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FINA Athletes' Committee Election Results Announced


 

BUDAPEST (29 June 2022) – FINA has today announced its inaugural elected Athletes’ Committee for the 2022-2026 period, following a ceremony on the sidelines of the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022.

The gender and discipline-balanced Athletes’ Committee, made up of athletes from swimming, diving, high diving, water polo, artistic swimming and open water swimming, will play a major role in ensuring that all voices are at the heart of aquatics are heard and represented equally.

“Athletes are the heartbeat of aquatics. There is no sport without athletes. This is why I am so proud to be part of these historic elections today. With equal gender representation and athletes from all six continents across all disciplines, I have no doubt that those elected will strengthen and promote the athletes’ voice for the benefit of the entire aquatics community,” said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam.

“Today marks another significant step forward for both FINA and all aquatics athletes. The Athletes’ Committee will act as a critical link between athletes and FINA. Having the athlete community choose those who represent them in important decisions is critical for the future development of our beloved sport,” said the new FINA Athletes' Committee Chair Alia Atkinson.

During the ceremony, Alia Atkinson (JAM) and Jack Laugher (GBR) were confirmed as the new FINA Athletes' Committee Chair and Vice-Chair respectively. The full elected FINA Athletes’ Committee for the 2022-2026 period is as follows:

 

FINA Athletes’ Committee Chair - Alia Atkinson (JAM)

FINA Athletes’ Committee Vice-Chair - Jack Laugher (GBR)

 

Artistic Swimming

Nehal Saafan (EGY)

Bill May (USA)

 

Diving

Maria Polyakova (RUS)

 

High Diving

Anna Bader (GER)

Alain Kohl (LUX)

 

Open Water

Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)

Ferry Weertman (NED)                             

 

Swimming

Therese Alshammar (SWE)

Shane Ryan (IRL)

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (HKG)

Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)

Jessica Hansen (AUS)

Ryan Pini (PNG)

Jamila Nsibambi Lunkuse (UGA)

Matthew Sates (RSA)

Dylan Carter (TTO)               

 

Water Polo

Margarita Plevritou (GRE)

Felipe Perrone Rocha (ESP)

CHAMPIONNATS du SENEGAL INTERCLUBS GRAND BASSIN 2022 Samedi 2 et dimanche 3 Juillet


 

La Fédération Sénégalaise de Natation et de Sauvetage (FSNS) organise  les 2 et 3 juillet 2022 les Championnats du Sénégal Inter-Clubs en bassin de  50 mètres.

Cette compétition qui se déroulera à la Piscine Olympique Nationale, permettra de déterminer le Club Champion du Sénégal pour la présente saison.

Pour la saison 2021, le Club des DAUPHINS s’est adjugé le titre de club  champion du Sénégal chez les Messieurs après avoir totalisé 7656 points. Il est  suivi respectivement en 2eet 3eplace de l’ASFA (7465 points) et de l’AOC (6236 points). Tandis que chez les Dames, le CNRAM l’emporte avec un total  de 5761 points suivi en 2eplace du CNDG (4596 points) et en 3eplace de  l’AOC (4577 points).

- Date limite de dépôt des engagements : Jeudi 30 juin à 18 heures 

- Réunion Technique : Vendredi 1 juillet à 18 heures 

 à la Piscine Olympique Nationale

PROGRAMME DE LA COMPETITION 

SAMEDI 2 JUILLET 2022 de 15h00 à 19h00

A- Echauffement des nageurs

B- 15 Epreuves en course

DIMANCHE 3 JUILLET 2022 de 9h 00mn à 13h 30mn

A- Echauffement des nageurs

B- 15 Epreuves en course

C- Cérémonie Protocolaire de remise des Trophées

FEDERATION SENEGALAISE DE NATATION ET DE SAUVETAGE (FSNS) CHAMPIONNATS du SENEGAL INTER CLUBS GRAND BASSIN 2022

Dansk Svømmeunion skal have ny landstræner



Stefan Hansen har opsagt sin stilling og fratræder den 31. august 2022.”Jeg ønsker en karriereudfordring uden for sportens verden. Den har jeg fundet, og jeg ser frem til at prøve mig af i anden branche, hvor jeg forhåbentlig kan bidrage stort med mine kompetencer. Det er dog med vemod, jeg forlader landstrænerposten, for jeg har virkelig værdsat at coache landets bedste svømmere og samarbejdet med klubbernes dygtige trænere. Jeg ønsker dansk svømmesport og Dansk Svømmeunion alt det bedste,” siger landstræner Stefan Hansen.

Dansk Svømmeunions sportschef, Lars Robl, tager landstrænerens opsigelse til efterretning og påskønner hans flerårige indsats for dansk svømning.

”Det er en erfaren træner, som dansk svømmesport tager afsked med. Stefan har i mange år præget sporten og dens udvikling i en positiv retning – de seneste tre år som landstræner. Foruden at skulle præstere på den øverste internationale scene under nogle meget specielle forhold, har han søsat en række spændende forskningsprojekter i samarbejde med landets universiteter. Han skal have stor tak for sin mangeårige indsats – både hos SVØM, men også i vores træningsmiljøer. Vi ønsker ham al muligt held og lykke i de kommende nye udfordringer,” siger Lars Robl.

