Katie Ledecky’s nine-year domestic win streak snapped by Summer McIntosh
Summer McIntosh, a 16-year-old Canadian, snapped a Katie Ledecky winning streak of nine years on Friday.
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Summer McIntosh ends Katie Ledecky's 9-year domestic win streak with record-breaking 200m freestyle
Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh delivered another record-breaking performance on Friday, setting a national record in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the 2023 Pro Swim Series event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
McIntosh ends Ledecky's home pool winning streak
Summer McIntosh ended Katie Ledecky's nine-year home pool winning streak on Friday when the Canadian teenager touched first in the 200 metres freestyle at a Pro Series swim meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
World Speed Skating Championships: Patrick Roest brings house down in Heerenveen with 5000m world title
Patrick Roest brought down the house with a tireless 5000m world title win in Heerenveen — his first individual single distance gold.Set a tough task by Italian Davide Ghiotto, who set off at a lightning pace and came home in 6:11.12, Roest steadily clawed back time with a supremely consistent run.In the end the Dutchman sealed the Netherlands' 100th world championship gold by 2.18 seconds.The other half of Roest's race pair, Belgian Bart Swings, couldn't match the Olympic silver medallist's speed, but snatched bronze with a time of 6:13.06.Norway's Ragne Wiklund upset home favourite Irene Schouten earlier that evening to take gold in the women's 3000m.Dutch speed skating star Schouten, the 3000m and 5000m Olympic champion and record holder, posted a competitive time of 3:57.40 before Wiklund's run. Ad Bankes and Nightingale win historic Snowboard Cross gold for Great Britain ‘Absolutely incredible’ – Kruger wings gold again in 15km freestyle Speed SkatingNetherlands dominate final day of ISU Speed Skating World Cup19/02/2023 AT 16:35 The 22-year-old Norwegian then produced a technically flawless and controlled skate to pip her rival by 0.54 seconds.Veteran Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, who scooped double gold at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, claimed bronze with 3:58.35.The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships runs until Sunday March 5, with the women's and men's team pursuit getting Friday's action underway at 18:05 GMT.
'World-class' moguls course built at Crabbe Mountain for Canada Games open to public
Skiers at the Canada Winter Games got to test their skills on a recently-built moguls course at Crabbe Mountain northwest of Fredericton during the competition last week — and now anyone can try the course for themselves.
Simen Hegstad Krueger wins men's 15km individual at 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships in Norway clean sweep
Norway's Simen Hegstad Krueger grabbed his second gold medal of the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships with victory in the men's 15km individual. The 29-year-old upgraded his 2021 silver for gold in the 15km individual start free in Planica, winning by 5.3 seconds from silver medallist Harald Oestberg Amundsen.
Krueger skates to second world title
Norway's Simen Hegstad Krueger grabbed his second gold medal of the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships with victory in the men's 15km individual. The 29-year-old upgraded his 2021 silver for gold in the 15km individual start free in Planica, winning by 5.3 seconds from silver medallist Harald Oestberg Amundsen.
Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships: Eva Adamczykova, Jakob Dusek win snowboard cross gold
Eva Adamczykova soared to a sensational gold at the snowboard cross World Championships in Bakuriani following a challenging year. The 29-year-old from the Czech Republic reclaimed the title she last won in 2019 after breaking both of her ankles just two months out from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics last year. Ad Australia's Josie Baff pipped Olympic champion Lindsey Jacobellis to silver whilst France's Manon Petit Lenoir fell short for fourth.