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Monday, 24 October 2016 C Olympic-sport commentary, coverage and results

Can Weightlifting Survive?Lane One

Headliners

1. Figure Skating: Wagner good as gold at Skate America 42. Fencing: Imboden foils field for World Cup win in Cairo 53. Swimming: Hosszu on autopilot: nine medals in Singapore 6

Panorama

Alpine Skiing: Gut and Shiffrin 1-2 in women’s Giant Slalom in Soelden 8Athletics: Jessica Ennis-Hill retires C Mary Cain leaves Oregon 8Badminton: Upsets mark Yonex Denmark Open 9Curling: Host Russia wins at World Mixed Curling Champs 10Fencing: Russians go 1-2 in women’s Epee World Cup 10Football: U.S. women slice up Swiss again C North Korea wins U-17! 11Weightlifting: Errata: World Championships attributions for 2017-18-19 11

Agenda: Competition Calendar 12About: About The Sports Examiner 13

Ashley Wagner wins at SkateAmerica (Photo: Ft. George G.Meade Public Affairs Office)

Weightlifting is undersiege due to doping; canthe sport survive?

U.S. Foil star Race Imbodenwins World Cup (Photo: USATODAY Sports/Jeff Swinger)

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Can Weightlifting Survive?

Nearly 50 Olympic weightlifters have retroactively tested positive forperformance-enhancing drugs in re-tests of their samples from the2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

After testing nearly 30 percent of all competitors at the 2015 WorldChampionships, a total of 24 out of about 220 tested returned“adverse analytical findings” and were disqualified.

Can weightlifting survive this latest wave of doping and remain on theOlympic program?

The International Olympic Committee will be reviewing the sports onthe Olympic Games program in 2017 and the rash of doping in weightlifting will draw extra scrutiny.

This is not to say that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has not been active inpenalizing athletes and national federations. It has:

C Installed a rule that allows the IWF to suspend an entire national federation if its athletesregister a total of three anti-doping violations in a 12-month span.

C Prohibited the participation of Bulgaria and Russia at the 2016 Olympic Games due to theirexcessive number of doping violations.

C Spent a significant part of its budget – more than 20 percent – on doping control and testing.

Looking just at the Olympic doping results – where the testing is the most sophisticated – the numberof nations implicated is small. Of the 48 positives from Beijing ‘08 and London ‘12:

C 10: KazakhstanC 9: RussiaC 7: BelarusC 5: AzerbaijanC 4: ArmeniaC 3: China, Moldova, Turkey, UkraineC 1: Georgia

That’s nine countries with three or more, not to mention Bulgaria, so we have 10 scofflaw federations... all of which have been the traditional powers in the sport.

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Thailand (4), Iran (2), Chinese Taipei (2), Colombia (2), Indonesia (2), Egypt (2) and single medals toUzbekistan, Philippines, Japan, Lithuania, Romania, South Korea, Spain and even the United States(for the first time since 2000).

At the World Youth Championships being held now in Penang, Malaysia, medals have been won byOman, Iran, Colombia, Romania, Peru, Mexico, the U.S. and others.

Perhaps the start of a new, more level playing field in weightlifting?

Other developments are worth noting. In 2015, for the first time since 1978 – for men – and 1987 –for women – the World Weightlifting Championships were held in the United States. The event inHouston was universally hailed as a success and laid the groundwork for the 2017 WorldChampionships to again come to the USA, this time to Anaheim, California as a replacement forPenang. If we skip Olympic Games as “World Championships” in the year that they are held, thatwould make the Houston-Anaheim combo the first championships held back-to-back in the samecountry since 1911.

Weightlifting is basic, classic and part of our lives. Perhaps not in the competitive sense, but we all liftthings we shouldn’t in the course of our work, around the house, as a test of personal strength andsometimes just to show off – to ourselves or to others.

If running, throwing and hand-to-hand combat are part of the Games, weightlifting must be also.These activities are the baseline of sport everywhere around the world.

