Monday, August 28, 2023

2023 USA Gymnastics Championship results/2023 World Gymnastic Championship USA Medalists

The USA gymnastics championships were held in San Jose, California from August 24-27, 2023. 


Simone Biles returns to top form to win another All-Around.

USA women's All-Around results:

1. Simone Biles - 118.450
2. Shilese Jones - 114.550
3. Leanne Wong - 111.100
4. Skye Blakely - 110.750
5. Jordan Chiles - 107.750
6. Katelyn Jong - 106.150
7. Joscelyn Roberson - 106.100
8T. Tiana Sumanasekera - 105.900
8T. Kayla DiCello - 105.900
10. Amelia Disidore - 105.550

Women's Vault results:
1. Simone Biles - 30.550 
2. Joscelyn Roberson - 29.200
3. Shilese Jones - 28.750
4. Skye Blakely - 28.600
5. Jordan Chiles - 28.550
6. Jade Carey - 28.500
7T. Tiana Sumanasekera - 28.300
7T. Leanne Wong - 28.300
9. Kayla DiCello - 28.100
10. Kaliya Lincoln - 28.000

Women's Unevens results:

1. Shilese Jones - 29.900
2. Skye Blakely - 28.800
3. Jordan Chiles - 28.350
4. Leanne Wong - 28.000
5. Katelyn Jong - 27.550
6. Lexi Zeiss - 27.450
7. Alicia Zhou - 27.400
8. Jordan Chiles - 27.150
9. Addison Fatta - 26.650
10T. Charlotte Booth - 26.450
10T. Nola Matthews - 26.450

Women's Balance Beam results:

1. Simone Biles - 29.300
2. Skye Blakely - 28.250
3. Sunisa Lee - 27.850
4. Shilese Jones - 27.750
5. Leanne Wong - 27.450
6. Tiana Sumanasekera - 27.150
7. Joscelyn Roberson - 26.400
8. Madray Johnson - 26.300
9. Kaliya Lincoln - 26.200
10. Marissa Neal - 25.850

Women's Floor Exercise results:

1. Simone Biles - 30.200
2. Kaliya Lincoln - 28.400
3. Shilese Jones - 28.150
4. Leanne Wong - 27.350
5. Kayla DiCello - 27.250
6. Jordan Chiles - 26.950
7. Joscelyn Roberson - 26.900
8. Amelia Disidore - 26.800
9. Katelyn Jong - 26.650
10. Nola Matthews - 26.600


USA Men's results:

Asher Hong wins the All-Around competition. 

Men's All-Around results:

1. Asher Hong - 170.930
2. Khoi Young - 169.455
3. Frederick Richard - 169.311
4. Colt Walker - 168.811
5. Yul Moldauer - 167.446
6. Paul Juda - 167.202
7. Donnell Whittenburg - 167.081
8. Shane Wiskus - 166.850
9. Cameron Bock - 166.450
10. Riley Loos - 166.238

Men's Floor Exercise results:

1. Paul Juda - 29.300
2. Taylor Burkhart - 29.048
3. Donnell Whittenberg - 28.959
4. Shane Wiskus - 28.850
5. Khoi Young - 28.650
6. Connor McCool - 28.416
7. Frederick Richard - 28.378
8. Javier Alfonso - 28.000
9. Riley Loos - 27.978
10. Jeremy Bischoff - 27.950

Men's Pommel Horse results:

1. Stephen Nedoroscik - 31.301
2. Khoi Young - 28.601
3. Yul Moldauer - 28.158
4. Patrick Hoopes - 28.094
5. J.R. Chou - 27.745
6. Colt Walker - 27.450
7. Paul Juda - 27.402
8. Cameron Bock - 27.400
9. Landon Blixt - 27.352
10. Fuzzy Benas - 26.900

Men's Rings results:

1. Donnell Whittenberg - 30.272
2. Asher Hong - 30.098
3. Alex Diab - 28.966
4. Yul Moldauer - 28.628
5. Brandon Briones - 28.450
6. Colt Walker - 28.300
7. Riley Loos - 28.156
8. Javier Alfonso - 28.100
9. Frederick Richard - 28.000
10. Paul Juda - 27.900

Men's Vault results:

1. Asher Hong - 30.560
2. Khoi Young - 30.404
3. Curran Phillips - 29.450
4. Dallas Hale - 29.150
5. Donnell Whittenburg - 29.000
6. Taylor Burkhart - 28.960
7. Riley Loos - 28.954
8. Colt Walker - 28.750
9. Shane Wiskus - 28.700
10. Paul Juda - 28.650

Men's Parallel Bars results:

1. Yul Moldauer - 31.360
2. Curran Phillips - 30.891
3. Blake Son - 30.488
4. Colt Walker - 30.361
5. Asher Hong - 29.650
6. Dallas Hale - 29.600
7. Cameron Bock - 29.550
8. Fred Richard - 29.100
9. J.R Chou - 28.950
10. Shane Wiskus - 28.750

