Josh

Stage 13 in Zao (JPN)
 
Women´s Individual Normal Hill:
 
1. Eva Pinkelnig    230.1
2. Selina Freitag    228.8
3. Anna Odine Stroem    220.1
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 14 in Zakopane (POL)
 
Men´s Team Large Hill:
 
1. Austria    (Tschofenig/Hayboeck/Fettner/Kraft) 1151.5
2. Poland    (Stoch/Zyla/Wasek/Kubacki)  1150.5
3. Germany    (Eisenbichler/Raimund/Geiger/Wellinger) 1144.4
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 13 in Zao (JPN)
 
Women´s Super-Team Normal Hill:
 
1. Austria    (Chiara Kreuzer/Eva Pinkelnig) 624.6
2. Norway    (Thea Minyan Bjoerseth/Anna Odine Stroem)  589.3
3. Germany    (Katharina Althaus/Selina Freitag)  581.8
 
Full Final Result HERE

And Axelsen 21-6 in first set! 

Dressage Neustadt Dosse CDI3* Results
The following have achieved 1/2 MER result
Simone Pearce (Cadeau Noir)
Hendrik Lochthowe (Bricco Barone)
Nicole Wego-Engelmeyer (Citation 3)
Felix Kneese (San Simeon)
 
Dressage Basel CDI-W Results
The following have achieved 1/2 MER result
Jessica Bredow-Werndl (TSF Dalera BB)
Isabell Werth (DSP Quantaz)
Dinja Liere (Hartsuijker)
Nanna Skodborg Merrald (Blue Hors Zepter)
Benjamin Werndl (Daily Mirror 9)
Patrik Kittel (Forever Young HRH)
Dorothee Schneider (Showtime FRH)
Florian Bacher (Fidertraum OLD)
Corentin Pottier (Gotilas Du Feuillard)
Thamar Zweistra (Hexagon's Double Dutch)
Guillaume Lundy CNE (Tempo Ifce)
Gilles Ngovan (Zigzag)
Jorinde Verwimp (Charmer)
Estelle Wettstein (Quarterboy)
 
Dressage Wellington CDI-W Results
The following have achieved 1/2 MER result
Adrienne Lyle (Salvino)
Sarah Tubman (First Apple)
Caroline Darcourt (Lord Django)
Anna Marek (Fire Fly)
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven (Devanto)
 
Dressage Wellington CDI3* Results
The following have achieved 1/2 MER result
Frederic Wanders (Hot Hit OLD)
Carrie Schopf (Saumur)
Codi Harrison (Katholt's Bossco)
Michael Klimke (Domino)
Megan Lane (Zodiac MW)
Chase Shipka (Gladstone Zee T)
 
The first CDI-W event in Europe sees everyone that finished the Grand Prix grab an MER result. Looking at the calendar, I see there are seven weeks with events in Wellington from January to March. This make it a good place to farm ranking points without the stress of traveling and still have enough time to fly over to Europe (or stay and travel here). However, only Schopf (who's American-born) and Venezuela's Patricia Ferrando competed this week. Perhaps more will attend in two weeks.

just into the new year, it's already time for the 1st World Cup stage of 2023.
 
in this case, it's up to the Shotgun specialists in  Rabat.

first to start, the Skeet competitions (both, men and women).
 
after Day #1,
 
in the men's Skeet there are 4 guys sharing the lead with a clean 50/50 ( Azmy Mehelba,  Efthimios Mitas,  Jorgen Engen,  Nikolaos Mavrommatis).
 
7 more shooters follow with 49/50 and then, 10 shooters scored 48/50.
 
in total, there are 70 competitors.
 
in the women's Skeet,  Zhoya Kravchenko and  Dania Jo Vizzi share the lead with 49/50.
 
 Adel Sadakbayeva is alone in 3rd place with 48/50.
 
3 more shooters follow with 47/50 and 5 have a score of 46/50.
 
in total, there are 35 competitors (+ 1 DNS, I don't know why?).

after Day #2,
 
in the men's Skeet (70 starters),  Azmy Mehelba is leading the pack with a clean 100/100, ahead of   Nikolaos Mavrommatis with 99/100.
 
4 more shooters follow with 98/100 and 10 shooters scored 97/100.
 
in the women's Skeet (35 starters),  Reem Al Sharshani is the new leader with 96/100, followed by a small group of 5 shooters with a score of 95/100.