It is my view that weightlifting must be part of the Olympic Games, now and into the future. If thereare national federations whose lust for medals means they choose not to follow the rules, they may beexcused from the IWF’s competitions, and then returned s-l-o-w-l-y, class-by-class, until they canshow that they are responsible.

As we have seen in Rio and now in the World Youth Championships, they are plenty of athletes whoare ready to take their places ... while following the rules.

There will be more shocks for weightlifting and for other sports as the push against doping continuesand more results are invalidated. But everyone who has ever wondered whether they could lift that100-pound sack of grain lying on the floor knows that something as basic as weightlifting must be partof any event in which the world’s best are measured against each other.

Rich PerelmanEditor

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ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix: Skate AmericaChicago (USA) ~ 21-23 October

| Three-time U.S. national champion Ashley Wagner ranaway with the short program and held on to win the first ofsix events in the 2016-17 International Skating Union figureskating Grand Prix.

It’s Wagner’s third medal at Skate America and her secondwin after her triumph in 2012.

She won the short program convincingly, rolling up a 69.50-65.75-64.87 edge over Japan’s Mia Mihara and GracieGold of the U.S.

Wagner was second in the free skate to 20-year-old Mariah Bell (USA), who received 130.67 pointsand had the highest marks for technical elements at 66.22. Wagner scored better than anyone forprogram components (70.06) and had enough overall points to edge Bell – sixth after the shortprogram – for the win, 196.44-191.59. Mihara ended third (189.28) and Gold – only fifth in the freeskate – ended in fifth (184.22). Three-time World Champion Mao Asada of Japan finished sixth.

“I’m so proud of that short program,” Wagner said afterwards. “That is the athlete I really want to bethis season. The long program – it would be amazing to have perfect programs every single time – butsometimes you need programs like that where they’re not bad but they’re not great and it kind ofkeeps you in check on where you are and what you need to work on.”

Japan’s Shoma Uno won both segments to claim a clear win (279.34) on the men’s side, , moving upfrom silver at Skate America last year. He continued a strong Japanese grip on the Skate Americamen’s title: nine of the last 12 men’s winners. The U.S. won the other two medals, with JasonBrown moving up from third to second in the free skate (268.38 final total) and Adam Ripponfinishing third overall after being second following the short program (261.43).

Canada’s Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau won the Pairs, moving up from third after theshort program with a solid win in the free skate. It’s their first Grand Prix gold medal. AmericansHaven Denney and Brandon Frazier were second after the short program and second in thefree skate to earn silver while Russia’s Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov – the short-program leaders – were fifth in the free skate and ended with bronze.

1. Figure Skating:

Wagner good as gold at Skate America

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American ice dancing champs Maia and Alex Shibutani extended the U.S. ice dance winningstreak at Skate America to eight in a row with a nearly 10-point win over Madison Hubbell andZachary Donohue of the U.S. The Shibutanis won both the short program and free skate.

It’s the fourth Skate America medal for the Shibutani brother and sister, but their first gold.Summaries:

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating/Progressive SkateAmerica: Chicago (USA), 21-23 October. (Full results here):

Men's Singles: 1. Shoma Uno (JPN), 279.34; 2. JasonBrown (USA), 268.38; 3. Adam Rippon (USA), 261.43; 4.Sergei Voronov (RUS), 245.28; 5. Boyang Jin (CHN),245.08; ... 8. Timothy Donelsky (USA), 226.53.

Women's Singles: 1. Ashley Wagner (USA), 196.44; 2.Mariah Bell (USA), 191.59; 3. Mai Mihara (JPN), 189.28; 4.Gabrielle Daleman (CAN), 186.63; 5. Gracie Gold (USA),184.22; 6. Mao Asada (JPN), 176.78.

