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What an incredible shot by Brad Gushue against Japan

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2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 7 Results 10 - 3 9 - 2 6 - 3 8 - 6 Full Results Here

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 6 Results 10 - 8 8 - 3 8 - 4 Full Results Here

Corey Conners wins the PGA Texas Open

Day 3 HSBC Rugby 7s Hong Kong Canada’s men’s team started off the final day of competition with a 17-0 loss against Ireland in the 9th place quarter-finals. They followed that up with a 19-12 win against Japan in the 13th place semi-finals, and a 19-7 loss against Hong Kong in the 13th place playoffs, to finish 14th. Canada’s women’s team started off the final day of competition with a 12-7 win against United States in the 5th place semi-finals. They followed that up with a 22-12 loss against France in the 5th place playoff, to finish 6th.

Team Canada at the 2023 FINA Para World Aquatic Championships- Swimming Manchester, England https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2023/04/02/confirmed-qualifiers-for-2023-world-para-swimming-championships-announced/ (Note: The complete Canadian delegation will be announced at a later date) Women (8) Aurélie Rivard Danielle Dorris Nikita Ens Shelby Newkirk Aly Van Wyck-Smart Tess Routliffe Abi Tripp Katarina Roxon Men (5) Nicholas Bennett Philippe Vachon James Leroux Alexander Elliot Nicolas-Guy Turbide

Team Canada at the 2023 FINA World Aquatic Championships- Swimming Fukuoka, Japan https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2023/04/02/world-championships-team-features-mix-of-youth-experience/ Women (17) Sophie Angus Brooklyn Douthwright Emma Finlin Hanna Henderson Ella Jansen Maggie MacNeil Mary-Sophie Harvey Kylie Masse Summer McIntosh Emma O’Cronin Penny Oleksiak Taylor Ruck Katerine Savard Ingrid Wilm Kelsey Wog Mabel Zavaros Men (14) Javier Acevedo Jermey Bagshaw Eric Brown James Dergousoff Edouard Fullum-Hout Ruslan Gaziev Collyn Gagne Patrick Hussey Illya Kharun Finlay Knox Josh Liendo Brayden Taivassalo Lorne Wigginton

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Round Robin Standings after Day 2 Japan 3 W / 0 L Switzerland 3 W / 0 L Sweden 3 W / 0 L Norway 3 W / 0 L Scotland 2 W / 1 L Canada 2 W / 2 L Czech Republic 1 W / 2 L Germany 1 W / 2 L Italy 1 W / 2 L Korea 1 W / 2 L United States 0 W / 3 L New Zealand 0 W / 3 L Turkey 0 W / 3 L

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 5 Results 6 - 8 7 - 2 6 - 5 10 - 6 Full Results Here

Winners on Day 6 of the 2023 Canadian Swim Trials Women’s Para 100m Backstroke- Shelby Newkirk S6 (1:21.06) Men’s Para 100m Backstroke- Nicholas Bennett (1:02.57) Women’s 200m Freestyle- Summer McIntosh (1:53.91) Men’s 200m Freestyle- Javier Acevedo (1:47.72) Women’s 50m Butterfly- Katerine Savard (26.56) Men’s 50m Butterfly- Josh Liendo (23.27) Women’s 800m Freestyle- Mabel Zavaros (8:38.17) Men’s 1500m Freestyle- Eric Brown (15:26.85)

Some “big” Canadian swimming names did not qualify for Worlds. Here’s the full list: Women Tessa Cieplucha, Katerina Bellio, Abby Dunford, Rebecca Smith, Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck, Rachel Nicol, Bailey Andison Men James Dergousoff, Stephen Calkins, Jermey Bagshaw, Ruslan Gasiev, Yuri Kisil, Gabe Mastromatteo

Provisionally qualified for the 2023 World Aquatic Championships (after Day 6, meeting the FINA A/B standard) Women (15) 50m Freestyle (FINA A- 25.04) Maggie MacNeil- 24.79 100m Freestyle (FINA A- 54.25) Maggie MacNeil- 54.58 200m Freestyle (FINA A- 1:58.66) Summer McIntosh- 1:53.91 Mary-Sophie Harvey- 1:58.40 400m Freestyle (FINA A- 4:08.81) Summer McIntosh- 3:56.08 Ella Jansen- 4:08.81 800m Freestyle- (8:37.90) Mabel Zavaros- 8:38.17 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 Backstroke (FINA A- 2:11.08) Kylie Masse- 2:07.13 Ingrid Wilm- 2:10.19 50m Breastroke (FINA A- 30.69) Sophie Angus- 31.13 100m Breastroke (FINA A- 1:07.35) Sophie Angus- 1:07.68 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:25.91) Sydney Pickrem- 2:24.63 Kelsey Wog- 2:25.26 50m Butterfly (FINA A- 26.32) Katerine Savard- 26.56 100m Butterfly (FINA A- 58.33) Maggie MacNeil- 56.54 Katerine Savard- 57.81 200m Butterfly (FINA A- 2:09.21) Summer McIntosh- 2:04.70 200m IM (FINA A- 2:12.98) Summer McIntosh- 2:06.89 Sydney Pickrem- 2:08.61 400 IM (FINA A- 4:43.06) Summer McIntosh- 4:25.87 Sydney Pickrem- 4:39.81 4x100m Freestyle Relay Maggie MacNeil- 54.58 Brooklyn Douthwright- 55.15 Mary-Sophie Harvey- 55.15 Hanna Henderson- 55.20 4x200m Freestyle Relay Summer McIntosh- 1:53.91 Mary-Sophie Harvey- 1:58.40 Emma O’Cronin- 1:58.94 Ella Jansen- 1:58.46 Men (10) 50m Freestyle (FINA A- 22.12) Josh Liendo- 21.80 100m Freestyle (FINA A- 48.51) Josh Liendo- 47.86 Javier Acevedo- 48.50 200m Freestyle (FINA A- 1:47.06) Javier Acevado- 1:47.72 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 Backstroke (FINA A- 1:58.07) Hugh McNeill- 1:58.07 200m Breastroke (FINA A- 2:10.32) Brayden Taivasaalo- 2:11.28 50m Butterfly (FINA A- 23.53) Josh Liendo- 23.27 Illya Kharun- 23.42 100m Butterfly (FINA A- 51.96) Josh Liendo- 50.36 Illya Kharun- 51.45 200m Butterfly (FINA A- 1:56.71) Illya Kharun- 1:54.74 200m IM (FINA A- 1:59.53) Finlay Knox- 1:57.26 400 IM (FINA A- 4:17.48) Lorne Wigginton- 4:16.14 Collyn Gagne- 4:17.44 4x100m Freestyle Relay Josh Liendo- 47.86 Javier Acevedo- 48.50 Edouard Fullom-Hout- 49.43 Finlay Knox- 49.50