Men's High Bar results:

1. Frederick Richard - 29.802
2. Crew Bold - 28.060
3. Brandon Briones - 27.734
4. Brandon Nguyen - 27.494
5. Cameron Bock - 27.300
6. Paul Juda - 27.300
7. Curran Phillips - 26.944
8. Taylor Burkhart - 26.905
9. Khoi Young - 26.700
10. J.R. Chou - 26.600

Sunday, August 27, 2023

2023 USA Swimming National Championship roster/2023 World Aquatics World Championship USA Results/USA World Championship Diving Medalists

 USA Swimming held their national championships for qualification to the World Championships from June 27 - July 1, 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

These are the qualifiers:

Women's 200 Butterfly - Regan Smith and Lindsay Looney
Men's 200 Butterfly - Carson Foster and Thomas Heilman
Women's 100 Free - Kate Douglass and Abbey Weitzeil
Men's 100 Free - Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano
Women's 800 Free - Katie Ledecky and Jillian Cox
Men's 800 Free - Bobby Finke and Ross Dant
Women's 1500 Free - Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes
Men's 1500 Free - Bobby Finke and Charlie Clark
Men's 200 Backstroke - Ryan Murphy and Destin Lasco
Women's 200 Backstroke - Regan Smith and Rhyan White
Women's 50 Butterfly - Gretchen Walsh
Men's 50 Butterfly - Michael Andrew (Did not qualify due to 26 man roster limit)
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Matt Fallon and Josh Matheny
Women's 200 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Kate Douglass
Women's 200 Free - Claire Weinstein and Katie Ledecky
Men's 200 Free - Luke Hobson and Kieran Smith
Women's 400 IM - Katie Grimes and Alex Walsh
Men's 400 IM - Carson Foster and Chase Kalisz
Women's 100 Butterfly - Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh
Men's 100 Butterfly - Dare Rose and Thomas Heilman
Women's 50 Breaststroke - Lilly King
Men's 50 Breaststroke - Nic Fink
Women's 50 Backstroke - Katharine Berkoff 
Men's 50 Backstroke - Justin Ress
Women's 400 Free - Katie Ledecky and Bella Sims
Men's 400 Free - David Johnston and Kieran Smith
Women's 100 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Lydia Jacoby
Men's 100 Breaststroke -  Nic Fink and Josh Matheny
Women's 100 Backstroke - Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff
Men's 100 Backstroke -  Hunter Armstrong and Ryan Murphy
Women's 200 IM - Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh
Men's 200 IM - Carson Foster and Shaine Casas
Women's 50 Free - Abbey Weitzeil and Gretchen Walsh
Men's 50 Free - Ryan Held and Jack Alexy

The World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan from July 14-30, 2023.

Final Medal Standings:

USA               7 Gold,   20, Silver, 11 Bronze - 38 Total
Australia        13  Gold,  7  Silver,  5  Bronze - 25 Total
China              5  Gold,   3  Silver,  8  Bronze - 16 Total
Great Britain  2 Gold,    2 Silver,   4 Bronze -   8 Total
France            4 Gold,    0 Silver,   2 Bronze -   6 Total
Canada           2 Gold,    2 Silver,   2 Bronze -  6 Total

USA Medalists:  

Women:

Kate Douglass -  200IM - Gold,  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 200 Breaststroke - Silver, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Bronze
Lilly King -   4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 200 Breaststroke - Gold, 50 Breaststroke - Silver
Gretchen Walsh - 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold,  4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, 50 Butterfly - Bronze
Katie Ledecky - 800 Freestyle - Gold, 1500 Freestyle - Gold,  400 Freestyle - Silver, 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Regan Smith -  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 100 Backstroke - Silver, 200 Butterfly - Bronze, 200 Backstroke - Silver
Abby Weitzeil - 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Katie Grimes - 1500 Freestyle - Silver, 400IM - Silver
Olivia Smoliga - 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Erin Gemmell - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Bella Sims - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Alex Schackell - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Alex Walsh - 200IM - Silver
Torri Huske - 100 Butterfly - Bronze, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Bronze
Katharine Berkoff - 100 Backstroke - Bronze
Lydia Jacoby - 100 Breaststroke - Bronze

Men:

Ryan Murphy - 100 Backstroke - Gold,  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 200 Backstroke - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Bronze
Jack Alexy - 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 50 Freestyle - Silver, 100 Freestyle - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze
Nic Fink -  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 50 Breaststroke - Silver, 100 Breaststroke - 3 way tie for Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Bronze
Hunter Armstrong - 50 Backstroke - Gold, 100 Backstroke - Bronze
Dare Rose -  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 100 Butterfly - Bronze
Matt King - Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze
Carson Foster -  400IM - Silver, 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Justin Ress - 50 Backstroke - Silver
Jake Mitchell - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Luke Hobson - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Kieran Smith - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Silver
Bobby Finke - 1500 Freestyle - Silver,  800 Freestyle - Bronze
Ryan Held - 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze
Matt Fallon - 200 Breaststroke - Bronze
Chris Guiliano - 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

World Diving Championships - USA Medalist
USA won 1 bronze total, China led all medalists with 19, Mexico won 6 medals and Great Britain won 3 medals.