Pairs: 1. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau (CAN),197.31; 2. Haven Denny/Brandon Frazier (USA), 192.65;

3. Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 185.94; 4.Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres (FRA), 174.65; 5. KrsitinaAstakhova/Alexei Rogonov (RUS), 174.52; 6. TarahKayne/Danny O'Shea (USA), 173.50; 7. MarissaCastelli/Mervin Tran (USA), 171.95.

Ice Dance: 1. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA),185.75; 2. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (USA),175.77; 3. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS),174.77; 4. Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA), 165.44;5. Elena Ilinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS), 165.16; ... 7.Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit (USA), 151.76.

FIE World Cup: Foil (Men)Cairo (EGY) ~ 21-23 October

| The first American to win the FIE WorldCup title in Foil is the first U.S. gold medalistin the 2016 World Cup: Race Imboden.

The Olympic bronze medalist in Foil,Imboden powered past six opponents to winthe opening Grand Prix meet of the year in theFoil class.

The Brooklyn left-hander (and fashion model)won his first three matches by convincing 15-

8, 15-9 and 15-8 scores, then had a closer call vs. Czech Alexander Choupenitch, 15-11. That washis tightest match of the tournament, as he dispatched Italians Andrea Cassara and AlessioFoconi in the semis and finals by scores of 15-8 and 15-7. It’s Imboden’s fifth World Cup win andsecond in the 2016 calendar year; he won in Paris in January.

2.Fencing:

Imboden foils field for World Cup win in Cairo

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The U.S. also finished second by a tight, 45-43 margin to France in the team event, held on Sunday(23rd).

Next week’s World Cup stop will be for the Epee for men in Bern (SUI) on 28-30 October. Summary:

FIE Men's World Cup in Foil: Cairo (EGY), 21-23 October.(Full results here):

Foil/Individual: 1. Race Imboden (USA); 2. AlessioFoconi (ITA); 3. Andrea Cassara (ITA) and Lorenzo Nista(ITA). Semis: Imboden d. Cassara, 15-8; Foconi d. Nista,

15-9. Final: Imboden d. Foconi, 15-7.

Foil/Team: 1. France; 2. United States; 3. Italy; 4.Japan. Semis: France d. Italy, 45-43; United States d.Japan, 45-32. Third: Italy d. Japan, 45-35. Final: France d.United States, 45-43.

airweave FINA Swimming World Cup #7Singapore (SIN) ~ 21-22 October

| Another meet, another nine gold medals for the indefatigableKatinka Hosszu of Hungary.

The triple Rio Olympic gold medalist kicked off the final trio of meets inthe 2016 airweave FINA Swimming World Cup with wins in the 200mand 400 m Freestyles, 100 m and 200 m Backstrokes, 100 m and 200 mButterflys and all three – 100-200-400 m – Individual Medleys. Sheadded silvers in the 100 m Free and 50 m Backstroke for a total of$15,500 in winnings for the meet. She also extended herinsurmountable lead for the series prize bonus of $100,000.

She entered 12 of the events, but failed to win a medal in the 800 mFreestyle, finishing fourth.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen, behind Hosszu the second star of the women’s World Cup, won the100-200 Freestyles and the 50 Butterfly, but lost to Hosszu by 0.06 for a fourth gold in the 100 m Fly.American Breeja Larson, a 2012 U.S. Olympic relay gold medalist, won the 200 m Breaststrokeevent and 2016 Olympian Kelsi Worrell also joined the World Cup party and won two medals: asilver in the 50 m Butterfly and bronze in the 100 m Freestyle.

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov continued his winning ways on the men’s size, taking gold medals inthe 50 m and 100 m Freestyles, 100 m Breaststroke, 100 m Individual Medley and swimming legs onRussia’s gold and silver-medal relays. He also won a bronze in the 50 m Breaststroke for totalwinnings of $7,750 in Singapore. Summaries:

3.Swimming:

Hosszu on autopilot: nine medals in Singapore

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airweave FINA Swimming World Cup #7: Singapore (SIN) ~21-22 October 2016. Top three placers win$1,500-1,000-500; relays: $3,000-2,000-1,000. (Full resultshere):

MEN:50 m Freestyle: 1. Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 20.86; 2.