Dansk Svømmeunions sportsafdeling er i fuld gang med en strategiproces angående International High Performance-svømning. Resultatet af den proces vil blandt andet danne grundlag for den landstrænerprofil, som Dansk Svømmeunion snart vil søge efter.

Kort om Stefan Hansens bedrifter som landstræner

Stefan Hansen tiltrådte som landstræner i svømmeunionen den 1. april 2019, og han har siden stået i spidsen for svømmelandsholdet. Blandt andet under OL i Tokyo 2021, hvor det blev til en dansk bronzemedalje ved Pernille Blume i 50 meter fri, samt seks internationale mesterskaber – henholdsvis tre verdensmesterskaber og tre europamesterskaber.

Stefan Hansen har gennem sin 20-årige trænerkarriere coachet flere af dansk svømmesports største profiler, herunder Pernille Blume frem mod hendes OL-guldmedalje i Rio i 2016. Ovenpå den triumf blev han headhuntet til et job som cheftræner på Bundesstützpunkt Berlin (BSP), som kan sammenlignes med Det Nationale Træningscenter (NTC) i Danmark. Stefan Hansen var ansat der i to år, før det lykkedes Dansk Svømmeunion at få ham hjem og varetage den danske landstrænerpost.

WATER POLO USA Women To Play For Gold At FINA World Championships After 14-6 Win Over Italy


 

Budapest, Hungary - June 30 - The USA Women's National Team advanced to the Gold Medal final at the FINA World Championships with a 14-6 win over Italy earlier today in Hungary. Rachel Fattal, Stephania Haralabidis, Ryann Neushul, Kaleigh Gilchrist, and Jordan Raney all scored two goals in a balanced scoring effort throughout. Amanda Longan notched 19 saves in net.

Team USA will take on the host Hungary in the Gold Medal final on Saturday at 2pm et/11am pt. The USA Women will look to win their fourth straight FINA World Championship on Saturday and seventh in program history joining titles in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019. Live streaming is available via the FINA Facebook page ($PPV) by clicking here. For those in Europe, live streaming can be accessed by clicking here. Post game stats will be available by clicking here.

Team USA took advantage of three mistakes from the Italians in the first quarter as Haralabidis scored a penalty shot after a foul, then Fattal and Gilchrist both converted player advantage opportunities following exclusions to lead 3-0 after one quarter. Longan was on fire in the cage, blanking Italy with five saves in the opening stanza. Maddie Musselman put another penalty shot home and Neushul found the back of the net on another player advantage to begin the second quarter. Italy put their first two goals on the board late in the quarter on either side of Gilchrist finding the scoring column to put the United States up 6-2 at halftime.

Raney and Fattal scored to begin the third quarter before Maggie Steffens and Denise Mammolito joined the party to give Team USA a 10-3 advantage headed to the fourth. In the final frame, the Americans added on to ensure the win. Raney, Tara Prentice, Neushul, and Haralabidis all scored in the period to outpace three goals from the Italians and win a fourth consecutive quarter to advance to the Gold Medal final, 14-6.

The United States went 5/10 on power plays and 2/2 on penalty shots while Italy went 3/7 on power plays and 0/1 on penalty shots.

Scoring - Stats

USA 14 (3, 3, 4, 4) R. Fattal 2, S.Haralabidis 2, R. Neushul 2, K. Gilchrist 2, J. Raney 2, M. Musselman 1, T. Prentice 1, M. Steffens 1, D. Mammolito 1

ITA 6 (0, 2, 1, 3) S. Avegno 2, R. Bianconi 2, S. Giustini 1, G. Galardi 1

Saves - USA - A. Longan 19 - ITA - C. Banchelli 2, L. Teani 1

6x5 - USA - 5/10 - ITA - 3/7

Penalties - USA - 2/2 - ITA - 0/1

Monday, June 27, 2022

WORLD TRIATHLON - France deliver another sizzling Mixed Relay World Championship title in Montreal


 

Team France once again lived up to their billing as triathlon’s Mixed Relay masters with another sizzling world title win, this time landing the prize on the streets of Montreal.

The races came at the end of an intense few days of action for many of the athletes off the back of the individual WTCS Montreal elimination, but the French team brought in fresh legs in the form of Emma Lombardi and the U23 world champion played a big role in the win, along with Pierre Le Corre and Vincent Luis setting up Cassandre Beaugrand to finally bring home the gold.

Two men and two women’s places on the Paris 2024 start were on the line as well as the world championship titles, and with France already qualified as hosts, those slots went to Great Britain after Georgia Taylor-Brown’s remarkable finish secured the silver, USA finishing with the bronze.

“I was pretty confident I would start in a good position, after the swim I had a gap and tried to keep it, and Cassandre finished the job. It proves France has a lot of resources and a new generation coming and I’m looking forward to the relay in Paris,” said Luis. “They did all the work, I just had to finish it,” added an understated Beaugrand, “But it has been a very long weekend.”

