Games and Rings
  • A Blog for Olympic Sports Fans

They Are The Champions: 2024 Triathlon Mixed Relay Worlds

7/17/2024

 

​Who Won The 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championship?

Picture
The World Triathlon Sprint & Relay World Championships concluded this weekend in Hambiurg, Germany as part of the annual World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS). While the cumulative six-stop WTCS usually crowns individual world champions in the standard / Olympic triathlon distance, the mixed relay world champions were crowned at this one WTCS stop.

2024 marked the second time, after Montreal in 2022 and Hamburg 2023, that this scheduling format was used, holding the relay championship within the overall WTCS. Host Team Germany won the 2023 team relay title.

And the Germans successfully secured another title at home, with Henry Graf, Lisa Tertsch, Lasse Luhrs, and Annika Koch topping the field, including other podium finishers Teams Switzerland and New Zealand. Tercsh and Luhrs are scheduled to compete at Paris 2024...though with many Paris 2024-bound athletes skipping this event, it's unclear how much momentum might have been gained.

Congratulations to the 2024 medalists! Complete results can be found online at wtcs.triathlon.org.

Annika Koch lead the charge after fine work from Henry Graf, Lisa Tertsch and Lasse Luhrs. Read more □#WTCSHamburg #OlympicTRI #Triathlon

— World Triathlon (@worldtriathlon) July 15, 2024
2024 ​World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championship Medalists
Team Germany: Henry Graf, Lisa Tertsch*, Lasse Luhrs*, Annika Koch |

Team Switzerland: Max Studer*, Julie Derron*, Simon Westermann, Cathia Schar* |

Team New Zealand: Taylor Reid, Ainsley Thorpe*, Dylan McCullough*, Nicole van der Kaay*

*scheduled to compete at Paris 2024

They Are The Champions: 2024 Modern Pentathlon Worlds

6/16/2024

 

Who Won The 2024 UIPM Pentathlon World Championships?

Picture
The 2024 UIPM Pentathlon World Championships concluded today in Zhengzhou, China after a week of competition. This was the 63rd edition of the annual championships, and the second to be held in China, after 2010's Chengdu.

Entering 2024, Team Hungary's 144 medals (including 56 gold) led the overall historical table, followed by Team Poland's 71 (34). 36 total national teams have won at least one medal in championships history.

Similar to last year's competition in Bath, England, a separate laser run-specific championships was also held. This year, hometown Team China scored senior titles by Xiyao Wu, Zhenfeng Liu, and Shuai Luo.

More crucially, though, the focus in Zhengzhou was on pentathlon, with spots for both men and women available to qualify directly for Paris 2024. And, with the rankings qualification period ending after this event, crucial points were awarded for all athletes in each gender as well.

​Teams South Korea and Hungary dominated the overall medal table, with seven and six medals each. Jun Woong-tae's four medals (including two golds) led individual rankings, while Hungarian athletes Balázs Szép and Blanka Guzi, and South Korean Seong Seung-mi won Paris 2024 qualification with their podium placements.
​
Congrats to all of the pentathlon world medalists! A quick recap is below and complete results can be found online at uipmworld.org.

New generation of superstars rise ahead of #Paris2024 #Olympics
Sprint finish & world record breaker
Here are our World Champions □□https://t.co/m8rkYCrNVb pic.twitter.com/tavvzFtr79

— UIPM - World Pentathlon (@WorldPentathlon) June 15, 2024

Read More

They Are The Champions: 2024 Men's Ice Hockey Worlds

5/27/2024

 

Who Won The 2024 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship?

Picture
The 2024 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship for ice hockey ended this weekend in Prague, concluding a tournament that had begun on May 10th. This was the 11th time the Czech city has hosted the annual event, and the fourth time that co-host city Ostrava has participated.

This top Championship Division event featured 16 national teams: Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and United States.

Entering 2024, Team Canada led the all-time medal table in victories and overall podium finishes, with 28 and 53, respectively. But the Canadians would find themselves surprisingly off the podium this year, with a semifinal loss against Team Switzerland and a bronze medal match loss against Team Sweden.