Women's 10M Synchro - Delaney Schnell/Jessica Parratto - Bronze

Sunday, July 16, 2023

2023 Women's and Men's USA Volleyball Nations League results

 2023 USA Women's Volleyball Nations League results - W 11 L 4

The USA women's volleyball team finished 4th at the Volleyball Nations League

At Antalya, Turkey

May 31 - Serbia  -  W 3-2, 25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12                       
June 2 -  Italy       - W 3-2, 25-16, 14-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-9
June 3 - Korea      - W 3-0, 25-16, 27-25, 25-11
June 4 - Turkey     - W  3-2, 25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 11-25, 15-9

At Brasilia, Brazil

June 13 - Croatia   -   W 3-1, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-15 
June 15 - Thailand   - W 3-0, 25-21, 25-18, 25-16
June 17 - Japan        -  L 2-3, 25-23, 23-25, 19-25, 25-23, 6-15
June 18 - Brazil       - W 3-0, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22

At Suwon, Korea

June 28 - Poland     - W 3-2, 17-25, 25-15, 27-25, 28-30, 16-14
June 29 - Bulgaria   - W 3-0, 25-15, 25-17, 25-17
July 1 -  Germany    - W 3-1, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22, 25-13
July 2 -  China         -  L 2-3, 25-18, 19-25, 25-19, 20-25, 8-15

Quarterfinals at Arlington, TX

July 12 - Japan  - W 3-1, 25-23, 25-21, 25-20, 18-25, 25-18

Semifinals at Arlington, TX

July 15 - Turkey - L 1-3, 21-25, 14-25, 26-24, 25-27

Third Place - At Arlington, TX

July 16 - Poland - L 2-3, 15-25, 25-16, 19-25 25-18, 15-17


2023 USA Men's Volleyball Nations League results - W 12 L 3

The USA men's Volleyball team won a silver medal at the Volleyball Nations League

At Ottawa, Canada

June 7 - Netherlands  -  W 3-0, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21
June 8 - Italy              -  W 3-0, 25-15, 25-18, 25-19
June 10 - Canada       -  W 3-0, 25-22, 25-20, 25-20
June 11 - Brazil          - L 1-3, 19-25, 25-21, 15-25, 21-25

At Rotterdam, Netherlands
                   
June 20 - Serbia    -  W 3-1, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-21
June 21 - China      - W 3-0, 28-26, 25-22, 25-18
June 23 - Iran -       - W 3-0, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23
June 24 - Poland    -  W 3-0, 25-22, 25-18 25-19

At Anaheim, CA

July 5 - Cuba           - W 3-0, 27-25, 25-17, 25-15
July 7 - Argentina     - L 2-3, 18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 41-43, 12-15
July 8 - France        -  W 3-0, 25-23, 27-25, 27-25
July 9 - Bulgaria     -  W 3-0, 29-27, 25-19, 25-21

Quarterfinals at Gdansk, Poland

July 19 - France - W 3-2, 25-21, 25-18, 17-25, 24-26, 15-9

Semifinals at Gdansk, Poland

July 22- Italy - W 3-0, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19

Gold Medal Match at Gdansk, Poland

July 23 - Poland - L 1-3. 23-25, 26-24, 18-25, 18-25

Sunday, July 9, 2023

2023 USA World Championship Track and Field team/ 2023 Track and Field World Championship USA results

 The USATF Track and Field Championships were held from July 6-9, 2023 in Eugene Oregon.


Top three US finishers to World Athletics World Championships (4th person listed as automatic bye into the World Championships):

Some of these athletes do not have the World Championship standard and rosters may be adjusted because of this.

A few USA athletes did not qualify for the World Championships in Budapest. Aleia Hobbs did not advance to the 100 finals, Christian Taylor did not qualify in the triple jump, Trayvon Bromell did not qualify for the world championships in the 100, Quanera Hayes and Lynna Irby Jackson did not qualify for the world championships in the 100, Matthew Centrowitz finished 10th in the 1500 and did not qualify, Courtney Frerichs did not run in the 3000 steeplechase finals due to injury and wont compete at the world championships, Mason Ferlic finished 4th in the 3000 steeplechase and won't compete at the world championships, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry and Abby Steiner all do not qualify for the world championships. in the 200. Sam Kendricks and KC Lightfoot both did not qualify for the world championships in the pole vault, Alaysha Johnson finished 4th in the 100 hurdles and wont compete in that event at the world championships, Wadeline Jonathas did not advance to the 400 finals, Colleen Quigley did not start the 3000 steeplechase heats and did not advance.