Chad le Clos (RSA), 21.24; 3. Shinri Shioura (JPN), 21.25. 100 m Free: 1. Morozov (RUS), 45.92; 2. Kyle Chalmers(AUS), 46.61 (World Junior Record); 3. Brayden McCarthy(AUS), 47.23.

200 m Free: 1. Chalmers (AUS), 1:42.67; 2. Daiya Seto(JPN), 1:44.11; 3. Pieter Timmers (BEL), 1:44.24. 400 mFree, 1. Mykhallo Romanchuk (UKR), 3:40.64; 2. JamesGuy (GBR), 3:43.00; 3. Poul Zellmann (GER), 3:44.87.1500 m Free, 1. Romanchuk (UKR), 14:15.59; 2. GergelyGyurta (HUN), 14:40.56; 3. Masato Sakai (JPN), 14:52.20;... 13. Calvin David (USA), 16:08.98.

50 m Backstroke: 1. Pavel Sankovich (BLR), 23.01; 2.Miguel Ortiz-Canavate (ESP), 23.18; 3. Mitchell Larkin(AUS), 23.29.; ... 5. Morozov (RUS), 23.64. 100 m Back: 1.Larkin (AUS), 50.25; 2. Stanislav Donets (RUS), 50.56; 3.Sankovich (BLR), 50.75. 200 m Back: 1. Larkin (AUS),1:50.22; 2. Omar Pinzon Garcia (COL), 1:53.75; 3. ClydeLewis (AUS), 1:53.77.

50 m Breaststroke: 1. Felipe Lima (BRA), 26.19; 2.Roland Schoeman (RSA), 26.62; 3. Morozov (RUS), 26.85. 100 m Breast: 1. Morozov (RUS), 56.80; 2. Lima (BRA),57.16; 3. Marco Koch (GER), 57.78. 200 m Breast: 1. Koch(GER), 2:01.41; 2. Ippei Watanabe (JPN), 2:03.23; 3.Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN), 2:08.43; ... 7. Lyon Zhang (USA),2:17:13.

50 m Butterfly: 1. Le Clos (RSA), 22.33; 2. Schoeman(RSA), 22.44; 3. Benjamin Proud (GBR), 22.60; ... 8. JoshPrenot (USA), 23.49. 100 m Fly: 1. Le Clos (RSA), 49.26;2. Sankovich (BLR), 50.38; 3. McCarthy (AUS), 51.24. 200m Fly: 1. Seto (JPN), 1:49.53; 2. Le Clos (RSA), 1:50.29; 3.Masato Sakai (JPN), 1:50.95.

100 m Individual Medley: 1. Morozov (RUS), 50.70; 2.Shioura (JPN), 51.93; 3. Seto (JPN), 52.05; ... 5. Prenot(USA), 52.68. 200 m Medley: 1. Seto (JPN), 1:52.80; 2.Heintz (GER), 1:53.67; 3. Prenot (USA), 1:54.19. 400 mMedley: 1. Seto (JPN), 4:04.60; 2. Heintz (GER), 4:07.08;3. Watanabe (JPN), 4:08.55.; dsq: Prenot (USA).

WOMEN:50 m Freestyle: 1. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), 24.07; 2.

Emily Seebohm (AUS), 24.33; 3. Allaksandra Herasimenia(BLR), 24.40. 100 m Free: 1. Ottesen (DEN), 51.97; 2.Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 52.42; 3. Kelsi Worrell (USA),52.46. 200 m Free: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 1:53.17; 2. MadisonWilson (AUS), 1:54.39; 3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN),1:55.40. 400 m Free: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 4:01.18; 2.Boglarka Kapas (HUN), 4:01.38; 3. Jie Dong (CHN),4:02.34; ... 7. Miranda Heckman (USA), 4:12.66. 800 mFree: 1. Kapas (HUN), 8:17.54; 2. Dong (CHN), 8:19.66; 3.Kiah Melverton (AUS), 8:24.16; 4. Hosszu (HUN), 8:28.59.;... 9. Heckman (USA), 8:42.87; 10. Daniella Hawkins (USA),8:43.00.

