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​Olympian and tennis great Roger Federer's playing career ends in 'tears of happiness'.

The 2022 UCI Road World Championships (or, Championnats Du Monde Route UCI) have ended after a week's worth of competition in the southeastern Australian coastal city of Wollongong.

Overall, 11 races were contested, including the highlight elite men's and women's road races and time trials, and equivalent junior and U23 events, and a mixed time trial relay. Team Great Britain topped the medal table in the end with three titles, while Team Belgium led the overall count with six total medals. Team Germany tied Team GB with five overall, while host Team Australis finished next with four.

Complete results and coverage can be found at both uci.org and wollongong2022.com.

See below for the elite race champions. ​Congratulations to all the 2022 UCI road world champions!

And make sure to check out other recent quick recaps of Olympic sports world champions in Games and Rings' 'They are the Champions' posts.

Competition at the 2022 World Rowing Championships concluded today after eight days of competition in Račice, Czech Republic. Held since 1962, this is the second time Račice has hosted (1993), and the first championships to be held since 2019's Ottensheim, Austria edition. Editions scheduled for 2020 in Bled, Slovenia and 2021 in Shanghai, China were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Although the Olympic Games' program currently only feature 14 events (seven per gender), the World Rowing Championships schedule includes a full spectrum of 20 events (10 per gender). Nine para-rowing events were also held. In the end, Team Great Britain topped the medal table with seven gold medals and 12 overall, followed Team Netherlands (11 overall) and Team Italy (9). A total of 21 nations won at least one medal.

Congratulations to all the winners! See below for a look at the Olympic class champions. All photos (c) World Rowing unless noted.

Complete coverage can be found at rowingracice.com and worldrowing.com.

​And make sure to check out other recent quick recaps of Olympic sports world champions in Games and Rings' 'They are the Champions' posts.

Previously known as the ISF/ISA World Surfing Championships, the 2022 edition of the ISA World Surfing Games concluded in Huntington Beach, California today after eight days of men's and women's shortboard action that opened on the 16th. This is the fourth time that "Surf City USA" has hosted the competition (1984, 1996, 2006).

Also on offer was a national team spot for both the men's and women's surfing competition at Paris 2024, to be held at Teahupo'o in Tahiti. Men's individual winner Kanoa Igarashi powered Team Japan to secure that spot, as did women's individual gold medalist Kirra Pinkerton for Team USA.

​Congratulations to this year's ISA world champions, including Team USA in the team points race and Team France in the Aloha Cup relay! Complete coverage and overview of the ISA World Surfing Games can be found at isasurf.org.

​And make sure to check out other recent quick recaps of Olympic sports world champions in Games and Rings' 'They are the Champions' posts.

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Johannes Vetter is sittin' pretty.

Stevan Micic takes in the views.

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