The USA World Championship Track and Field team for Budapest:

Women's 100 - Sha'Carri Richardson, Brittany Brown and Tamari Davis
Men's 100 - Cravont Charleston, Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles
Women's 100H - Nia Ali, Keni Harrison and Masai Russell
Men's 110H - Daniel Roberts, Cordell Tinch and Freddie Ctittenden
Women's 200 - Gabby Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson and Kayla White
Men's 200 - Erriyon Knighton, Kenny Bednarek and Courtney Lindsey and Noah Lyles
Women's 400- Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone, Britton Wilson and Talitha Diggs
Men's 400 - Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood and Quincy Hall
Women's 400H - Shamier Little, Dalilah Muhammad and Anna Cockrell
Men's 400H - Rai Benjamin, CJ Allen and Trevor Bassitt 
Women's 800 - Nia Akins, Raevyn Rogers and Kaela Edwards
Men's 800 - Bryce Hoppel, Isiah Harris and Clayton Murphy
Women's 1500 - Nikki Hiltz, Athing Mu and Cory McGee 
Men's 1500 - Yared Nuguse, Joe Waskom and Cole Hocker
Women's 3000 Steeplechase - Krissy Gear, Emma Coburn, Courtney Wayment 
Men's 3000 Steeplechase - Kenneth Rooks, Benard Keter and Isaac Updike
Women's 5000 - Elise Cranny, Alicia Monson and Natosha Rogers
Men's 5000 - Abdihamid Nur, Paul Chelimo and Sean McGorty
Women's 10000 - Elise Cranny, Alicia Monson and Natosha Rogers
Men's 10000 - Woody Kincaid, Joe Klecker, and Sean McGorty
Women's Heptathlon - Anna Hall, Taliyah Brooks and Chari Hawkins
Men's Decathlon - Harrison Williams,  Austin West and Zach Ziemek
Women's High Jump - Vashti Cunningham, Rylee Anderson and Jenna Rogers
Men's High Jump - JuVaughn Harrison, Shelby McEwen and Vernon Turner
Women's Pole Vault - Katie Moon, Sandi Morris and Hana Moll
Men's Pole Vault - Chris Nilsen, Zach McWhorter and Zach Bradford
Women's Long Jump - Tara Davis-Woodhall, Quanesha Burks and Jasmine Moore
Men's Long Jump - Marquis Dendy, Jarrion Lawson and JuVaughn Harrison
Women's Triple Jump - Tori Franklin, Keturah Orji and Jasmine Moore
Men's Triple Jump - Donald Scott, Will Claye and Chris Benard 
Women's Shot Put - Maggie Ewen, Adelaide Aquilla, and Jalani Davis
Men's Shot Put - Ryan Crouser, Josh Awotunde,  Payton Otterdahl and Joe Kovacs 
Women's Discus - Valarie Allman, Lagi Tausaga-Collins and Elena Bruckner
Men's Discus - Sam Mattis, Turner Washington and Brian Williams
Women's Hammer - Brooke Andersen,  Deanna Price and Janee Kassanavoid 
Men's Hammer - Rudy Winkler, Daniel Haugh and Alex Young
Women's Javelin - Maddie Harris, Maggie Malone and Madison Wiltrout
Men's Javelin - Curtis Thompson, Capers Williamson and Marc Anthony Minichello 


The World Track and Field Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19-27, 2023.

The USA dominated  these championships by winning gold in both men's and women's 100, gold in 3 of 4 relays and winning multiple medals in the men's shot put, women's hammer and women's discus.  The 29 total medals won by the USA are the most for any nation in any World Championships, second place was Jamaica with 12 total medals followed by Kenya and Great Britain with 10 medals each.

Medal Table:

USA                12 Gold, 8 Silver,  9 Bronze - 29 Total
Jamaica            3 Gold,  5 Silver,  4 Bronze - 12 Total
Kenya              3 Gold,  3 Silver,  4 Bronze - 10 Total
Great Britain    2 Gold,  3 Silver,  5 Bronze - 10 Total
Ethiopia           2 Gold,  4 Silver,  3 Bronze -  9 Total

USA Medalist results:

Mixed 4 by 400 Relay 
USA - Justin Robinson, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes - 3:08.80 - Gold - World Record

Women's Long Jump
Tara Davis-Woodhall - 22 Ft. 8 in - Silver

Women's Shot Put
Chase Ealey - 67 Ft. 1/3 in - Gold

Men's 100
Noah Lyles - 9.83 - Gold

Women's 100
Sha'Carri Richardson - 10.65 - Gold

Women's 100 Hurdles 
Keni Harrison - 12.46 - Bronze

Women's Hammer
Janee Kassanavoid -  250 Ft 6 1/3 in - Silver
DeAnna Price - 247 Ft 5 in - Bronze

Men's 110 Hurdles
Grant Holloway - 12.96 - Gold
Daniel Roberts - 13.09 - Bronze

Men's Shot Put
Ryan Crouser - 77 Ft. 1 1/2 in -  Gold
Joe Kovacs - 72 Ft. 6 3/4 in - Bronze