50 m Backstroke: 1. Seebohm (AUS), 26.18; 2. Hosszu(HUN), 26.21; 3. Daryna Zevina (UKR), 26.47. 100 mBack: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 55.80; 2. Seebohm (AUS), 56.08;3. Zevina (UKR), 56.87. 200 m Back: 1. Hosszu (HUN),2:01.66; 2. Zevina (UKR), 2:02.72; 3. Seeborhm (AUS),2:03.08.

50 m Breast: 1. Alia Atkinson (JAM), 28.91; 2. YuliyaEfimova (RUS), 29.40; 3. Molly Hannis (USA), 29;62; 4.Breeja Larson (USA), 30.01. 100 m Breast: 1. Atkinson(JAM), 1:02.40; 2. Efimova (RUS), 1:03.21; 3. Hannis(USA), 1:04.84; 4. Larson (USA), 1:05.38. 200 m Breast: 1.Larson (USA), 2:18.95; 2. Efimova (RUS), 2:19.08; 3.Watanabe (JPN), 2:21.50.

50 m Butterfly: 1. Ottesen (DEN), 25.11; 2. Worrell(USA), 25.45; 3. Seebohm (AUS), 25.91. 100 m Fly: 1.Hosszu (HUN), 56.02; 2. Ottesen (DEN), 56.08; 3. KaterineSavard (CAN), 57.24. 200 m Fly: 1. Hosszu (HUN),2:05.95; 2. Jakabos (HUN), 2:06.24; 3. Nicholle Toh (SIN),2:11.26.

100 m Individual Medley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 58.45; 2.Seebohm (AUS), 58.54; 3. Atkinson (JAM), 58.75. 200 mMedley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 2:06.25; 2. Jakabos (HUN),2:07.21; 3. Efimova (RUS), 2:08.17. 400 m Medley: 1.Hosszu (HUN), 4:29.03; 2. Jakabos (HUN), 4:32.53; 3.Kapas (HUN), 4:37.51.

MIXED:4x50 m Freestyle: Australia (Chalmers-Abood-

Groves-Wilson), 1:31.04; 2. Russia (Morozov-Donets-Ustinova-Efimova), 1:31.73; 3. United States (ScottHaeberle-Prenot-Larson-Worrell), 1:35.30.

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4x50 Medley: 1. Russia (Donets-Efimova-Morozov-Ustinova), 1:39.34; 2. Austria (Hurley-Schafer-Groves-

Seebohm), 1:40.97; 3. United States (Prenot-Larson-Worrell-Haeberle), 1:43.64.

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| Switzerland’s Lara Gut won the overall World Cup title in 2015-16 andshowed she is going to be hard to beat this season as well.

She opened defense of her title with a win in the Giant Slalom in Soelden,Austria. She and Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. were 1-2 after the first run –1:10:11 and 1:11.53, respectively – and were 2-3 on the second run to finishclear of Italy’s Marta Bassino in third. Gut’s 1.42-second gap on the fieldafter the first run was too much for anyone else to challenge.

Shiffrin was second at Soelden for the second year in a row.

On the men’s side, France’s Alexis Pinturault won his fourth medal atSoelden, but his first victory, 0.70 ahead of Austria’s five-time defending overall World Cup champMarcel Hirscher of Austria. Ted Ligety of the U.S. returned to World Cup competition after anACL tear last January and finished a very creditable fifth. He was only standing 14th after the firstrun, but had the third-fastest second run to move up nine places, a good sign for the season.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup: Soelden (AUT), 22-23October 2016. Top 30 places win prize money; top fiveplaces win 41,500 Swiss francs-18,000-9,000-6,500-4,500,down to 450 for 30th (1 CHF = $1.01). (Full results here):

Men's Giant Slalom: 1. Alex Pinturault (FRA), 2:14.01for two runs combined; 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT), 2:14.71;3. Felix Neureuther (GER), 2:15.38; 4. Zan Kranjec (SLO),

2:15.45; 5. Ted Ligety (USA), 2:15.66; second-runqualifiers: Tim Jitloff (USA), did not finish.