Summer McIntosh with her fifth PB of the week 1:53.91 200 Free at the 2023 Canadian Trials, and is now #5 all-time. (Behind Pellegrini, Titmus, Schmitt, Ledecky). What an incredible meet for McIntosh. Really, really excited to see what she can do at the Worlds/Olympics.

[2] Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula are the women’s doubles champions at the 2023 Miami Open after defeating Taylor Townsend/Leylah Fernandez 7-6 (6), 6-2 Team title #5 for Gauff/Pegula and their second of the 2023 season (They won Qatar Open in February)

Day 3 of Judo GP Antalya saw Canada win one medal. (Canada sure loves bronze ) Kyle Reyes (-100kg) won Canada’s only medal of the day, defeating Simeon Catherina (NED) 11-0 in the bronze medal contest. Earlier, he suffered a 1-0 quarterfinals loss to Daniel Eich (SUI), but rebounded soon after defeating Anton Savytskiy (UKR) 11-0 in his repechage match. Shady El Nahas (-100kg) finished 7th, after an 11-0 quarterfinals loss to Aaron Fara (AUT), and a 10-0 repechage loss to Nurlykhan Sharkhan (KAZ). Louis Krieber Gagnon (-90kg) lost in the second round 10-0 to Noël van ‘t End (NED). They finished the event with one silver medal, and three bronze medals. Final preparation before World Championships in Doha, Qatar (May 7-14)

Ice cross at the Olympics? Yes please One of my favourite non-olympic winter sports by far. So exciting to watch. For those who have never seen ice cross before, and have no clue what it is, here’s a video explaining it for you

Two medals for Canada Cristella Brunetti-Burns with a bronze in women’s beam, and Victor Canuel with a silver in men’s vault.

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 4 Results 7 - 4 7 - 3 8 - 2 9 - 2 Full Results Here

3x3 Asia Cup- Kallang, Singapore Men’s Tournament Gold- Mongolia (Anand Ariunbold, Delgernyam Davaasambuu, Dulguun Enkhbat, Enkhbaatar Onolbaatar) Silver- Australia (Todd Blanchfield, Daniel Johnson, Andrew Steel, Lucas Walker) Bronze- New Zealand (Dominique Kelman-Poto, Christopher McIntosh, Richard Rodger, Tai Wynyard)

3x3 Asia Cup- Kallang, Singapore Women’s Tournament Gold- Australia (Anneli Maley, Lauren Mansfield, Marena Whittle, Alex Wilson) Silver- New Zealand (Lauryn Hippolite, Krystal Leger-Walker, Esra McGoldrick, Sharnee Pupuke-Robati) Bronze- China (Yujie Chen, Jianping Zhang, Lingge Zhang, Yi Zhang)

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 3 Results 6 - 2 8 - 1 7 - 4 11 - 6 Full Results Here

MEDDY IS THE MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION AT THE 2023 MIAMI OPEN defeating [10] Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 Medvedev’s now 24-1 in his last twenty five matches.

FIVB Futures Coolangatta Beach, Australia Women’s Tournament Gold- Jana Milutinovic/Stefanie Fejes Silver- Georgia Johnson/Jasmine Fleming Bronze- Majabelle Lawac/ Sherysyn Toko Men’s Tournament Gold- Ha Likejiang/Wu Jiaxin Silver- Pithak Tipjan/Poravid Taovato Bronze- Jordan Hoppe/Charles Siragusa Second consecutive Futures title for Likejiang/Wu. Tournament Results Here

BWF Spain Open- Madrid, Spain (Super 300) Women’s Singles 1. Gregoria Ma Tunjung 2. Pusarla V. Sindhu 3/4. Carolina Marin 3/4. Yeo Jia Min Men’s Singles 1. Kenta Nishimoto 2. Kanta Tsuneyama 3/4. Anders Antonsen 3/4. Toma Junior Popov Women’s Doubles 1. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning 2. Cheng Fanghui/Du Yue 3/4. Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-Hee 3/4. Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen Men’s Doubles 1. He Jiting/Zhou Haodong 2. Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee 3/4. Ye Hongwei/Su Ching-Heng 3/4. Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu Mixed Doubles 1. Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Bøje 2. Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti 3/4. Gregory Mairs/Jenny Moore 3/4. Mathias Thyrri/Amalie Magelund