Women's Pole Vault 
Katie Moon - 16 Ft 1 in -  Tie for Gold

Women's Heptathlon
Anna Hall - 6720 points - Silver

Men's High Jump
Ju'Vaughn Harrison - 7 Ft 8 in - Silver

Men's 400 Hurdles
Rai Benjamin - 47.56 - Bronze

Women's Discus
Laulauga Tausaga - 227 Ft 11 3/4 in - Gold
Valarie Allman -  227 Ft. 1 1/2 in - Silver

Men's 200
Noah Lyles - 19.52 - Gold
Erriyon Knighton - 19.75 - Silver

Women's 200
Gabby Thomas - 21.81 - Silver
Sha'Carri Richardson - 21.92 - Bronze

Men's 400
Quincy Hall - 44.37 - Bronze

Women's 400 Hurdles
Shamier Little - 52.80 - Silver

Women's 4 by 100 Relay
USA - Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson - 41.03 - Gold

Men's 4 by 100 Relay 
USA - Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles - 37.38 - Gold

Women's 800
Athing Mu - 1:56.61 - Bronze

Men's Pole Vault
Chris Nilsen - 19 Ft. 6 in -  Tie for Bronze

Men's 4 by 400 Relay
USA - Quincy Hall, Vernon Norwood, Justin Robinson, Rai Benjamin - 2:57.31- Gold

Notable performances  from other countries:
Shericka Jackson - Jamaica - Women's 200 - 21.41 - Gold

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Athlete and Olympic updates - September 2022 - July 2023

Retirements:

Devin Logan - USA Free Skier
Natasha Hastings - USA sprinter
Connor Fields -  American BMX'er
Hassan Mead - USA middle distance runner
Eve Muirhead - Scotland Curler
Martins Dukurs - Latvian Skeleton slider
David Boudia - USA Diver
Mariah Bell - USA Figure Skater
Asafa Powell - Jamaican Sprinter
Brianna Decker - USA women's hockey player
Steven Nyman - USA Alpine Skier
Anna Chicherova - Russian high jumper
Zach Apple - USA Swimmer
Monica Abbott - USA Softball player
Bruno Schmidt - Brazilian Beach Volleyball player
Nick Geopper - USA Slopestyle Skier
Travis Ganong - USA Alpine Skier
Alex Diebold - USA Snowboard Cross 
Tamyra Mensah Stock - USA amateur wrestler

USA men's figure skater Ilia Malinin has landed the first quad axel ever in competition. Malinin competed at the US International Classic in Lake Placid. NY on September 14, 2022.

USA bobsledder and multiple Olympic medalist Elena Meyers Taylor will not compete in the 2022-2023 season due to pregnancy.

USA wrestler Kyle Snyder won gold at the World Wrestling Championships defeating Batyrbek Tsakulov of Slovakia 6-0 in the 97K Final. American Kyle Dake won gold by beating Tajmuraz Salkazanov of Slovakia 3-1 in the 74kg final. American Jordan Burroughs won gold by beating Mohammad Nokhodi of Iran 4-2 in the 79K Final. For the women.. Tamyra Mensah Stock won gold, Dominique Parrish won gold, Kayla Miracle won silver and Helen Maroulis won silver at the wrestling world championships.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has ruled that marijuana will remain a banned substance. Tramadol, which is an opiate will be banned starting in 2024.

The USA women's basketball team wins the FIBA World Cup by beating China 83-61. 

The father of British sprinter Derek Redmond passed away on October 2, 2022 at age 81. Jim Redmond helped his son Derek Redmond finish the 400 meter semifinal race at the 1992 Summer games in Barcelona. Derek pulled a hamstring and was limping around the track and his father, Jim Redmond helped console his son as he cried as he tried to cross the finish line. 

British Sprinter CJ Ujah was banned retroactive to August 6, 2021 for testing positive for Osterine and S-23 during the 2021 Tokyo games. The ban is 22 months.  Osterine and S-23 are illegal substances. Ujah was stripped of his silver medal in the men's 4 by 100 relay at the Tokyo games. Ujah's ban will end in June 2023.

The USA women's volleyball team did not medal at the Volleyball World Championships, finishing 4th by losing to Italy 0-3 in the Bronze medal match. Serbia won gold, Brazil won silver and Italy won bronze. 

The 2023 World Relays to be held on May 13-14 in Guangzhou, China have been postponed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The next World Relays will take place in 2025.

USA 800 runner Athing Mu now will be coached by Bobby Kersee. Kersee coaches 400 hurdler Sydney McLaughlin Leverone.

USA middle distance runner Hassan Mead has been banned for 3 years for testing positive for ostarine and ligandrol. Mead has not raced until May 27, 2022 and is banned until 2025. Mead has now announced his retirement. 

Canadian bobsledder Christine de Bruin has been banned for 3 years for testing positive for Iigandrol. de Bruin will be banned until Sept. 27, 2025. de Bruin won bronze in Monobob at the 2022 Beijing games. 