Women's Giant Slalom: 1. Lara Gut (SUI), 2:23.02; 2.Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), 2:24.46; 3. Marta Bassino (ITA),2:24.95; 4. Stephanie Brunner (SUI), 2:25.30; 5. SofiaGoggia (ITA), 2:25.79.

The Soelden races are a bit of an outlier on the schedule; the season doesn’t continue until 12November, with men and women’s slalom races in Levi, Finland.

| Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill confirmed her retirement from the sport on 13 October in anInstagram post, writing:

Alpine Skiing

Athletics

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“Amazing memories ... from my first world title in Berlin 2009 to Rio 2016 I’m so fortunate to havehad such an amazing career within the sport I love and this has been one of the toughest decisions I’vehad to make. But I know that retiring now is right. I’ve always said I want to leave my sport on a highand have no regrets, and I can truly say that.”

She won the Olympic heptathlon title in front of her home fans in London in 2012 and won silver inRio this year in the hep to go along with World Championships wins in 2009 and 2015. She has saidthat her priority is now her son Reggie, born in 2014.

| Former high school phenom Mary Cain, who rewrote the high school 1500 m record by almostten seconds down to 4:04.62 in 2013, announced this past week that she is going to school atFordham University and has left the Nike Oregon Project under the direction of Alberto Salazar.

Cain starred at Bronxville (New York) High School and will now run for Nike Elite and be coached byformer New Zealand international John Henwood. The latter has worked with Cain since her highschool years whenever she was on the East Coast instead of Oregon.

Still only 20 years old, Cain won U.S. national indoor titles in the mile in 2013 and 2014, but hasfaded since, running only 4:10.84 in 2016.

| Odense (DEN), 23 October – Denmark is the European center of badminton and an entertainingmix of upsets and favorites came forward to claim victories at the Yonex Denmark Open.

The biggest shock was 29th-ranked Tanongsak Saensomboon of Thailand winning the men’ssingles division, ahead of Korea’s eighth-ranked Won Ho Son, 21-13, 23-21 in the final. Japan’sAkane Yamaguchi, although highly-ranked at 11th in the world, overtook no. 1-ranked CarolinaMarin of Spain in the semifinals, 21-15, 19-21, 21-18 to reach the final, where he won over seventh-ranked Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei.

There was more order in the doubles competitions, as top-ranked Misaki Matsumoto/AyakaTakahashi of Japan won the women’s division and fifth-ranked Joachim FischerNielsen/Christinna Pedersen of host Denmark won the mixed doubles. Ninth-ranked V. ShemGoh and Wee Kiong Tan of Malaysia knocked out no. 7 Mathias Boe/Carsten Morgesen inthe semis and went on to win their final in three sets.

BWF World Superseries/Yonex Denmark Open: Odense(DEN), 18-23 October. Prize money: $700,000 total. (Fullresults here):

Men’s Singles: 1. Tanongsak Saensomboon (THA); 2.Won Ho Son (KOR); 3. Brice Leverdez (FRA) and Kyun Il

Lee (KOR). Semis: Saensomboon d. Leverdez, 21-9, 21-13; Son d. Lee, 21-14, 21-16. Final: Saensomboon d Son,21-13, 23-21.

Men’s Doubles: 1. V. Shem Goh/Wee Kiong Tan(MAS); 2. Bodin Isara/Nipitphon Phuangphuap (THA); 3.Angga Pratama/Ricky Karan Suwardi (INA) and Mathias

Badminton

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Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN). Semis: Goh/Tan d.Boe/Morgesen, 20-22, 21-15, 21-11; Isara/Phuangphuap d.Pratama/Suwardi, 21-11, 21-18. Final: Goh/Tan d.Isara.Phuangphuap, 14-21, 22-20, 21-19.

