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2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Semifinals- Results: Levi Slawson d. Eli Hanneman 16.60 (9.00 + 7.60) - 15.33 (8.00 + 7.33) Jarvis Earle d. Alan Cleland 13.23 (6.00 + 7.23) - 12.50 (4.17 + 8.33) Eliminated in 3th Place: Eli Hanneman Alan Cleland Men’s Final: Levi Slawson v. Jarvis Earle Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Quarterfinals- Results: Eli Hanneman d. Brodi Sale 16.00 (8.33 + 7.67) - 10.07 (5.50 + 4.57) Levi Slawson d. Kauli Vaast 14.50 (7.50 + 7.00) - 14.17 (7.67 + 6.33) Jarvis Earle d. Oscar Berry 16.70 (6.77 + 9.93) - 10.60 (5.60 + 5.00) Alan Cleland d. Jackson Bunch 14.36 (4.93 + 9.43) - 12.70 (6.50 + 6.20) Eliminated in 5th Place: Brodi Sale Kauli Vaast Oscar Berry Jackson Bunch Men’s Semi-Finals: Eli Hanneman v. Levi Slawson Jarvis Earle v. Alan Cleland Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Women’s Quarterfinals- Results: Alyssa Spencer d. Laura Raupp 7.93 (5.83 + 2.10) - 7.60 (3.83 + 3.77) Sawyer Lindblad d. Sol Aguirre 15.50 (8.83 + 6.67) - 14.17 (8.17 + 6.00) Francisca Veselko d. Erin Brooks 13.33 (7.83 + 5.50) - 9.67 (5.50 + 4.17) Sierra Kerr d. Zahli Kelly 13.77 (7.27 + 6.50) - 10.76 (5.83 + 4.93) Eliminated in 5th Place: Laura Raupp Sol Aguirre Erin Brooks Zahli Kelly Women’s Semi-Finals: Alyssa Spencer v. Sawyer Lindblad Francisca Veselko v. Sierra Kerr Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2022 Snowboarding World Cup- January 13-14, 2023 | Kreischberg, Austria Men’s Big Air Qualification Qualified to Final- From Heat 1: 1. Oyvind Kirkhus 175.50 (83.75 + 91.75) 2. Taiga Hasegawa 174.00 (83.75 + 90.25) 3. Samuel Zaros 169.00 (77.25 + 91.25) 4. Kira Kamura 167.75 (91.50 + 76.25) 5. Chris Corning 166.75 (70.75 + 96.00) Qualified to Final- From Heat 2: 1. Hiroto Ogiwara 183.25 (90.50 + 92.75) 2. Dusty Henrickson 168.75 (92.25 + 76.50) 3. Ryoma Kimata 166.75 (87.25 + 79.50) 4. Emiliano Lauzi 165.25 (89.75 + 75.50) 5. Valentino Guseli 162.25 (88.00 + 74.25) Full Qualification Results Here

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Viktor Axelsen through to the semi-finals, defeating Kenta Nishimoto 2-0 (21-6, 21-12) Awesome job Viktor

Adelaide International 2 WTA 500- Adelaide, Australia | January 6-14, 2023 Luisa Stefani / Taylor Townsend d. Elena Rybakina / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 7-6 (3) to win the women’s double title!

I’ll provide updates on San Marino here every once in a while Before the 2020 Olympics, San Marino had never won an Olympic medal. In Tokyo, things changed, and they managed to win TWO medals at Tokyo in shooting (Silver- Mixed Trap, Bronze- Women’s). Although the mixed trap event will be removed for the Paris 2024 Olympics, they should have two chances at the podium in men’s/women’s trap, along with Myles Amine in men’s 86kg wrestling.

2022-23 Ski Jumping World Cup: Zao Japan Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada’s first ever World Cup gold medal in women’s ski jumping! (240.3 pts) So happy for her! Hoping the rest of her season will be filled with many more podiums! Great day here in Zao for the Austrians as well, as they get a double podium! Overall World Cup leader Eva Pinklenig wins silver (231.8), while her teammate Chiara Creuzer wins bronze (228.6) Hoping this result will finally make Own The Podium take action, and put some funding into Ski Jumping Canada. There are hardly any training facilities in Canada, and all ski jumping athletes who choose to compete are self-funded.

