Josh

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! 

Adelaide International 2 WTA 500- Adelaide, Australia  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
Belinda Bencic   is the women’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Daria Kasatkina  6-2, 6-0! 
 

Hobart International WTA 250- Hobart, Australia  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
 
Laura Siegmund  /  Kirsten Flipkens   win the women’s doubles title here in Hobart, defeating Viktorija Golubic   / Palma Udvardy  6-4, 7-5! 

Hobart International WTA 250- Hobart, Australia  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
 
Lauren Davis  wins her second career WTA title defeating Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto  7-6 (0), 6-2! 

ASC Classic ATP 250- Aukland, New Zealand  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
Nikola Metic/ Mate Pavic  are the men’s doubles champions here in Adelaide, defeating Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow  6-4, 6-7 (5), [10-6]

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:
 
Marcelo Arévalo  / Jean-Julien Rojer  win the men’s doubles title in Adelaide, by w/o over Ivan Dodig  / Krajicek 

Belinda

Adelaide International 2 WTA 500- Adelaide, Australia  | January 9- 14, 2023:
 
Belinda Bencic   is the women’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Daria Kasatkina  6-2, 6-0! 
 

Don't tell me it's Ostapenko 

Adelaide 2 has been a total disaster the last two days. Both SF cancelled after withdrawals and now Daria Kasatkina wins a grand total of two games in the final vs Belinda Bencic. There is no way a 500 level event should be played the week before a Grand Slam

Francisca Veselko is the 2023 World Junior Champion in women’s surfing! Congrats  
 
Francisca’s Individual Scores (12.47): 2.67, 5.47, 4.40, 7.00
 
And a shoutout to second place finisher, America’s Sawyer Lindbald   you were excellent all throughout the tournament! 

Sawyer’s Individual Scores: (12.33): 5.83, 6.50, 2.33
 
 

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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. 
 

Francisca Veselko is the 2023 World Junior Champion in women’s surfing! Congrats  
 
Francisca’s Individual Scores (12.47): 2.67, 5.47, 4.40, 7.00
 
And a shoutout to second place finisher, America’s Sawyer Lindbald   you were excellent all throughout the tournament! 

Sawyer’s Individual Scores: (12.33): 5.83, 6.50, 2.33
 
 

Josh, you asked me about it, I think next poll will be next week. I need to come back home and do some research. Judo and fencing will be next probably, so i know - phelps, you will not vote but i’ll be waiting for your opinion.
 
have a good weekend, everyone!

The year in sports brought us a lot of joy, tears and excitement, not only for the athletes competing, but for Totallympics members around the world. As we say goodbye to the returning edition of our annual awards, here's hope that 2023 can also be a memorable year for all sports fans. For now, we'll remember the moments that united us in 2022, presenting the theme song for this edition: TISC winner "Superheroes", by Irish band The Script.
 
 

 
Thank you all! Have a great year and until the next Totallympics Awards!
 

The COC doesn't fund athletes, it would be Own the Podium. Calgary's ski jumps closed as well.

Canada has 6 active ski jumpers, and a win is huge! This individual win should get some funding for the next couple seasons, which I hope will help fund some developmental athletes for the future as well.

Thursday January 12th, 2023 -
 
Relegation Round Day 1 Result (GMT +1)
 
 
Match 1
Central European Time (GMT +1)  
(1) Switzerland 5 - 0 Japan (0)
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 4-0
January 12th 2023, h. 16:00, Östersund Arena B, Östersund     Series Standing After Match 1:   Switzerland - Japan :  1-0

Saturday January 14th, 2023 -
 
Relegation Round Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)
 
 
Match 2
Central European Time (GMT +1)  
(0) Japan vs Switzerland (1)
Period-by-Period:
January 14th 2023, h. 18:00, Östersund Arena B, Östersund  

Saturday January 14th, 2023 -
 
Knockout Round Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)
 
 
Semifinals
Central European Time (GMT +1)  
United States vs Sweden
Period-by-Period:
January 14th 2023, h. 16:00, Östersund Arena A, Östersund
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Canada vs Finland
Period-by-Period:
January 14th 2023, h. 20:00, Östersund Arena A, Östersund  
 
5th Place Match
Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Czech Republic vs Slovakia
Period-by-Period:
January 14th 2023, h. 12:00, Östersund Arena A, Östersund  
 

Now you know this is something when someone like HIlary Knight twitted it with a emoticon.  what a week for Nela it has been
 
 

14 years old girl !
 

 

Going to watch EGY vs CRO in a caffee with some local people tonight here in Egypt. Could be fun!

I didnt know that Kauli Vaast  and Alan Cleland  were able to compete in Junior categories yet.
 
Vaast might be the best athlete from France now, and Cleland is a strong contender to an Olympic Spot.
 
On the women's side, the same for Rachel Presti  and Daniella Rosas
 
The Peruvian is already an Olympian, and Rachel is the best female of her country.u