Women’s Singles: 1. Akane Yamaguchi (JPN); 2. TzuYing Tai (TPE); 3. Carolina Marin (ESP) and Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG). Semis: Yamaguchi d. Marin, 21-15, 19-21,21-18; Tai d. Cheung, 21-13, 20-22, 21-18. Final:Yamaguchi d. Tai, 19-21, 21-14, 21-12.

Women’s Doubles: 1. Misaki Matsumoto/AyakaTakahashi (JPN); 2. Kyung Eun Jung/Seung Chan Shin(KOR); 3. Puttita Supajiraku/Sapsiree Taerattana (THA)and Nitya Krish Maheswari/Greysia Polii (INA).

Semis: Matsumoto/Takahashi d. Supajiraku/Taerattana, 21-17, 21-11; Jung/Shin d. Maheswari/Polii, 21-13, 26-24.Final: Matsumoto/Takahashi d. Jung/Shin, 19-21, 21-11,21-16.

Mixed Doubles: 1. Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ChristinnaPedersen (DEN); 2. Siwei Zheng/Qingchen Chen (CHN); 3.Kai Lu/Yaqiong Huang (CHN) and Chris Adcock/GabrielleAdcock (GBR). Semis: Fischer Nielsen/Pedersen d.Adcock/Adcock, 21-16, 21-18; Zheng/Chen d. Lu/Huang,21-19, 22-20. Final: Fischer Nie/Pedersen d. Zheng/Chen,21-16, 22-20.

| Russia defeated Sweden, 5-4 to win the second WorldMixed Curling Championships in Kazan, Russia. Scotlanddefeated Korea, 8-4, to win the bronze medal.

A total of 37 teams (two men, two women on each) entered theevent, divided into five groups. The U.S. team of Fred Maxie(skip), Em Good, MacAllan Guy and Frances Walshlost their first two matches to Canada and Korea, but won fivestraight to qualify for the Round of 16 as the third-placefinisher in the group.

Scotland eliminated the U.S., 4-1 in the eighth-finals and madeit to the semis, losing to Sweden, 8-2. Russia defeated Korea, 5-2, in the other semi to qualify for thefinal.

| Tallinn (EST), 23 October – Russia’s Tatiana Loganova, twice Olympic champion in teamepee, won the individual title at the FIE Women’s World Cup Epee event in Estonia over the weekend. She led a 1-2 finish for Russia, as she defeated Violetta Kolobova in the final, 9-8. Host Estoniawon the team title over France, 24-21.

FIE Women's World Cup in Epee: Tallinn (EST), 21-23October. (Full results here):

Epee/Individual: 1. Tatiana Logunova (RUS); 2. ViolettaKolobova (RUS); 3. Irina Embrich (EST) and Renata

Curling

Fencing

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Knapik-Miazga (POL). Semis: Logunova d. Embrich, 15-11;Kolobova d. Knapik-Miazga, 15-11. Final: Logunova d.Kolobova, 9-8.

Epee/Team: 1. Estonia; 2. France; 3. Ukraine; 4. China.Semis: Estonia d. Ukraine, 45-23; France d. China, 45-33.Final: Estonia d. France, 24-21.

| Minneapolis, (USA), 23 October – The U.S. women’s national team completed a two-game sweepof friendlies with Switzerland with a 5-1 win before 23.400 at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The Swiss took the lead in the seventh minute on a goal from Sandrine Mauron, but the U.S. tied iton a Carli Lloyd goal in the 25th minute and the game was tied through halftime.

Lloyd put the U.S. into the lead in the second half in the 51st minute and then the deluge started, withgoals from Christen Press (53rd), Crystal Dunn (63rd) and Kealia Ohai – in her internationaldebut – in the 82nd minute for the final margin. Ohai scored just 48 seconds after entering the game,believed to be the fastest first goal for a U.S. international ever.