It was the blue hair of Takumi Hojo first out of the water in the opening leg for Japan, Italy’s Nicolo Strada and Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk right with him, Alex Yee 7 and Hayden Wilde already 10 seconds back with Manoel Messias.

But Wilde was lightening up and into transition, and Messias was able to bridge up on the bike, the whole field coming together right the way to T2. Wilde put the hammer straight down and stretched out the field, Messias moving up into second until Yee found his stride and he and Wilde again were clear of the pack just like the previous day’s individual final.

The pair tagged Ainsley Thorpe and Sophie Coldwell respectively, Mislawchuk tagged Emy Legault for Canada 20 seconds back, while upfront it was Vittoria Lopes able to put Brazil into first with her trademark swim skills, Coldwell and Thorpe tucked in behind, followed closely by Lombardi and Natalie Van Coevorden for France and Australia, Taylor Spivey and the USA 25 seconds back.

Lopes led the four athletes into T1 as Van Coevorden slipped back, but a slow transition saw the Brazilian needing to work extra hard not to also lose touch.

Lotte Miller for Norway and Alberte Kjaer Pedersen for Denmark led the charge, while Coldwell drove things on up front, at the bell the gap was down to 13 seconds, and on the final lap the packs had merged.

Pedersen was quickest away on the run, opening a lead over Lombardi as those 12 quickly spread out, but the French U23 World Champion responded with a brilliant burst of her own as the two locked into battle to tag first.

It was Pedersen handing to the newcomer Oscar Gladney Rundqvist for Denmark first, but there was little doubt that Luis was going to be able to pull clear in the water and he put an incredible 20 seconds over nearest contenders New Zealand and USA. Samuel Dickinson for Great Britain missed his box with his helmet and suddenly the GB team also had a 10 second penalty to contend with.

The question was whether Luis would want to ride on his own for the duration of the bike, and he set about his task with trademark determination, 19 seconds that gap to Kevin McDowell and Tayler Reid in second and third and really pushing to keep the gap behind them. That had dropped to 8 seconds to GB, Canada, Switzerland and Denmark who had to work together if they were to make a podium possible.

McDowell had the fresh legs having not raced on Saturday and was sharing pulls with Reid, Dickinson driving the chasers but never really ate into the 30 second gap.

Heading out of transition for the two-lap run, Luis and France still had 19 seconds over Reid and McDowell despite riding solo, the chasing four of Canada, Denmark, Switzerland and Great Britain also still 35 seconds off the leader, and that was exactly how it stayed right to the final handover.

Cassandre Beaugrand took up the task of bringing it home for France, and another assured swim helped her put 26 seconds into Summer Rappaport, Nicole Van Der Kaay now 8 seconds off the American, Georgia Taylor-Brown a massive 52 seconds off the front.

Up through transition that gap had already started to shrink, and over the first bike lap, Taylor-Brown suddenly had Rappaport in her sights. Soon she had caught on to the pair in front, collectively now 26 seconds off Beaugrand, but could the previous day’s gold medallist find 10 seconds from somewhere on the run to make a podium?

Van Der Kaay wouldn’t let her go for lap one, but suddenly Taylor-Brown found another gear and at the bell had 5 seconds from the New Zealander, 11 on Rappaport. Then the New Zealander blew up and fell back, so that as Beaugrand took the tape and the embrace of her fellow Mixed Relay World Champion teammates, Taylor Brown had 11 seconds of lead but 10 seconds of penalty to serve.

As Rappaport drew closer, the Brit was finally released by the officials and flew clear, all the way to the line, to the silver medal, and to a guaranteed team for Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Rappaport brought home the bronze ahead of New Zealand, Canada finishing with a strong fifth place.

“Thanks to my teammates, I really can’t believe I’m a world champion,” said Pierre Le Corre afterwards. “Pierre did a good job, of course Vincent and Cassandre too, I’m just really happy,” added Lombardi.

“It’s amazing, I am absolutely over the moon to share with these guys,” said Alex Yee. “To have such a good result, it’s been a long weekend honestly but what a dream way to finish it.”

“I think when it’s for your team you always find that little bit extra,” added Coldwell. “Like Alex said, it’s been a tough couple of days of racing and just really proud of everyone for rallying and getting another great performance out.”

“Obviously being on a team with these superstars it’s always hard to sly in,” said Dickinson. “I didn’t make it easy for G (Georgia Taylor-Brown), I might need to buy her a pair of sunglasses or something but I am so thankful, she’s such a superstar and managed to bring it home.”

“I really wasn’t sure, I was kind of settling for fourth place as Van Der Kaay and Summer would outrun me because I worked really hard on the swim and the bike,” said Georgia Taylor-Brown. “I was using some very strong curse words for little Samuel on that race there but I am glad we got there in the end!”

Full results can be found here. https://triathlon.org/results/result/2022_world_triathlon_sprint_relay_championships_montreal/547005?mc_cid=4231812525&mc_eid=6139649918

 

Results: Mixed Relay

1.         Team I France            FRA     01:27:14

2.         Team I Great Britain GBR     01:27:37

3.         Team I United States            USA     01:27:44

4.         Team I New Zealand NZLg   01:27:53

5.         Team I Canada          CAN    01:29:06

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

www.triathlon.org

WORLD TRIATHLON - First direct spots for Paris 2024 up for grabs at the Mixed Relay World Championships in Montreal


 

The third and final day of a huge weekend of racing at the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal sees the Mixed Team Relays take to the course, with World titles for Elite, Jr-U23 and Age-Group on the line, as well as Olympic qualification slots for two men and two women for the elite world champions.