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Women’s Round of 16 Results: Alyssa Spencer d. Aelan Vaast 11.83 (7.33 + 4.50) - 11.80 (6.30 + 5.50) Laura Raupp d. Rachel Presti 11.67 (5.00 + 6.67) - 11.23 (6.03 + 5.20) Sawyer Lindblad d. Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri 15.10 (7.60 + 7.50) - 10.33 (5.50 + 4.83) Sol Aguirre d. Daniella Rosas 11.53 (6.10 + 5.43) - 6.83 (2.83 + 4.00) Erin Brooks d. Luana Silva 15.03 (8.43 + 6.60) - 13.00 (7.50 + 5.50) Francisca Veselko d. Sara Wakita 14.10 (6.60 + 7.50) - 8.67 (4.50 + 4.17) Sierra Kerr d. Kirra Pinkerton 12.47 (6.17 + 6.30) - 11.60 (5.17 + 6.43) Zahli Kelly d. Ellie Harrison 14.23 (6.83 + 7.40) - 10.13 (5.80 + 4.33) Eliminated in 9th Place: Aelan Vaast Rachel Presti Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri Daniella Rosas Luana Silva Sara Wakita Kirra Pinkerton Ellie Harrison Women’s Quarter-Finals: Alyssa Spencer v. Laura Raupp Sawyer Lindblad v. Sol Aguirre Erin Brooks v. Francisca Veselko Sierra Kerr v. Zahli Kelly Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Round of 16- Results: Brodi Sale d. Taro Watanabe 11.76 (6.33 + 5.43) - 10.33 (4.73 + 5.60) Eli Hanneman d. Luke Thompson 13.50 (7.00 + 6.50) - 12.00 (7.50 + 4.50) Kauli Vaast d. Saxon Reber 17.50 (9.00 + 8.50) - 12.00 (6.16 + 5.83) Levi Slawson d. Kade Matson 13.77 (7.17 + 6.60) - 12.87 (7.20 + 5.65) Jarvis Earle d. Jett Schilling 14.97 (7.30 + 7.67) - 12.20 (6.50 + 5.70) Oscar Berry d. Cauã Costa 11.40 (5.67 + 5.73) - 9.63 (5.00 + 4.63) Jackson Bunch d. Adur Amatriain 16.77 (8.77 + 8.00) - 12.04 (5.67 + 6.37) Alan Cleland d. Ryan Kainalo 17.40 (8.67 + 8.73) - 12.10 (6.00 + 6.10) Eliminated in 9th Place: Adur Amatriain Cauã Costa Jett Schilling Kade Matson Saxon Reber Luke Thompson Taro Watanabe Ryan Kainalo Men’s Quarter-Finals: Brodi Sale v. Eli Hanneman Kauli Vaast v. Levi Slawson Jarvis Earle v. Oscar Berry Jackson Bunch v. Alan Cleland Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champino Viktor Axelsen starts his season off on a winning note, coming back from down a set to defeat his teammate Rasmus Gemke 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-12) Always fun to watch Viktor play, so happy he won

Thank you for the correction. Don’t know how I’ve missed those team changes. Excited to see what they can do in the upcoming Olympic qualification cycle.

2023 Beach Pro Tour Elite16- From February 1-5, 2023 | Doha, Qatar : (For qualifiers, four spots are available in the main draw, just win two in a row and you’re in) Women’s Tournament Reserves: 1. Hasegawa/Sakaguchi 2. Klinger/Klinger 3. Matsumoto/Matsumoto 4. Makhno/Makhno 5. Lunina/Lazarenko 6. Simo/Rodriguez 7. Murakami/Fujii 8. Paulikiene/Raupelyte 9. Dave/Ashush 10. Grudzinskaite/Grudzinskaite 11. Dumbauskaite/Krizanauskaite Women’s Tournament Qualifiers (This field is loaded with talent, holy crap): 1. Cannon/Sponcil 2. Talita/Thamela 3. Nuss/Kloth 4. Andressa/Vitoria 5. Schneider/Sude 6. Menegatti/Gottardi 7. Borger/Ittlinger 8. Taiana Lima/Hegeile 9. Ishii/Mizoe 10. Placette/Richard 11. Stockman/Kraft 12. Álvarez/Moreno 13. Böbner/Vergé-Dépré 14. Carro/Lobato 15. Rivas Zapata/Villablanca 16. Helland-Hansen/Olimstad Women’s Tournament Main Draw: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Cheng/Hughes 3. Müller/Tillmann 4. Barbora/Carol 5. Clancy/Mariafe 6. Pavan/Bukovec 7. Humana-Parades/Wilkerson 8. Flint/Scoles 9. Samoilova/Graudina 10. Stam/Schoon 11. Hüberli/Brunner 12. Hermanová/Stochlova My question here is, when will be the return of Klineman/Ross?