American sprinter Gil Roberts has been banned for 16 months for testing positive for andarine and ostarine in May 2022. Roberts ban started June 3, 2022.

The International Paralympic Committee has banned Russia and Belarus from competing into late 2023 due to the Russian war in Ukraine. 

USA decathlete Garrett Scantling has been banned for 3 years for missing 3 drug tests in a 12 month period. These are whereabout tests. Scantling altered an email sent to him involving those tests which resulted in tampering as well Scantling will miss the 2024 Paris games The ban is retroactive to June 27, 2022. 

USA women's bobsledder Aja Evans has been banned for 2 years because she failed to drug test on March 29, 2022. Evans won bronze in bobsled at the 2014 Sochi games. 

Boston, Massachusetts will host the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. The 2024 World Figure Skating Championships will be held in Montreal, Canada. 

USA women's Snowboarder Jamie Anderson has announced she is pregnant. Anderson is looking forward to competing again to qualify for the 2026 Winter games. 

World Aquatics is the new name for FINA effective in 2023. 

USA 400 sprinter Randolph Ross has been banned for 3 years for missing 3 drug tests in a year period. These are called whereabout tests. Then Ross altered an email in relation to those whereabout tests and is now banned from competing until June 30, 2025. Ross will miss the 2024 Paris games. 

Men will now be allowed to compete in artistic(synchronized) swimming starting with the 2024 Paris games. Artistic swimming were only open to women. Two men per country are allowed in an 8 person team event.

Mexico has expressed interest in hosting a 2036 and or 2040 summer games while Vancouver's 2030 winter games bid might fall short due to non support for the bid by the British Columbia government. Salt Lake City, Utah and Sapporo, Japan are interested in bidding on the 2030 winter games. Sweden has also expressed interest in bidding on the 2030 Winter games as well. The IOC will not decide on the site of the 2030 games later in 2023 as earlier predicted.

USA legend beach volleyballer Kerri Walsh Jennings has been inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in October 2022. Walsh Jennings has not retired yet and is thinking about competing with Logan Tom at the 2024 Paris games. Update: Walsh Jennings has teamed up with Zana Muno for the 2023 FIVB tournament season but still plans to compete with Logan Tom as well. Walsh Jennings had surgery on her ankle and now plans to compete in August 2023.

Orlando, Florida will host the USA Marathon Olympic trials on February 3, 2024. 

Knoxville, Tennessee will host the 2024 USA Olympic diving trials in june 2024. The University of Tennessee will host the trials. Indianapolis, Indiana hosted the USA diving trials in 2016 and 2021. Indianapolis, Indiana will host the 2024 USA swimming Olympic trials.

2022 Beijing games Russian figure skater Kamila Valiyeva has had her doping case moved from the Russian Anti Doping Agency to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the World Anti Doping Agency because of delays in processing her case. Valiyeva helped the OAR win gold in the team competition before the tests from December 2021 were released. Valiyeva tested positive for illegal substances and was still allowed to compete after appealing the decision to ban her and she crumbled in the women's singles event, finishing 4th. Valiyeva is facing a 4 year ban if CAS rules against her.

2021 USA Olympic gymnast Suni Lee will compete at Auburn for one more season before rejoining elite gymnastics before the 2024 Paris games. 

The IOC says that Boxing may not be included as a sport at the 2024 Paris games and is not one of the sports added to the 2028 Los Angeles games. This stems from the International Boxing Association scandal at the 2016 Rio games where matches might have been fixed. The IOC administered the 2021 Tokyo Boxing competition.

USA gold medalist Beach Volleyball player Alix Klineman is pregnant. Klineman has not competed since the 2021 season due to a shoulder injury. Klineman is contemplating competing to try to qualfy for the 2024 Paris games. Klineman won beach volleyball gold at the Tokyo 2021 games with partner April Ross. Ross has not competed since early in the 2022 season.

Kazan, Russia has been stripped of being the host of the 2025 World Aquatic (Swimming) Championships in favor of Singapore due to the Russian war in Ukraine. 

1984 Los Angeles games silver medalist at 110 hurdles, Greg Foster has died at age 64. Foster died of Amyloidosis. Foster was a world champion in the 110 hurdles at the 1983, 1987  and 1991 World Track and Field Championships.

Beach Volleyball new partnerships for 2023:

Sara Hughes - Kelly Cheng(Claes)
Betsi Flint - Julia Scoles
Kelley Kolinske - Hailey Harward
Tri Bourne - Chaim Schalk
Andy Benesh-  Miles Partain
Theo Brunner - Trevor Crabb
Chase Budinger - Miles Evans

AVP Pro/Gold Series Tour Schedule 2023:

Miami Open - March 17-19
New Orleans Open - April 14-16
Huntington Beach Open - May 19-21 
Hermosa Beach Open - July 7-9
Atlanta Open - August 4-6 (Gold Series)
Manhattan Beach Open - August 18-20 (Gold Series)
Chicago Open - September 1-3 (Gold Series)
AVP Championships - September 22-23

World Athletics - Diamond League Schedule 2023

May 5 - Doha, Qatar
May 28 - Rabat, Morocco
June 2 - Firenze, Italy
June 9 - Paris, France
June 15 - Oslo, Norway
June 30 - Lausanne, Switzerland
July 2 - Stockholm, Sweden
July 16 - Silesia, Poland
July 21 - Monaco
July 23 - London, Great Britain
August 31 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sept. 2 Shenzhen, China
Sept. 8 - Brussels, Belgium 
Sept. 16-17 Eugene, OR, USA

USA women's basketball star Diana Taurasi will rejoin the USA women's National Team after being away from the team for all of 2022.. Taurasi has not retired and may compete for the USA at the 2024 Paris games.

