Masse → Pauline Mahieu → Ingrid Wilm → Leitan Wan → Medi Harris Men's 200m Freestyle (Through to Finals) David Popovici → Luke Hobson → Hwang Sunwoo → Tom Dean → Matt Richards → Lee Hojoon → Kieran Smith → Felix Auboeck Women's 200m Individual Medley Final 1. Kate Douglass (2:07.17), 2. Alex Walsh (2:07.97), 3. Yu Yiting (2:08.74), 4. Jenna Forrester (2:08.98), 5. Anastasia Gorbenko (2:10.08), 6. Yui Ohashi (2:11.27), 7. Marrit Steenbergen (2:11.89), 8. Ye Shiwen (2:14.27)

Women's 200m Individual Medley Gold- Kate Douglass (2:07.17) Silver- Alex Walsh (2:07.97) Bronze- Yu Yiting (2:08.74)

Gold for Douglass in the women's 200m individual medley! 2:07.17!

Men's 50m Butterfly Gold- Thomas Ceccon (22.68) Silver- Diogo Matos Ribeiro (22.80) Bronze- Maxime Grousset (22.82)

Ceccon takes gold in the men's 50m butterfly.

Women's 100m Butterfly Gold- Zhang Yufei (56.16) Silver- Maggie MacNeil (56.45) Bronze- Torri Huske (56.61)

Men's 100m Breastroke Gold- Qin Haiyang (57.69) Silver- Nic Fink / Arno Kamminga / Nicolo Martinenghi (58.72)

Yufei 56.12 for gold in the women's 100m butterfly!

Haiyang wins gold in the men's 100m breaststroke! 57.69, another AR!

May take a WR to win the gold medal in the women's 100m butterfly. MacNeil, Huske, Yufei, and McKeon are all in the final. #2, #3, #4, and #5 performers all-time, with all four of them within striking distance of Sjostrom's mark. Should be a fast race nonetheless, expecting some quick times.

Here we go. Day 2 finals begin in 20 minutes!

This week we have... World Aquatics Championships, Fencing World Championships, Softball World Cup. TYR Swim Finals, Women's Football World Cup, Montreal Elite16 (beach volleyball), FIVB Challenger Cup, Canadian Track and Field Trials, FIBA 3x3 Basketball, BWF Japan Open, WTA/ATP tennis, and Para Swimming World Championships.

FIVB Challenge Edmonton, Canada Women’s Tournament Gold- Barbara Seixas/Carol Salgado Silver- Marta Menegatti/Valentina Gottardi Bronze- Barbora Hermannová/Marie-Sara Stochlova Second consecutive Challenge title for Barbora/Carol! Looking like the clear #2 behind Duda/AP in the Olympic race. Men’s Tournament Gold- Joao Pedrosa/Hugo Campos Silver- Hendrik Mol/Mathias Berntsen Bronze- Paolo Nicolai/Samuele Cottafava Certainly wasn't expecting to see Pedrosa/Campos on the podium, much less winning gold. Can I just mention that this was such a shit venue? There's no view as the highway is right by the courts and you can hear horns blaring constantly. Hopefully, FIVB axes this stop in future years or at the very least changes the venue to a more picturesque location. Tournament Results Here

FIE is streaming it on their Youtube channel if anyone's interested in watching it. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw

not doing us any favors First loss in eight years for the Americans. Guess we'll have to qualify through next year's Worlds, we have no chance at the Pan Am Games now.

Italy just upset United States 8-7 in women's water polo QFs. There goes our chance at a Pan Am Games Olympic quota, we're not gonna defeat both Netherlands and Italy here.

Wasn't able to watch this morning's prelims, surprised to see nobody mention Meilutye's 1:04.67 (#8 Performance All-Time) in the 100m breaststroke heats. Great to see her swimming at her best.

Was watching the stream and heard that throughout the entire summer, Poland used 27/30 of their VNL roster. That's an absolutely insane stat, they have so much depth within their team.

Personally, I would've given the MVP to Sliwka, but Zatorski played exceptionally as well, could've seen it go to either one of them.

Me too actually. I've taken a liking to this team recently, they're just so much fun to watch. Will definitely be rooting for them at Paris 2024.

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Stage July 23rd - July 29th, 2023 8 Nations, the 4 winning Nations will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 25th 2023, h. 16:00 Greece 1 Montenegro July 25th 2023, h. 17:30 Italy 2 Serbia July 25th 2023, h. 19:00 Hungary 2 United States July 25th 2023, h. 20:30 Spain 4 France [/hide]

Kaczmarek with the match of his life, as he leads to a 3-1 (25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 25-18) victory over in the gold medal match. First gold for Poland at a VNL!