2023 Beach Pro Tour Elite16- From February 1-5, 2023 | Doha, Qatar : (For qualifiers, four spots are available in the main draw, just win two in a row and you’re in) Men’s Tournament Reserves: 1. Huseyin Mermer/Urlu 2. Dumek/Sedlak 3. Friend/Brewster 4. MacNeil/Russell 5. Klasnic/Kolaric 6. Plavins/Samoilovs 7. Hajós/Attila Stréli 8. Lorenz/Reinhardt 9. Jawo/Njie Men’s Tournament Qualifiers: 1. Carambula/Rangheri 2. Seidel/Waller 3. Lupo/Rossi 4. McHugh/Burnett 5. Crabb/Brunner 6. Herrera/Gavira 7. Vinicius/Saymon 8. Ermacora/Pristauz 9. Krattinger/Breer 10. Samoilovs/Smedins 11. Carracher/Nicolaidis 12. Heidrich/Dillier 13. Bassereau/Lyneel 14. Webber/Cory 15. Aravena/Droguett 16. Al Jalaboubi/Alhashmi Men’s Tournament Main Draw: 1. Mol/Sørum 2. Renato/Vitor Felipe 3. Brouwer/Meeuwsen 4. Andre/George 5. Grimalt/Grimalt 6. Bryl/Losiak 7. Åhman/Hellvig 8. Perusic/Schweiner 9. Ahmed/Cherif 10. Nicolai/Cottafava 11. Ehlers/Wickler 12. Nassim/Mahmoud Berntsen/Mol? Nõlvak/Tiisaar? Where are Varenhorst/Van De Velde, Boermans/Immers and Luini/Penniga? Bourne/Schalk? A lot of top teams missing from this event on the men’s side. Edit: as @hoversaBR has kindly pointed out to me, Alison/Guto have split, and therefore the teams headed into the next Olympic qualification cycle are Alison/Alvaro & Guto/Leo.

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 3 Results- Women’s Keirin: Gold- Lauriane Genest, Silver- Sarah Orban, Bronze- Diane Snobelen (Of note, Kelsey Mitchell chose not to compete in this event, otherwise she probably would’ve been on the podium) Men’s Keirin: Gold- James Hedgcock, Silver- Tyler Rorke, Bronze- Nick Wammes Women’s Pursuit: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Fiona Majendie, Bronze- Ruby West Men’s Pursuit: Gold- Michael Foley, Silver- Dylan Bibic, Bronze- Carson Mattern Men’s Madison: Gold- Dylan Bibic/Mathias Guillemette, Silver- Chris Burnst/Evan Burtnik, Bronze- Philippe Jacob/Tristan Jussaume Women’s Madison: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme/Lily Plante, Silver- Erin Attwell/Devaney Collier, Bronze- Kiara Lylyk/Kaitlyn Rauwerda Full Results Here

2023 Beach Pro Tour Finals- From January 26-29, 2023 | Doha, Qatar: Men’s Tournament: 1. Cherif/Ahmed 2. Mol/Sørum 3. Brouwer/Meeuwsen 4. Andre/George 5. Bryl/Losiak 6. Nicolai/Cottafava 7. Perusic/Schweiner 8. Grimalt/Grimalt 9. Renato/Vitor Felipe 10. Carambula/Rangheri Women’s Tournament: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Barbora/Carol 3. Stam/Schoon 4. Clancy/Mariafe 5. Samoilova/Graudina 6. Hüberli/Brunner 7. Tillmann/Müller 8. Kloth/Nuss 9. Cheng/Hughes 10. Pavan/Bukovec

