The 2023 WDSF World Breaking Championship ended today in Leuven, Belgium after a weekend of competition that crowned a world champion 'B-boy' and 'B-girl' in the upcoming newest Olympic sport.

​In fact, this event acted as the next key qualifier to the Paris 2024 Games, with the top-ranked breakers not already qualified heading to Paris - both Victor Montalvo and Dominika Banevič earned Teams USA and Lithuania spots.

Congratulations to all the medalists!

2023 World Breaking Champions

The 2023 World Wrestling Championships ended today in Belgrade after more than a week's worth of competition. This was the 18th edition of the event as a combined freestyle (men's and women's) and Greco-Roman championships. The Serbian capital also hosted the 2022 edition.

The former Soviet Union aside, Team Japan lead the overall all-time medal table with 284 headed into 2023.
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The championships featured events in ten weight divisions for each of the three disciplines; although only six each are featured currently at the Olympics.

​In the end, Teams Japan, with six gold and 12 overall medals, and Team USA (4, 14) took the top spots of the overall medal table. 28 total official national teams won at least one medal, including host Serbia (five overall), Ukraine (five), France (two), Ecuador (one), San Marino (one), and Albania (one).

Congratulations to all the medalists! A quick recap of the medalists is below, and full results can be found online at United World Wrestling.

​2023 World Wrestling Championships Medalists

The finals of the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series concluded this weekend in Pontevedra, Spain, wrapping up a total of seven stops in the series that had started in March.

Since 2009, the world champions of the standard/Olympic distance in triathlon have been determined by the cumulative results of this multi-stop World Triathlon Championship Series. The previous six stops in 2023 were Abu Dhabi, Yokohama, Cagliari, Montreal, Hamburg, and Sunderland.

As this 'Grand Final' awarded more points than the other stops, Pontevedra's results are weighted to determine the overall winners in the men's and women's races..

Leo Bergere of Team France and Flora Duffy of Team Bermuda (and Tokyo 2020 champion) entered the 2023 season as defending champions. This year, Dorian Connix and Beth Potter took the overall wins, with Team France taking four of the six overall elite podium spots.

Congratulations to the 2023 medalists! Complete results can be found online at wtcs.triathlon.org.

2023 World Triathlon Championship Series Final Medalists

The 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships concluded today after competition that started on September 19th in Lee Valley, England. Having been the site of canoe slalom at the London 2012 Olympics, Lee Valley also hosted the Worlds Championships in 2015. (The United Kingdom also hosted the 1995 and 1981 editions.)

2023 marked the 43rd edition of the annual (sans Olympic years) worlds. Team France entered Lee Valley as the all-time medal table leader, with 156 overall. This year, though, host Team Great Britain took top honors with eight overall and five golds to lead the medal table. Eleven national teams won at least one medal across the ten events, including Teams France, Australia, Czech Republic, and others...including Morocco.

Competition was held in five events each for men and women, across both canoe and kayak disciplines. Lee Valley 2023 also served as a global qualifier to the Paris 2024 Games. Highlights included star Jessica Fox taking her 14th career world title and three overall medals, double individual gold for Joseph Clarke, and a double (one individual and one team) for Mallory Franklin.

Congratulations to all the 2023 medalists! Complete results can be found at canoeicf.com.

2023 Canoe Slalom World Championships Medalists

The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships ended today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a week and a half of competition. Held annually (except for Olympic years), this was the first time the Championships were held on the Arabian Peninsula; this was the 27th edition of a combined event for men and women.

Team China entered 2023 as the all-time leader in overall 'big' (combined snatch and clean & jerk) medals, with 325. In Riyadh, the Chinese generally romped - 13 overall 'big' medals across the 20 events to lead the medal table, with Team South Korea earning five overall and 25 official national teams earning at least one (excluding suspended Team Belarus). Medals earners included Teams Ecuador, Australia, Mexico, Madagascar, and Nigeria alongside stalwarts Team United States, Colombia, Iran, Thailand, and others.

The 2023 championships also served as a key qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Note, only five events for both men and women will be held at the Summer Games; compared to the 10 each at the Championships. In Paris, the weight divisions will be 61kg, 73kg, 89kg, 102kg, and a 102kg+ for men and 49kg, 59kg, 71kg, 81kg, and a 81kg+ for women.

Congratulations to all the 2023 world champions! A quick recap of the overall 'big' (snatch + clean & jerk) category medalists is below, and complete results can be found online at iwf.sport.