British long distance and marathoner Mo Farah has said he will likely retire at the end of 2023. Farah won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer games in each of the 5K and 10K. 

Shaunae Miller-Uibo has announced she is pregnant in February 2023 and will likely miss the 2023 Track nd Field season..
 
USA high Jumper Dick Fosbury died March 12, 2023 at age 76. Fosbury id the first athlete to jump backwards over the bar and revolutionized the jumping technique used by all high jumpers today. Fosbury won gold in the high jump at the 1968 Mexico City games. 

USA Shot putter Raven Saunders has been banned from competition for 18 months for missing three drug tests in a one year period in 2022. The ban started August 15, 2022 and will go until February 2024. 

USA Skier Mikaela Shiffrin has won her 88th World Cup final. Shiffrin passed Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden with 86 World Cup wins and Lindsey Vonn with 82 victories all time

World Athletics has lifted the 7 year ban on Russia's track and field athletes due to Russian compliance with anti-doping regulations. Russian athletes have been banned since November 2015. Russian athletes are still banned throughout all of sport for their 2022 invasion of Ukraine, however.
 
Russian athletes will not qualify for the 2024 Paris games in the sports of gymnastics (team events) and basketball due to team qualifying deadlines.

The USA's Lashinda Demus moves up to gold from silver in the women's 400 hurdles at the 2012 London games when Russian Natalya Antyukh was stripped of her gold for doping from a doping test made retroactive to the 2012 games. All of Antyukh's results from the 2012 were thrown out. Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic moves up to silver from bronze and Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica moves up to Bronze from 4th place. 

Former 400 runner and 2012 Olympic participant Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole and remains in prison for the 2013 murder of this girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius will serve at least one more year in prison before he is released. South African law says Pistorius has to serve half of his sentence of 13.5 years before he is released. (Blog post from 2013)

The USA Figure Skating team has won the World Team trophy by beating South Korea and Japan 125-95-94. Ilia Malinin, Madison Chock/Evan Bates and Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier led the USA to the Team trophy title.

Penn State University, State College, PA will be the site of the 2024 USA Wrestling Olympic trials. The trials will be held April 19-20, 2024.

The IOC has recommended to sports federations throughout the world to open the door to let Russian/Belarus athletes compete in various Olympic sports going forward. The international Fencing Federation and International Boxing Association has allowed Russian athletes to compete, the first sports to do so.

USA women's basketball star Brittney Griner with the Phoenix Mercury will rejoin her team after being held in Russia for possession of hash oil for most of the year 2022. Griner was released in December 2022. Griner will not go overseas to play again unless it is with Team USA. 

The French Ice dance team of Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron will not compete in the 2023-2024 skating season after sitting out the 2022-2023 skating season. 

USA high jumper Inika McPherson has been banned for 16 months for testing positive for furosemide on June 3, 2022. McPherson's suspension was reduced to 16 months from 24 months because McPherson thought the anti-inflammatory was permitted when it was not. 

USA Boxing has joined the new federation "World Boxing" and is no longer affilated with the World Boxing Association. World Boxing was created to save boxing from being omitted at the 2024 Paris games and 2028 Los Angeles games. 

USA  Long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall has been banned for 30 days by USADA for the use of THC or cannabis. Davis-Woodhall has been stripped of her national indoor long jump title from February 2023. 

USA gymnast Brady Malone cannot compete at the USA gymnastics championships due to a leg injury. 

USA sprinter/hurdler Calvin Davis has died on May 1, 2023 at the age of 51. Davis won 400 hurdles bronze at the 1996 Olympic games. 

USA long jumper and sprinter Tori Bowie has died at age 32 on May 2, 2023. Bowie last competed in May 2022. Bowie won gold in the 4 by 100 relay, 100 silver and 200 bronze at the Rio 2016 games. Bowie also won gold in the 100 at the 2017 London Track and Field World Championships. 

Nigel Amos, the 800 runner from Botswana has been banned for 3 years for testing positive for a metabolism substance called GW 1516. The ban started in July 2022.  Amos will miss the 2024 Paris games and is banned until 2025. 

Jordan Larson, formerly retired from the USA national women's volleyball team has now decided to rejoin the women's national team. Larson will be on the US women's volleyball team for the Volleyball Nations League that begins on May 30.