That left the door open to Team Czech Republic to take their seventh overall title (13th counting Czechoslovakia's titles) after a 2-0 win over Team Switzerland, led by Czech David Pastrnak's third period goal to break a scoreless draw. Kevin Fiala was named the tournament Most Valuable Player for the Swiss, while 

Congratulations to the world championship medalists! Complete results can be found online at iihf.com.


A dream come true â–¡ #MensWorlds @czehockey pic.twitter.com/Sax5200ei3

— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 26, 2024

Read More

They Are The Champions: 2024 World Judo Championships

5/24/2024

 

Who Won The 2024 IJF World Judo Championships?

Picture
The 2024 World Judo Championships ended today in Abu Dhabi after about a week of competition for senior male and female judoka. This was the first time the United Arab Emirates has hosted the championships, and the second time in a row to be held in the Middle East, after 2023's edition in Doha.

This also was a rare edition of the championships in an Olympic year, usually held annually except for Olympic years. This edition will thus serve as an important step in qualification for the 2024 Paris Games.

Entering 2024, Team Japan led the all-time medal table with 407 overall medals, with second-place Team France at 193. And, the Japanese won the Worlds match-up in 2024, too - winning both the mixed team title event 4-1 and 10 overall medals to the French six.

Congratulations to all the 2024 medalists! A quick recap is below, and complete results and information can be found online at ijf.org.


A new sensation from Japan! Tajima is the -90 World Champion!□□□

Follow all the action on https://t.co/5YYXyE0nko □#JudoWorlds #Judo #AbuDhabi #UAE #Sport #Olympics #OlympicQualifiers #RoadToParis2024 #WJT #OTP pic.twitter.com/Anivi9Elxb

— Judo (@Judo) May 22, 2024

A brand new star rises! □□ Joanne Van Lieshout is World Champion!□

Follow all the action on https://t.co/5YYXyE0nko □#JudoWorlds #Judo #AbuDhabi #UAE #Sport #Olympics #OlympicQualifiers #RoadToParis2024 #WJT #MET pic.twitter.com/ZUpOCeiW5R

— Judo (@Judo) May 21, 2024

Read More

They Are The Champions: 2024 Formula Kite Sailing Worlds

5/19/2024

 

Who Won The 2024 Formula Kite Sailing World Championships?

Picture
After a week of competition in Hyeres, France, the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships concluded today.

This marks the first time that the championships will be held in an Olympic year as an Olympic sport, as this specific kite sailing discipline for men and women makes its Games debut this summer at Paris 2024.

Congratulations to the medalists! Complete results can be found online at formulakite.org.


17-year-old Singaporean kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder retains world title https://t.co/vifLsamnwU pic.twitter.com/orN2v7DMeC

— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) May 19, 2024

□□ Championne du monde □

Deuxième sacre planétaire pour Lauriane Nolot qui triomphe aux Mondiaux de Kitefoil à Hyères □ pic.twitter.com/IIeobx5QHh

— SPORTRICOLORE (@sportricolore) May 19, 2024
​2024 Formula Kite World Championships Medalists
Men:
     Maximillian Maeder (SGP) | Riccardo Pianosi (ITA) | Valenton Bontus (AUT)
​
Women:
     Lauriane Nolot (FRA) | eleanor Aldridge (GBR) | Jessie Kampman (FRA)
<<Previous
    Above: Athens' Kallimarmaro, the site of the 1896 Summer Olympics


    About This Blog

    An Olympics fan blog celebrating all things Olympic sport athletes

    Picture
    Read about me.

    Navigate It

    Celebrating Olympic sport athletes with news links, social media peeks, and more, seen through the cheeky lens of this particular, passionate fan.

    ​Check out:
     A Little Roundup
    Get to know the athletes of Olympic sports through a collection of links to recent news and feature stories

    Let's Get Social
    Take a look at what some of your favorite Olympic sport athletes are up to on social media, away from competition.

    They are the Champions
    Who made the podium in Olympic sports' world championships?

    Athletes Worth Watching
    Who are some emerging Olympic sport athletes worth keeping an eye on for the future?

    ​Ramblings and Things
    ​
    I have my own comment and opinions sometimes!

    A Quick Review
    Quick thoughts on Olympic sports-related films, art, books, TV, etc. that I've come across .
    p.s. see my Bookshop!