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 2 Results- Women’s Sprint: Gold- Lauriane Genest, Silver- Kelsey Mitchell, Bronze- Sarah Orban Men’s Sprint: Gold- James Hedgcock, Silver- Nick Wammes, Bronze- Tyler Rorke Women’s Omnium: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Erin Attwell, Bronze- Kiera Lylyk Men’s Omnium: Gold- Dylan Bibic, Silver- Michael Foley, Bronze- Chris Ernst Full Results Here

Valerie Grenier wins giant slalom gold in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Her first career World Cup medal. She finished in a combined two run time of 1:55.01, snapping Mikaela Shiffrins five race win streak (She finished 6th). Italian Martina Bassino (1:55.38) won the silver medal, while Pétra Vlohova (1:55.41) won the bronze medal to complete the podium.

2023 Canadian Track Cycling Championships | Milton, Ontario: January 6-8, 2023: Day 1 Results- Women’s 500m Time Trial Final: Gold- Kelsey Mitchell, Silver- Lauriane Genest, Bronze- Sarah Orban Men’s Kilo Time Trial Final: Gold- James Hedgcock (The name?? ), Silver- Ryan Dodyk, Bronze- Dylan Bibic Women’s Scratch Race Final: Gold- Ariane Bonhomme, Silver- Erin Attwell, Bronze- Kiara Lylyk Men’s Scrach Race Final: Gold- Dylan Bibic, Silver- Mathias Guillemette, Bronze- Michael Foley In the team sprint events, there are only two teams competing in each of the men’s/women’s team sprint finals. Bit ridiculous to give the losing team a silver, if you ask me. Women’s Team Sprint Final: Gold- Emy Savard, Jackie Boyle, Sarah Orban, Silver- Kelsey Mitchell, Erin Watchman, Ericka Rieder Men’s Team Sprint Final: Gold- Tyler Rorke, Nick Wammes, James Hedgcock, Silver- Alex Brugger, Ryan MacDonald, Dustin Brooks Full Results Here

Here are my predictions Swimming: Women’s 100m Butterfly: Gold- Maggie MacNeil , Silver- Torri Huske , Bronze- Emma McKeon / Sarah Sjoestrom Swimming: Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Gold- Leon Marchand , Silver- Carston Foster , Bronze- Daiya Seto Changed my mind actually ignore my vote on poll. Gold- Adam Peaty , Silver- Nicolo Martinenghi , Bronze- Nic Fink (Sorry Michael Andrew. Still one of my favorite swimmers.)

Anyone know where I can find a link to stream the King Of The Court Finals event in Doha Qatar? I live in Canada. Edit: Think it’s on Youtube

Also, just noticed a mistake in the men’s street skateboarding poll. Ryan Decenzo is Canadian not American.

I mean you’re not wrong. I’m not saying it won’t be close, but in the last few years Maggie has won gold at the 2021 & 2022 short course world championships, while also winning gold at the 2019 long course world championships (Chose not to defend her title in 2022), all while being the reining Olympic champion.

I seemed to have missed the poll, so let me do my predictions down below: Women’s Judo -48kg: Gold- Natsumi Tsunoda , Silver- Assunta Scutto , Bronze- Shirine Boulki , Bronze- Julia Figueroa Men’s Judo -60kg: Gold- Naohisa Takato , Silver- Yeldos Smetov , Bronze- Yang Yung Wei , Bronze- Giorgi Sardalashvili Men’s Fencing Sabre Individual: Gold- Aron Szilagyi , Silver- Maxine Pianfetti , Bronze- Luigi Samele Women’s Fencing Epeé Individual: Gold- Rossella Fiamingo , Silver- Katrina Lehis , Bronze- Marie-Florence Candassamy (Another Hungary/Italy/France fencing podium, how unrealistic ) Probably would have Choi In-Jeong/Song Se-ra in the mix as well. Men’s Street Skateboarding: Gold-Nyjah Houston , Silver- Gustavo Ribeiro , Bronze- Kelvin Hoefler

5. Remove Swimming- Women’s 400m Freestyle, and change it with Swimming- Women’s 100m Butterfly. MacNeil’s dominance the past few years in this event (Whether short/long course), has really changed my opinion.