Surlympics

Semifinals
Kadriana Lott/Colton Lott v. Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant
Ryan Kleiter/Madison Kleiter v. Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres

Back-to-back golds for Grondin at the Gudauri WC!

Eliot Grondin wins back-to-back men’s snowboard cross silver medals at the Sierra Nevada WC!

Apologize for all of the spam (as long as I don’t find something else to post about, this is the last of it) but Eliot Grondin records his 5th WC victory of the season in Cortina D’Ampezzo! Not 100% sure but I believe this is the Olympic venue for 2026? Someone correct me if I’m wrong 

No need to apologize. Appreciate all the updates!

Little bit of news from the junior ranks, as at the World Junior Snowboarding Championships in Lachtal, Austria, Aurelie Moisan wins gold in women’s parallel giant slalom!

Alex Baldoni misses a quota by 0.27 seconds. He had a clean run but then a penalty was added rip

Spoke too soon!

Canada’s qualified in the Canoe Slalom Women’s C1

And Baldoni gets the quota on a review! Woohoo

Canada’s men’s team will play an exhibition game against France on July 17, just 10 days before the Olympic competition is set to begin. 
 
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Antoine Cyr ties his career best WC finish, with a 4th in men’s sprint classical in Drammen!
 
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Georgia Lewin-Lafrance/Antonia Lewin-Lafrance secure their nomination onto the Canadian team in 49erFX following the conclusion of this years 49er/49erFX World Championships! 

Shona Branton split a 1:06.24 in the women's 4x100 medley relay at the U Sports Championships

55.01 in the B-final 

Final day of the World Boxing Olympic Qualifier is on Monday. As previously reported, two Canadians will be fighting for an Olympic quota. 
 
Scarlett Delgado will take on  Sara Cirkovic in women’s 54kg, and Alexis Barriere will take on  Djamili Aboudoi Moindze in men’s +92kg.

Scarlett Delgado (women’s 54kg) through to the quarterfinals at the World Boxing Olympic Qualifier after defeating Azerbaijan 5-0! Will take on Serbian Sara Cirkovic for an Olympic quota tomorrow. 

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson beat top ranked Brazilians Ana Patricia and Duda in straight sets to move to the semis in Doha !! 

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson beat top ranked Brazilians Ana Patricia and Duda in straight sets to move to the semis in Doha !! 

Mikael Kingsbury with his 88th career WC victory at the Almaty WC! 10.00 points shy of the men’s moguls Crystal Globe though unfortunately.

Cordano Russell, Ryan Decenzo, and Matt Berger all through to the semifinals at WST Dubai! Should give them all a nice boost towards their Olympic Ranking. 

BOXING UPDATE
 
Six Canadian athletes are still alive after five days of competition. Four athletes (Kali, Al-Ahmadieh, Wright, Tremblay) are three wins away from an Olympic quota, while two athletes (Barriere/Delgado) are two wins away from an Olympic quota. Here’s their potential path to a spot at Paris: 
 
Victor Tremblay (Men’s 57kg)
R2: v.  Pedro Manuel Gomez
R3: v.  Lyu Ping or  Jose Felipe Mijangos
Quota Fight: v.  Jaroslaw Iwanow or  Yilmar Gonzalez or  Tryagain Ndelevo (Yes… that’s actually his name) or  Jean Caicedo
 
Alexis Barriere (Men’s + 92kg)
R3: v.  Gerlon Congo
Quota Fight: v.  Iman Ramezanpour or  Djamili Aboudou Moindze
 
McKenzie Wright (Women’s 50kg)
R2: v.  Aira Villegas
R3: v.  Sofie Rosshaug or  Sadia Bromand
Quota Fight: v.  Tetiana Kob or  Zlatislava Chukanova or  Nina Radovanovic or  Hanan Nassar
 
Scarlett Delgado (Women’s 54kg)
R3: v.  Zeynab Rahimova
Quota Fight: v.  Sara Cirkovic or  Shukura Kareem
 
Marie Al-Ahmadieh (Women’s 57kg)
R3: v.  Jin Hye-Jeong
R4: v.  Nisrine Amine or  Alyssa Mendoza
Quota Fight: v.  Julia Szeremeta or  Anastasiia Molochko or  Lucie Horvath Sedlackova or  Sitora Turdibekova
 
Sara Kali (Women’s 66kg)
R2: v.  Kitija Zārberga
R3: v.  Angela Carini or  Mai Kito
Quota Fight: v.  Ivanusa Moreira or  Emily Nakalema or Joanna Nwamerue or Yuliannys Alvarez

Marie Al-Ahmadieh (women’s 57kg) and Scarlett Delgado (women’s 54kg) are also through to the R16. For Al-Ahmadieh, she’s three wins away from an Olympic quota. Delgado is two. 

Huge victory for Alexis Barriere as he defeats 2021 world silver medalist Davit Chaloyan 4-1 to advance to the R16 at the World Boxing Olympic Qualifier!

Melissa-Humana Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson qualify for Paris in women’s beach volleyball! Olympic qualification period is far from over, but according to this article (highly credible website) mathematically there’s no chance for 17 teams to have overtaken us by June 9. Still need to get two tournaments in though. 
 
One of my biggest hopes for a Paris medal, alongside Kharun. Really hoping we can put the disastrous quarterfinal day at Tokyo 2020 behind us 

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