    Picture
    Me at Rio 2016's Barra Olympic Park


    Follow Me

    Instagram
    Twitter
    Threads
    ​Spotify
    Medium
    ​
    Bookshop
    Post.
    Mastodon
    ​Bluesky
    Tumblr

    Favorite Sites

    The IOC
    The Olympic Museum
    Olympic World Library
    ​Intl Olympic Academy
    ​Team USA
    World Athletics
    ​Athletics Integrity Unit
    WADA
    Court of Arbitration
    Around the Rings
    Inside the Games
    GamesBids.com
    The Sports Examiner
    ​AP Olympics
    ​AP Winter Olympics
    NBC Olympic Talk
    NY Times ​Olympics
    USA TODAY Olympics
    Wiki Summer Olympics
    Wiki Winter Olympics
    ​Athlete365
    ​
    Global Athlete
    ​Olympic Historians
    World Olympians Assoc.
    ​Games Architecture​
    Art of the Olympians
    Olympic.org Results
    ​Olympedia
    ​Olympstats
    ​
    Olympian Database
    ​On This Day in Sports
    ​Coubertin Speaks
    ​Olympic City Project
    ​
    Keep the Flame Alive
    Off The Podium
    The Games Odyssey
    ​Totallympics
    ​Qualifying to the Games
    ​Lost Olympians
    ​
    Olympians 1964 to 2020
    All Sports Books Reviews
    Outsports
    ​
    Queerstory Files
    ​Paris 2024
    ​Milan Cortina 2026
    Los Angeles 2028


    Categories

    All
    A Little Roundup
    Alpine Skiing
    Amsterdam 1928
    Ancient Olympics
    Aquatics
    Archery
    Artistic Swimming
    Athens 1896
    Athens 2004
    Athlete Spotlight
    Athlete Worth Watching
    Atlanta 1996
    Badminton
    Baseball
    Basketball
    Basketball 3x3
    Beach Volleyball
    Beijing 2008
    Beijing 2022
    Berlin 1936
    Biathlon
    Bobsled
    Boxing
    Breaking
    Canoe/Kayak
    Cricket
    Cross Country Skiing
    Curling
    Cycling
    Cycling BMX
    Cycling Mountain Bike
    Cycling Road
    Cycling Track
    Demonstration Sports
    Diving
    Equestrian
    Fencing
    Field Hockey
    Figure Skating
    Freestyle Skiing
    Golf
    Gymnastics
    Handball
    Helsinki 1952
    Ice Hockey
    Innsbruck 1976
    IOC
    Judo
    Karate
    Lacrosse
    Let's Get Social
    London 1908
    London 1948
    London 2012
    Los Angeles 1932
    Los Angeles 1984
    Los Angeles 2028
    Luge
    Melbourne 1956
    Mexico City 1968
    Milano Cortina 2026
    Modern Pentathlon
    Montreal 1976
    Moscow 1980
    Munich 1972
    Non-Olympic Sports
    Nordic Combined
    Olympics
    Olympic Sports Media
    On This Date
    Other
    Paralympics
    Paris 2024
    Pyeongchang 2018
    Rhythmic Gymnastics
    Rio 2016
    Rome 1960
    Rowing
    Rugby Sevens
    Sailing
    Salt Lake City 2002
    Sarajevo 1984
    Seoul 1988
    Shooting
    Short Track Speedskating
    Skateboarding
    Skeleton
    Ski Jumping
    Ski Mountaineering
    Snowboarding
    Soccer (football)
    Sochi 2014
    Softball
    Speed Skating
    Sport Climbing
    Squash
    Stockholm 1912
    Summer Olympics
    Surfing
    Swimming
    Sydney 2000
    Table Tennis
    Taekwondo
    Tennis
    They Are The Champions
    Tokyo-1964
    Tokyo-2020
    Track And Field
    Trampolining
    Triathlon
    Volleyball
    Wada
    Water Polo
    Weightlifting
    Winter-olympics
    Wrestling


    Archives

    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014


    To opt-out of cookies, and to read this site's privacy policy, read the Policy page.

    The following link is listed for Mastodon site verification purposes only:
    Mastodon

    RSS Feed


Proudly powered by Weebly