With so much on the line and so much racing already put in for many, several teams have brought in fresh legs, while many of the young stars who made names for themselves in Friday’s Junior World Championships will be getting their first taste of top-level Mixed Relay action.

One of the countries that has decided to try a new and fresh combination of athletes will be France. Even though the hosts of the Paris 2024 Olympics have already guaranteed two men and two women in the next Olympics, the current Olympic bronze medallists on the Relay don’t want to give away the opportunity of another title. Pierre Le Corre was this Saturday one of the more consistent swimmers, and this would be indeed a great factor to consider for the line ups. Next will be Emma Lombardi, current U23 world champion and 4th place on her debut at the WTCS circuit in Yokohama, fresh as she didn’t compete in the eliminator event.

Team GB will be trying to get a hat-trick of gold medals this weekend in Montreal, with both champions of the WTCS Montreal, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee, lining up tomorrow for the relay, this time along teammates Sophie Coldwell and Samuel Dickinson, who decided to skip the repechage on the hunt for a spot in the final to try to save some energy for the mixed relay.

USA is also bringing fresh legs for the Mixed Relay World Championships, with Kevin Mcdowell as a new addition to a team that will see Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey and Summer Rappaport fighting for the direct qualification spots. The Americans already know what it is to win here in Montreal, as they did last year. The long run from the swim exit to transition will surely play on their advantage, with excellent runners and swimmers in the team.

Team Australia and Team New Zealand know that not only Olympic qualification spots are up for grabs but also a good test of what they can expect in a few weeks at the Commonwealth Games, and both countries will be experimenting with some of the already qualified athletes for the Games, Hayden Wilde, Ainsley Thorpe, Tayler Reid and Nicole Van Der Kaay for the Kiwis, and Jacob Birtwhistle and Natalie Van Coevorden and Brandon Copeland lining up for the gold and green team along with non-qualified Jaz Hedgeland.

Husband and wife duo Richard Murray and Rachel Klamer will likely be tagging each other once again in Montreal for the Dutch team, that will also include Mitch Kolkman and Barbara De Koning, while for the Belgian Hammers, both Jelle Geens and Marten Van Riel planned in the initial line up, along with Valerie Barthelemy and Anne de Vet.

Considering the performance of all the Brazilian athletes in the last 48 hours, Brazil is putting all their cards on the table for a strong performance on the Mixed Relay. Miguel Hidalgo, an excellent swimmer and fast runner, will be doing the first leg, followed by Djenyfer Arnold, Manoel Messias and Vittoria Lopes in charge of the anchor leg.

The Canadians will enjoy the extra push of racing at home and it will be local hero Tyler Mislawchuk the one walking on the pontoon for the first leg, while Emy Legault and Charles Paquet will try to repeat their excellent performances of the weekend, to leave the anchor leg for Dominika Jamnicky.

Another country that will take advantage of the fresh legs of most of their athletes will be Spain, that will have Antonio Serrat Seoane in charge of diving in the water for the first leg, while Sara Perez Sala and Roberto Sanchez Mantecon will be in charge of staying in touch with the lead group, to give the last relay to another excellent swimmer and fast runner, Anna Godoy Contreras.

The Junior and U23 Mixed Relay World Championship sees some of the athletes who made a name for themselves at Friday’s Junior World Championships back on the start line, including Australia’s men’s silver medallist Toby Powers and USA’s Reese Vannerson who finished in third, and Germany’s Jule Behrens, runner-up here after winning the women’s title in Quarteira in 2021.

Matilda Offord joins powers as part of a new generation of Australian talent, and the women’s junior bronze medallist Livia Gross will be looking to put in a big finish for the Swiss team.

Team Italy field a strong team of youngsters including Fiorenzo Angelini and Myral Greco, French rising stars Paul Georgenthum and Valentin Morlec are joined by Ilona Hadhoum and Candice Denizot.

The exciting junior prospects Chisato Nakajima and Kotomi Anzai start for Japan, and Marcela Alvarez Solis is part of a strong Mexican team. Niels Van Lanen put in an eye-catching display in the men’s race and has the bike power to make an impact.

Full start lists can be found here. https://triathlon.org/events/start_list/2022_world_triathlon_sprint_relay_championships_montreal/547005?mc_cid=46314ac929&mc_eid=6139649918

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

www.triathlon.org

WATER POLO USA Women Finish Group Play Undefeated; Advance To FINA World Championship Quarterfinals


 

Debrecen, Hungary - June 24 - The USA Women's National Team concluded a perfect run through group play at the FINA World Championship following a 23-3 win over Argentina earlier today in Hungary. It was a big day for Women of Troy on the squad as USC Trojans' Stephania Haralabidis, Denise Mammolito, and Bayley Weber all scored four goals in the win. Amanda Longan recorded 10 saves in net for the Americans. Team USA finishes Group B play undefeated and earns a bye to quarterfinal action on Tuesday in Budapest at 10am et/7am pt. The opponent is TBD following Sunday's crossover round, with more details to follow. Live streaming is expected to be available via the FINA YouTube page by clicking here. For those in Europe, live streaming can be accessed by clicking here. Post game stats will be available by clicking here.

