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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

Dunn/Furlan lose the bronze medal match at the BPT Futures in Coolangatta, Australia, with a 2-1 (24-22, 16-21, 15-6) loss against Lawak/Toko (VAN)

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

Anna Hall starting to stake her claim for heptathlon gold at Paris 2024. 2:03.23 800m at the Flordia Relays. I mean, what can’t she do? Absolutely incredible.

Winners on Day 5 of the 2023 Canadian Swim Trials Women’s 200m Backstroke- Kylie Masse (2:07.13) Men’s 200m Backstroke- Hugh McNeill (1:58.07) Women’s 400m IM- Summer McIntosh (4:25.87 // WR) Men’s 400m IM- Lorne Wigginton (4:16.14) Women’s Para 150m IM- Jordan Tucker SM4 (3:50.52) Women’s Para 200m IM- Tess Routliffe SM7 (3:07.21) Men’s Para 200m IM- Nicholas Bennett SM14 (2:10.71)

Provisionally qualified for the 2023 World Aquatic Championships (after Day 5, meeting the FINA A/B standard) Women (13) 50m Freestyle (FINA A- 25.04) Maggie MacNeil- 24.79 100m Freestyle (FINA A- 54.25) Maggie MacNeil- 54.58 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 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 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 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 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 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

Dunn/Furlan lose their semifinal match 2-0 (21-9, 21-18) against Johnson/Fleming (AUS) at the BPT Futures in Coolangatta Beach, Australia. They’ll play for bronze against Lawak/Toko (VAN).

2023 Men’s World Curling Championships: April 1- April 9, 2023 | Ottawa, Canada Draw 2 Results 4 - 3 10 - 6 5 - 8 8 - 1 Full Results Here

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

Canada’s women’s team loses 45-14 to (1) New Zealand, setting up a 5th place semifinal matchup against (3) United States at 10:34 PM PST/1:34 AM EST. Canada’s men’s team loses 29-5 to (6) Samoa, setting up a 9th place quarterfinal matchup against (8) Ireland at 5:30 PM PST/8:30 PM EST.

Another day, another WR for Summer McIntosh 4:25.87 400m IM at the 2023 Canadian Trials, improving on Katinka’s 4:26.36 by almost half a second.

Day 2 of Judo GP Antalya saw Canada win two bronze medals. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (-63kg) won her bronze medal after defeating Lubjana Piovesana (AUS) 10-0. In the semifinals, she lost 10-0 to Ketelyn Quadros (BRA). François Gauthier Drapeau (-81kg) won his bronze medal, defeating Sharofidden Boltaboev (UZB) 10-0. In the quarterfinals he lost 10-0 to Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA), but rebounded soon after to defeat Jose Maria Mendiola Izquieta (ESP) 10-0, and advance to the bronze medal contest. Arthur Margelidon (-73kg) lost in the third round 10-0 to Adil Osmanov (MDA). Antoine Bouchard (-73kg) lost in the first round 10-0 to Hassan Doukkali (MAR). Mohab El-Nahas (-81kg) lost in the first round 11-0 to Mihail Latisev (MDA).

Dunn/Furlan through to the semifinals at the BPT Futures in Coolangatta Beach, Australia, with a come from behind 2-1 win (19-21, 23-21, 15-8) over Alchin/Mears (AUS). Up next, Johnson/Fleming (AUS).

Êdouard Roger-Vasselin/Santiago Gonzaléz are the men‘s doubles champions at the 2023 Miami Open after defeating Austin Krajicek/Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (4), 7-5

[15] Petra Kvitova is the women’s singles champion at the 2023 Miami Open after defeating [10] Elena Rybakina 7-6 (14), 6-2 Title #30 for Petra

Taylor Townsend/Leylah Fernandez will face [2] Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula for the 2023 Miami Open (WTA 1000) women‘s doubles title.