The U.S. will finish its 2016 schedule – the team is 20-0-3 on the season – with two friendlies againstRomania, on November 10 at San Jose and November 13 at Carson.

| Amman (JOR), 21 October – North Korea (formally the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”)is the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup champions after a 5-4 penalty-kick win over Japan after a 0-0tie in regulation and overtime. It’s the second time that the DPRK has won this title, also in 2008 inNew Zealand.

Spain defeated Venezuela, 4-0, in the third-place match. The U.S. women’s national U-17 teamfinished third in Group C and did not advance to the knock-out stage.

| Errata – In our prior issue report on the attribution of World Championships and that Anaheim,California will replace Peneng, Malaysia for 2017, we should have noted that the 2019 WorldWeightlifting Championships will be held in Pattaya, Thailand.

The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships are scheduled for Lima, Peru.

Football

Weightlifting

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Agenda:Competition Calendar

Highlights of the top-level (Championships ~ Grand Prix ~ World Cup ~ National Teams)competitions in Olympic sports for the coming weeks:

Sport Date(s) Type ~ Event Site

C 23-29 October:Tennis 23-30 Oct BNP Paribas WTA Finals SIN SingaporeSwimming 25 Oct-26 Oct World Cup (25 m): airweave World Cup #8 JPN TokyoBadminton 25 Oct-30 Oct World Superseries: Yonex French Open FRA ParisFencing 28-30 Oct World Cup: Epee (Men) SUI BernFigure Skate 28-30 Oct Grand Prix: Skate Canada International CAN MississaugaJudo 28 Oct-30 Oct World Tour: Grand Slam Abu Dhabi UAE Abu DhabiSwimming 29 Oct-30 Oct World Cup (25 m): airweave World Cup #9 HKG Hong Kong

C 30 October-05 NovemberFencing 04-06 Nov World Cup: Foil (Women) FRA St. MaurFencing 04-06 Nov World Cup: Sabre (Men) SEN DakarFigure Skate 04-06 Nov Grand Prix: Rostelecom Cup RUS MoscowShort Track 04-06 Nov World Cup #1 CAN Calgary

C 06-12 NovemberTable Tennis 09-13 Nov World Tour: Austrian Open AUT LinzFootball 10 Nov Friendly: U.S. Women vs. Romania USA San JoseFencing 11-13 Nov World Cup: Epee (Women) CHN SuzhouFencing 11-13 Nov World Cup: Foil (Men) JPN TokyoFigure Skate 11-13 Nov Grand Prix: Trophee de France FRA ParisFootball 11 Nov World Cup Qualifying: U.S. Men vs. Mexico USA ColumbusFreestyle Ski 11 Nov World Cup: M&W Big Air ITA MilanShort Track 11-13 Nov World Cup #2 USA Salt Lake CitySpeed Skate 11-13 Nov World Cup #1 CHN HarbinAlpine Ski 12-13 Nov World Cup: M&W Slalom FIN LeviSnowboard 12 Nov World Cup: M&W Big Air ITA Milan

C 13-19 NovemberFootball 13 Nov Friendly: U.S. Women vs. Romania USA CarsonFootball 13-03 Nov Women's World U-20 Championships PNGTennis 13-20 Nov Barclays ATP World Tour Finals GBR LondonFootball 15 Nov World Cup Qualifying: U.S. Men vs. Costa Rica CRC San JoseTable Tennis 15-20 Nov World Tour: Swedish Open SWE StockholmBoxing 17-26 Nov World Youth Championships RUS St. Petersburg

Fencing 18-20 Nov World Cup: Epee (Men) ARG Buenos AiresFencing 18-20 Nov World Cup: Sabre (Women) FRA OrleansFigure Skate 18-20 Nov Grand Prix: Audi Cup of China CHN BeijingSpeed Skate 18-20 Nov World Cup#2 JPN Nagano

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