Team USA's defense came to play throughout the game, allowing just three goals in total. Rachel Fattal got things started offensively in a first quarter that saw the United States jump out to an early 6-0 lead. Mammolito scored twice, joined by Jordan Raney, Ryann Neushul, and Haralabidis all finding the cage in the opening eight minutes. Team USA began the second quarter right where they left off the first. Haralabidis, Weber, Maddie Musselman, Neushul, and Mammolito paced the Americans with five goals in the period to extend the lead to 11-0 at halftime. Maggie Steffens, Tara Prentice, and Musselman scored to open the third quarter and make the score 14-0 before Anahi Bacigalupo finally got one past Longan with 3:33 remaining in the quarter. Weber, Neushul, and Haralabidis found the back of the net to close the quarter and send Team USA to the fourth with a 17-2 lead. The Americans closed strong with six goals in the final frame to Argentina's one for the 23-3 victory.

The United States went 6/10 on power plays and 2/3 on penalty shots while Argentina went 1/4 on power plays and 0/1 on penalty shots.

 

Scoring - Stats

USA 23 (6, 5, 6, 6) S.Haralabidis 4, D. Mammolito 4, B. Weber 4, R. Neushul 3, M. Musselman 2, J. Raney 2, T. Prentice 1, R. Fattal 1, Av. Johnson 1, M. Steffens 1

ARG 3 (0, 0, 2, 1) L. Ruiz Castellani 1, C. Comba 1, A. Bacigalupo 1

Saves - USA - A. Longan 10 - ARG - N. Stegmayer 7, L. Canales 1

6x5 - USA - 6/10 - ARG - 1/4

Penalties - USA - 2/3 - ARG - 0/1

WORLD TRIATHLON – Alex Yee summons almighty drive to the line to earn a gutsy gold at WTCS Montreal



The qualifiers had been switched to duathlon because of heavy rain, the heat had been ramping up for two days, and the action never stopped for a rollercoaster of a men’s WTCS Montreal elimination event on Saturday afternoon as the crowds lined the Grand Quai for the final action of the day.

After two races had whittled the field down to a final 10 starters, it was to be Alex Yee who managed to peak at just the right time, pulling clear from Hayden Wilde as the blue carpet came into view to punch the tape, the New Zealander recovering from a chain mishap on the bike to take silver, Leo Bergere with another strong podium display in third.

“That one meant a lot,” admitted a fired up Yee. “After a crash you can lose a bit of belief and the last two weeks have been hard but I came in here more fired up than ever. That may have played against me the first few races but after the last race I only just made it through and I just wanted to strip it back and enjoy it. Another great race with some great guys, it means a lot. I found my flow at the end. I’d been struggling through the rounds and my run has almost been a weakness but that last 100m I felt amazing and the crowd roaring me on was amazing.”

The Japanese duo of Takumi Hojo and Kenji Nener were fastest through the water in the opening swim of race one, the now-familiar sights of Miguel Hidalgo (BRA) and Diego Moya (CHI) right there too and the crowd roaring on Tyler Mislawchuk as they came up the hill to transition.

Sadly for the Canadian, the exertions of Huatulco the previous weekend and an accident in the run-up to the race had taken a toll, and it was to be Charles Paquet who was able to hang tough and make the cut for race two in the 20th position, Jacob Birtwhistle just missing out in the race to the line along with the Huatulco World Cup winner Genis Grau.

Twenty men took the line for a tense race two, Hidalgo, Nener and Luis again leading the way out of the water, Wilde and Yee with some work to do 15 and 20 seconds back. The pace proved just too hot on the run for the likes of Richard Murray (NED) and Tayler Reid (NZL) as they missed out, Jawad Abdelmoula (MAR) looking in good rhythm on his first WTCS outing.

Having looked fresh on the bike along with teammate Manoel Messias, Miguel Hidalgo was also dropped from the ten over the final lap of the run and as the top nine reached the final comfortably, a huge sprint between Marten Van Riel and Brandon Copeland (AUS) saw the Belgian just edge tenth place and the route through to the final

The ultimate race saw Vincent Luis lining up with the air of a man who was ready to deliver something he had been holding in reserve and spearheading a trio of Frenchmen out of the water alongside Le Corre and Bergere.

Van Riel, Abdelmoula and Yee were together just behind, Geens and Messias giving chase on the long run to the bikes. Wilde and Geens used that to run right back into contention, Yee and Luis both with good transitions, Geens and Messias the two off the back trying to bridge up, Silva out of touch of them.

Bergere looked to put on the pace along with Van Riel but Geens and Messias had managed to bridge, the question remaining just how much it had taken out of their legs.