WOW ! Qatari shooter leading the way in women's skeet 

hopefully Mehelba will be in great shape in Olympics , that's what really matters now , he's already won WC and WCH gold , but he always choke in Olympics 

yeah, but with the new qualification rules for Paris 2024, the World Cup isn't really so competitive as it was before.
 
many big names are missing and also those who are in Rabat, they're not in very good shape yet (it's so early in the season).
 
everything was definitely more interesting when direct Olympic Quota Places were up for grabs in any WC stage.
 
p.s. Mehelba however looks in great shape...hope he can keep it through the whole season...

Week 1 Results
 
Men's Events
Event Tour Winner Pts Won Sentry Tournament of Champions PGA Tour Jon Rahm 37.68  
 
Women's Events
Event Tour Winner Pts Won Hitachi Ladies Classic TLPGA Kokona Sakurai 4.00

Jon Rahm wins the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii by two shots over Collin Morikawa.
 
Morikawa led by 6 shots after three rounds and led Rahm by 9(!) shots after the 1st hole of the final round but collapsed on the back nine.
 
I read this is only the 9th time a leader has blown a six shot final round lead in PGA history
 

My bracket , Round 2
 
W
 
Świątek - Osorio
Bucsa - Andreescu
Rybakina - Juvan
Muchova - Collins
 
McNally - Baindl
Bogdan - Ostapenko
Zheng - Pera
Raducanu - Gauff
 
Pegula - B Fruhvirtova
P Kudermetova - Kostyuk
Krejcikova - Burel
Kalinina - Kvitova
 
Keys - Wang
Jeanjean - Kenin
Dart - Marino
Shnaider - Sakkari
 
Kasatkina - Maria
Putintseva - Ka Pliskova
Zhang - Martic
Volynets - V Kudermetova
 
Kontaveit - Linette
Parry - Alexandrova
Begu - Bronzetti
Fernandez - Garcia
 
Sabalenka - Rogers
Davis - Mertens
Schmiedlova - Giorgi
Liu - Bencic
 
Haddad Maia - Potapova
Vekic - Samsonova
Kanepi - L Fruhvirtova
Vondrousova - Jabeur

M rd 2, my bracket
 
Nadal - Nakashima
Svrcina - Ymer
Khachanov - Kubler
Otte - Tiafoe
 
Hurkacz - Sonego
Escobedo - Shapovalov
Korda - Rinderknech
Husler - Medvedev
 
Tsitsipas - Hanfmann
Griekspoor - van de Zandschulp
Musetti - Fucsovics
Barrere - Sinner
 
Norrie - Monteiro
Kwon - Coric
Cerundolo - Moutet
Molcan - Auger-Aliassime
 
Rublev - Ruusuvuori
Galan - Evans
Kyrgios - Humbert
Cressy - Rune
 
Carreno Busta - Bonzi
Mannarino - de Minaur
Dimitrov - Bergs
Couacaud - Djokovic
 
Fritz - Popyrin
Shelton - Kecmanovic
Schwartzman - Wolf
Goffin - Zverev
 
Berrettini - Kokkinakis
Vukic - Bautista Agut
Bublik - Paul
O’Connell - Ruud

Hopefully Naraoka won’t get thrashed.. But he basically have 4 lungs so I believe in him

Naraoka vs Axelsen definitely the most attractive final tomorrow. Actually every match of Naraoka of this tournament is very worth watching and he is the super rising star of badminton.

Stage 10 in Kreischberg (AUT)
 
Men´s Big Air:
 
1. Taiga Hasegawa    186.00
2. Ryoma Kimata    182.50
3. Kira Kimura    181.75
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 10 in Kreischberg (AUT)
 
Women´s Big Air:
 
1. Anna Gasser    179.75
2. Zoi Sadowski Synott    176.50
3. Kokomo Murase    174.50
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 11 in Scuol (SUI)
 
Men´s Parallel Giant Slalom:
 
1. Oskar Kwiatkowski 
2. Mirko Felicetti   
3. Andreas Prommegger   
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 11 in Scuol (SUI)
 
Women´s Parallel Giant Slalom:
 
1. Carolin Langenhorst 
2. Ramona Theresia Hofmeister   
3. Julie Zogg   
 
Full Final Result HERE

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia :
 
Viktor Axelsen  through to the men’s singles final, defeating Kanata Tsuneyama   2-0 (21-7, 21-15) 
 
 
 
Axelsen will face Kodai Naraoka  in the final
 

ASC Classic ATP 250- Aukland, New Zealand  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
Richard Gasquet  is the men’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Cam Norrie  4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Adelaide International 2 ATP 250- Adelaide, Australia  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
Soonwoo Kwon  is the men’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut  6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)

Paula Badosa (abductor strain) and Ajla Tomlajnovic (right knee) are out of Australian Open
 
Lucky losers into MD are Leolie Jeanjean (plays Nadia Podoroska) and Laura Pigossi (plays Caty McNally).