USA track and Field athletes Sydney McLaughlin Lavrone and Michael Norman will not compete in the 2023 Track and Field World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August. McLaughlin-Lavrone said it was due to a knee injury and Norman decided to shut down his season.

Sunday, February 5, 2023

2023 USA Figure Skating Championships results/2023 World Figure Skating Championships - USA results

The 2023 USA Figure Skating Championships were held in San Jose, CA from January 26-29, 2023. 

Illia Malinin and Isabeau Levito win their first men's and women's singles titles respectfully while Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier win the Pairs title and Madison Chock/Evan Bates win their fourth Ice Dance title. 


 Results: (Top 4)

 Pairs Short Program scores:

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - 81.96
Emily Chan/Spencer Howe - 66.86
Ellie Kam/Danny O' Shea - 65.75
Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez - 63.45

Ladies Short Program scores:

Isabeau Levito - 73.78 
Bradie Tennell - 73.76
Starr Andrews - 68.97 
Amber Glenn - 68.96

Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance scores: 

Madison Chock/Evan Bates - 91.90 
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons - 81.40
Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik - 78.18
Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko - 77.37

Men's Short Program scores:
 
Ilia Malinin - 110.36 
Jason Brown - 100.25
Tomoki Hiwatashi - 85.43
Liam Kapeikis - 82.27

Pairs Free Skate scores: 

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - 146.01 Free Skate - 227.97 Total - Gold
Emily Chan/Spencer Howe - 130.00 Free Skate - 196.86 Total - Silver
Ellie Kam/Danny O' Shea - 118.26 Free Skate - 184.01 Total - Bronze
Sonia Baram/Daniel Tioumentsev - 115.96 Free Skate - 179.08 Total - Pewter

Ladies Free Skate scores: 

Isabeau Levito - 149.55 Free Skate - 223.33 Total - Gold  
Bradie Tennell - 139.36 Free Skate - 213.12 Total - Silver 
Amber Glenn -  138.48 Free Skate - 207.44 Total - Bronze
Starr Andrews - 119.27 Free Skate - 188.24 Total - Pewter 

Ice Dance - Free Dance scores: 

Madison Chock Evan Bates - 137.85 Free Dance - 229.75 Total - Gold 
Caroline Green/ Michael Parsons - 126.06 Free Dance - 207.46 Total - Silver 
Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko - 121.08 Free Dance - 198.45 Total - Bronze 
Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik - 119.95 Free Dance - 198.13 Total - Pewter 

Men's Free Skate scores: 

Ilia Malinin - 177.38 Free Skate - 287.74 Total - Gold
Jason Brown - 177.06 Free Skate - 277.31 Total - Silver 
Andrew Torgashev  - 177.78 Free Skate - 256.56 Total - Bronze
Maxim Naumov - 171.43 Free Skate - 249.14 Total - Pewter 


World Figure Skating Championships - USA Results

The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Saitama, Japan from March 22-25, 2023. The USA won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze for a total of 3 medals won. 

Pairs results

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara - Japan - Short Program - 80.72, Free Skate - 141.44, Total - 222.16 - Gold
Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - USA - Short Program - 74.64, Free Skate - 142.84, Total - 217.48 - Silver
Sara Conte//Niccolo Macii - Italy - Short Program -  73.24, Free Skate - 134.84, Total 208.08 - Bronze

Emily Chan/Spencer Howe and Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea finished 5th and 12th respectively


Men's Singles results

Shoma Uno - Japan - Short Program - 104.63, Free Skate - 196.51 - Total - 301.14 - Gold
Junhwan Cha - Korea - Short Program - 99.64, Free Skate - 196.39 - Total - 296.03 - Silver
Ilia Malinin - USA - Short Program - 100.38, Free Skate - 188.06 - Total - 288.44 - Bronze

Jason Brown and Andrew Torgashev finished 5th and 21st respectively


Ice Dance results

Madison Chock/Evan Bates - USA - Rhythm Dance - 91.94, Free Dance - 134.07 - Total - 226.01 - Gold
Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri - Italy - Rhythm Dance - 88.21, Free Dance - 131.64 - Total - 219.85 - Silver
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier - Canada - Rhythm Dance - 87.34, Free Dance - 130.54 - Total - 217.88 - Bronze

Caroline Green/Michael Parsons and Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko finished 6th and 10th respectively

Women's Singles results

Kaori Sakamoto - Japan - Short Program - 79.24, Free Skate - 145.37 - Total - 224.61 - Gold
Haein Lee - Korea -  Short Program - 73.62, Free Skate - 147.32 - Total - 220.94 - Silver
Loena Hendrickx - Belgium -  Short Program - 71.94, Free Skate - 138.48 - Total - 210.42 - Bronze
Isabeau Levito - USA - Short Program - 73.03, Free Skate 134.62, - Total - 207.65 - Pewter/4th

Amber Glenn and Bradie Tennell finished 12th and 15th respectively