Then the unthinkable happened, Wilde’s chain coming loose and he dropped off, but didn’t dismount, almost catching his finger but finally getting it back on and then digging deep to reach back to the group.

The group didn’t press too hard and after a lap he was back in, nine athletes together into T2, Joao Silva off the back.

Le Corre was off first but stumbled with the bike and six athletes pulled clear, Messias hanging tough with the trio of French men, Wilde and Yee. Then Wilde rolled the dice and pulled away until it was only Yee hanging on.

The duo were shoulder to shoulder until they re-entered the grandstands, the crowd roaring them on as they battled towards the blue carpet, only for Yee to find the kick he had been searching for all weekend, and at just the right time, roaring at the tape. Wilde crossed for what looked an unlikely second, Bergere with bronze ahead of Geens, a career-best fifth for Messias followed by Luis and Le Corre, Abdelmoula a brilliant 8th place on WTCS debut and Van Riel and Silva rounding out the ten.

“I was so gutted (about the chain),” said Wilde. “Coming into the third round I felt really good but I had to bridge the gap again. I thought should I get off or keep going. I almost got my finger caught but that. I know I don’t have the kick against those boys, so I just tried to hook it from the outset.”

“I must say I like the atmosphere here in Montreal and I also like that type of format, there is no room for mistakes,” said Bergere. “I burnt myself too early in the race to hope for a better spot, but still I am happy for it. My goal this year is to win the Series but I know it will be really tough with the two guys sitting next to me, I think for now they are stronger, so I need to be smarter and work on my weakness.”

 

Results: Elite Men

1.         Alex Yee         GBR     00:21:55

2.         Hayden Wilde           NZL     00:21:58

3.         Léo Bergere   FRA     00:21:59

4.         Jelle Geens     BEL      00:22:02

5.         Manoel Messias        BRA     00:22:05

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.  

CANOE EUROPE - Three gold medals for Hungary and Italy on day 3 in Belgrade


 

The third competition day of the 2022 ECA Canoe Sprint European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, brought the first medal races. Ten finals in the 1000 metres events were held today and athletes from Hungary, Georgia, Austria, Italy, Germany and Ukraine won gold medals.

Georgian canoeist Aleksandre Tsivtsivadze managed to defend his Junior European Champion title from the 2021 Junior and U23 European Championships which was held in Poznan. It was a very tight men’s junior C1 1000 metres final. Kacper Sieradzan from Poland who won silver medal was only 0.090 seconds behind the Georgian paddler, while Daniel Grijalba from Spain won bronze medal and was only 0.383 seconds behind.

The win in men’s junior K1 1000m final stayed in Hungarian hands. It was Hunor Hidvegi who managed to repeat the success of Levente Kurucz from 2021. Hidvegi crossed the finish line1.414 seconds faster than Marcos Caballero from Spain, andAchille Spadacini from Italy won bronze medal.

Hungary celebrated gold medal also thanks to Reka Nemes who was unbeatable in women’s junior K1 1000 meters final. Slovak kayaker Bianka Sidova finished second and Estonian Elizaveta Fedorova was third in this final. Gergely Lugosi and David Uhrin won third gold medal of the day for Hungary. They were the best in men’s junior C2 1000m final, finishing the race ahead of Polish duo Eryk Wilga – Piotr Kujawa and Romanian crw Adrian Stepan – Andrei Costache.

Equally impressive was Italian gold medal score. They also won three gold medals. Gabriele Casadei was the best in men’s C1 U23 1000 metres final.Robert Lagdins from Latvia was second and Jiri Minarik from Czech Republic third. Both men’s K2 1000 metres finals also concluded according to Italian plans. Federico Zanutta – Luca Micott became Junior European Champions and Giovanni Penato – Luca Meneguolo were crowned Champion in the U23 category. Botond Szakacs – Peter Samu (HUN) and Lukaš Hrabek – Jakub Niebauer (CZE) were second and third respectively in men’s junior K2 1000m final. Radoslav Stefanov and Veselin Valchov from Bulgaria won silver and George Tenta – Dariusz Zharia from Romania bronze medal in MK2 U23 1000m final.

Austrian Timon Maurer from Austria was the winner of men’s K1 U23 1000 metres final, Jakob Kurschat from Germany was second and Alex Graner from Spain third. Graneri was the 2021 Junior European Champion in the K1 1000 metres event.

Enja Roesseling (GER) was crowned European Champion in women’s U23 1000 metres final. Olga Bako (HUN) and Adela Hazova (CZE) joined her on the winner’s podium. In the last A final of the day- men’s U23 C2 1000 metres final – Ukrainian duo Artem Chetvertak – Pavlo Borsuk won gold medal, ahead of Adrian Klos – Gracjan Michalak (POL) and Pablo Crespo – Jaime Duro (ESP).

On Sunday, the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships concludes with 500 and 200 metres finals.

RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope

WEBSITE: https://kajaksrbija.rs/2022eca

WORLD TRIATHLON - Taylor-Brown triumphant in the ultimate elimination showdown at WTCS Montreal


 

Heading in to the WTCS Montreal weekend, Georgia Taylor-Brown admitted she didn’t think she would be top of the rankings at this stage of the season. She completed her first experience of the blue carpet elimination format with a dazzling gold, coming through the intense heat and racing triumphant.

It had been a huge effort in rising temperatures, but it was Taylor-Brown who broke away on the final bike leg with Beth Potter (GBR) and Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) for company, and it became a chase for the podium positions, WTCS Leeds champion Beaugrand able to pass Potter late on to take silver.

“It’s not easy when you’re at the front and it’s not fun if you’re silent so just talking to each other and trying to motivate Cass (Beaugrand) and Beth (Potter) today and it paid off. It was about staying safe for the first two and emptying the tank on the final leg.”

Thirty women lined up for the first elimination race, Kirsten Kasper (USA) and Alissa Konig (SUI) late withdrawals, replaced by Maria Tomé (POR) and Eva Goodison (NZL).

It was Sophie Coldwell (GBR) who was fastest off the line at the horn, but unable to carve out any significant daylight through the water as the field emerged with only 20 seconds from first to last. Coldwell led from Beaugrand, Summer Rappaport, Djenyfer Arnold (BRA) and Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS), the unlucky Claire Michel injured on the run uphill and her challenge was over.

The pack stayed as one for the duration of the 3-lap bike, Beaugrand content to wait patiently at the back confident of calling on her pace on the run when needed. Taylor Spivey and Lotte Miller pressed towards transition and strung things out a little, Cathia Schar with a late burst to hit the run shoes first.

Rappaport had some ground to make up and Beaugrand had a poor T2, but they were soon moving their way into the safety of the top 20, Jeanne Lehair and Alberte Pedersen going well so that at the bell, 21 athletes were together.

The one who couldn’t make it through was Rachel Klamer, devastated at the line as Lotte Miller (NOR) became the final name on the sheet for the finals.

Race two saw Beaugrand and Rappaport first out of the water, Van Coevorden having to work hard to chase down the leaders and try to get onto the ten athletes ahead of her into transition.

After the first lap, it was eleven riding together and they had a 15-second advantage over the chasers at the bell, but by the time transition came back into view the pace had dropped at the front and the athletes came together.

Lehair was now able to deploy her run and there were ten athletes out front with the final in their sights, Arnold trying to close the gap on Van Coevorden.

It was a successful chase for the Brazilian, too, passing her rival on the final lap to take the tenth and final spot on the ultimate start line, along with Verena Steinhauser, Lehair, Coldwell, Spivey, Rappaport, Pedersen, Potter, Beaugrand and Taylor-Brown.

It was again Beaugrand and Rappaport spearheading the swim in the final race, Taylor Brown right with them, Coldwell this time somewhat off the pace.

Taylor-Brown, Potter and Beaugrand immediately pulled away on the opening kilometre of bike, while Pedersen had a brilliant transition to make the second pack and catch Spivey and Rappaport.

Spivey and Coldwell were riding well but there was no catching the front three, who extended their lead from 7 to 15 seconds by the time they hit the final transition.

Taylor-Brown hit the pace with Potter, Beaugrand again with a slow transition, but she was able to close in on Potter and pass the Brit at the end of lap one. There was no gaining on the leader, though, and Georgia Taylor-Brown was able to maintain her advantage right to the line, Beaugrand holding on for silver from Potter, Pedersen with a brilliant run to fourth ahead of Rappaport.

It was another imperious, controlled display from Georgia Taylor-Brown as she extended her lead at the top of the Maurice Lacroix Series Rankings to over 1,000 points and again became the woman everyone wants to catch in 2022.

 

Results: Elite Women

1.Georgia Taylor-Brown       GBR 00:24:04

2.Cassandre Beaugrand       FRA     00:24:07

3.Beth Potter GBR     00:24:15

4.Alberte Kjær Pedersen      DEN     00:24:25

5.Summer Rappaport           USA     00:24:42

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

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CANOE EUROPE - 28 sets of medals awarded on the last day of the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships


 

After four days of exciting racing at the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Belgrade the competition has concluded with A and B finals in 500 and 200 metres distances. Altogether 28 sets of medals were awarded on Sunday in Serbian capital city.

The most successful nation on day 4 of this year’s edition of junior and U23 European Championships was Poland who picked up nine gold medals. First they won in the women’s K1 U23 500 final ahead of Hungarian and Italian crews. Katarzyna Szperkiewicz was the best in women’s C1 U23 500m final, in WC1 U23 200m final as well as in WC2 U23 500m event together with Aleksandra Jacewicz. 23-year-old Wisniewska, who was a member of the Tokyo bronze medal K4 crew won in women’s U23 500 metres race. Jakub Stepun won two gold medals on Sunday, first with Bartosz Grabowski in MK2 U23 500m final, and later in MK1 U23 200m final. Polish anthem also played in honour of men’s U23 K4 500m crew and Martyna Klatt – SandraOstrowska in WK2 U23 500m event.

Hungary celebrated gold medals thanks to Reka Kisko in WK1 junior 500m event, Balint Kollek in men’s junior K1 500m final, Panna Gyore (WC1 Junior 500m), WK4 junior 500m crew, Agnes Kiss in WC1 junior 200m final and WC2 junior 500m final where she partnered together with Csepke Molnar. Gergely Lugosi and David Uhrin were the best in MC2 junior 500m event.

Spain picked up three gold medals on the last day of competition. They were celebrating a win in MK4 Junior 500m final, in MC1 U23 200m final thanks to Pablo Grana, and in women’s C2 junior 200 final where Elena Millan and Alba Rodrigues produced the best run of the day.

The host nation won two gold medals on Sunday, with Dina Bacelj and Dunja Stanojev beating everyone in theWK2 junior 500m final. Strahinja Dragosavljević was the fastest in MK1 junior 200m final.

Two  Sunday’s gold medals went to Germany. Chelsea Roussiekan was the best in women’s junior K1 200m final, while Tillmann Sommer and Jonas Borkowski dominated the men’s junior K2 500m event.

The remaining five gold medals in five events went to five different countries. Austrian Timon Maurer was the fastest in men’s K1 U23 500m final, Italians Gabriele Casadei and Dawid Szela in MC2 U23 500m final, Bulgarian Yoana Georgieva in WK1 U23 200m final, and Georgian canoeist AleksandreTsivtsivadze in men’s junior 200m final. The last final A of the championships was women’s C2 U23 200m event, where Daniela Cociu and Maria Olarasu from Moldova crossed the finish line in first position.

Next year’s edition of the Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships will be held  in Portugal, more precisely in Montemor-o-Velho.

RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope

WEBSITE: https://kajaksrbija.rs/2022eca/

PHOTOS are available here (PHOTO: Igor Vujanović/Canoe Federation of Serbia)

WORLD TRIATHLON - Team France produce golden display in Junior & U23 Mixed Relay World Championships


 

The penultimate race of Sunday’s Sprint and Mixed Relay World Championships produced the familiar sight of a strong French team performance to deliver the Jr-U23 Mixed Relay gold in Montreal. It had been a two-team duel for much of the race as Great Britain shared the lead until Paul Georgenthum’s decisive break, Germany winning bronze.

Valentin Morlec took the opening leg for France and his battle with Great Britain’s Hamish Reilly set the tone for the race to come, the two pulling clear of Switzerland’s Ben Fah, Filip Mainville for Canada, Belgium’s Raf De Dobbelaere and Spain’s Miguel Guzman Tafalla in pursuit.

A five-strong group formed at the front, Netherlands’ Gjalt Panjaer driving things forward with New Zealand, Canada and Spain on the chase and ultimately bridging up, Canada’s Mainville, Australia’s Bradley Course, Hungary’s Gyula Kovacs and New Zealand’s Ivan Abele now with the leaders, Germany 35 seconds behind.

A brilliant run from Reilly saw him pass Morlec and tag Daisy Davies first, getting underway six seconds ahead of Ilona Hadhoum. Kira Gupta-Baltazar was away next for Canada, one of the strongest swimmers in the field, bringing her team into third but just unable to draw close enough to Britain and France to make a pack.

Marta Kropko (HUN) followed her out and the two rode together in pursuit of the leaders but the gap ahead was growing, while Germany’s Julia Brocker and Netherlands’ Luna De Bruin were gaining ground.

By the end of the second leg it was Germany and Netherlands in third and fourth, while a strong finish from Hadhoum saw her first to tag teammate Paul Georgenthum and with a 38 second gap to Fabian Schonke (GER) and Niels Van Lanen (NED).

James Chantler-Mayne was able to stay right on the Frenchman’s feet through the swim, the pair arriving into T1 together now with 51 seconds to Van Lanen for the Netherlands and Schonke.

By now, New Zealand were looking out of contention 2 minutes back, Australia 2m30s and the USA 2m45, all quickly running out of race, and once the bike section was over and the penultimate run underway, it was Georgenthum who found the extra gear and began to pull clear out front.

He opened up nine seconds at the tag, and that was a gap that would prove vital, Candice Denizot picking up the responsibility of trying to bring home the gold and able to stretch to a 20 second lead through the water.

Friday’s Junior World silver medallist Jule Behrens was now out for Germany and taking up the chase along with Netherlands’ Sonja De Koning, Colette Reimer giving the Canadians plenty to cheer as less than 10 seconds separated those in the hunt for bronze.

Denizot had the better of the transitions out onto the bike, and though Britain’s Bethany Cook was able to reduce the deficit from 18 to 13 seconds over the first bike lap, Denizot had the legs to hold on and take the tape and gold for France by 20 seconds. Cooke crossed for the silver, Behrens and Germany with bronze, Lili Dobi ensuring fourth place for Hungary and Reimer running Canada into fifth.

 

Full results available here. https://triathlon.org/results/result/2022_world_triathlon_sprint_relay_championships_montreal/547006?mc_cid=cd4c5b91e6&mc_eid=6139649918

 

Results: Mixed U23-Junior Relay

1.         Team I France            FRA     01:24:07

2.         Team I Great Britain GBR     01:24:26

3.         Team I Germany        GER     01:25:40

4.         Team I Hungary         HUN    01:26:17

5.         Team I Canada          CAN    01:26:21

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

www.triathlon.org