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Duffy claims Tokyo 2020 berth as Pan American Sport Climbing Championships conclude

  • Sport Climbing

American teenager Colin Duffy earned a ticket to this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo after coming out on top in the men’s combined standings at the Pan American Sport Climbing Championships in Los Angeles.

One Climbing Gym.He finished on 10 points overall, six clear of compatriot Zach Galla.Completing a United

States podium sweep was Zander Waller, leader of the event up to the lead discipline before sliding



Hofmeister wins FIS Alpine Snowboard World Cup in Blue Mountain to claim parallel giant slalom crystal globe

  • Snowboard

Germany’s Ramona Theresia Hofmeister claimed her second parallel giant slalom win of the weekend at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Snowboard World Cup in Canada's Blue Mountain, securing the discipline’s crystal globe in the last event of the season.

by just 0.17 seconds.Italy’s Edwin Coratti rounded out the podium in third place having beaten the United

States' Robert Burns in the small final.The parallel giant slalom crystal globe was awarded to Italy


South Africa stage superb comeback to triumph at Los Angeles Sevens

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa won the Los Angeles Sevens after staging a superb comeback to beat Fiji in the final.

21-19 for bronze.In the quarter-finals, South Africa disappointed the home crowd by edging out hosts United

States 12-10.The Americans had been hoping to win their home tournament for the third year in a row.Fiji


Sanchez extends winning record at Karate 1-Premier League in Salzburg

  • Karate

Sandra Sanchez continued her 100 per cent winning record at Karate 1-Premier League events this season by winning the women's kata category at the third round in Salzburg in Austria.

repeat of the final from the previous Premier League event in Dubai, Sanchez faced Sakura Kokomai of the United

States, and again it was the Spaniard who came out on top as she excelled with "Chatanyara Kushanku"


IWF to allow entry transfers for Olympic qualifying events after cancelling Junior World Championships

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will allow athletes to switch entries from one competition to another in the remaining weeks of Olympic qualifying, as an indirect result of the spread of the coronavirus.

April – all of them continental Championships – as well as silver or bronze competitions in Cuba, the United

States and Colombia in March, and Nauru in late April.If athletes have entered one of those events but

have been cancelled along with the Junior Championships.The cancellation denies CJ Cummings of the United

States a chance to go for his fifth straight junior world title.A letter sent by the IWF to Member Federations


Hinze earns third gold medal as World Track Cycling Championships conclude

  • Cycling

Emma Hinze of Germany won her third gold medal of the World Track Cycling Championships as competition concluded in Berlin.

victor in the women's point race after collecting 50 points.She was followed by Jennifer Valente of the United

States on 34 and Anita Stenberg of Norway on 33.


Algeria and South Africa earn opening wins at IWBF Afro Paralympic qualifier

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

Algeria and South Africa claimed victories on the opening day of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Afro Paralympic qualifier in Johannesburg.

place on Friday (March 6), with medal matches held the following day.The winner of the final will join United

States, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Britain, Spain, Turkey, Australia, Iran, South Korea and hosts Japan

to the Paralympic tournament, where they will join The Netherlands, Britain, Germany, Spain, Canada, United

States, Australia, China and Japan.Wheelchair basketball faces the threat of being removed from this


Repilov crowned overall men's Luge World Cup champion as Pavlichenko wins in Königssee

  • Luge

Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko won the final men’s race of the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup season in Königssee, while his compatriot Roman Repilov earned the overall title for the second time in his career.

Berreiter, Loch, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken did finish on a high by winning the final race in 2:42.209.United

States’ Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman were second on 2:43.019, with


Ribom and Hegdal win under-23 sprint crowns at Nordic Junior and Under-23 World Ski Championships

  • Nordic Combined

Sweden’s Emma Ribom and Norway’s Vebjørn Hegdal emerged as the winners of under-23 sprint competitions at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Junior and Under-23 World Ski Championships in German town Oberwiesenthal.

kilometre event.Her team-mate Johanna Hagstroem finished as the runner-up.The podium was completed by the United

States’ Julia Kern, with France’s Lena Quintin, the Czech Republic’s Katerina Janatova and Germany’s


Horishima bests Kingsbury in dual moguls at FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Almaty

  • Freestyle

Japan’s Ikuma Horishima inflicted the first dual moguls defeat of the season on Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup in Almaty.

standings with 93.33 points ahead of fellow Canadian Noah Bowman, who has 73.00, and Aaron Blunck of the United

States, who is on 72.00.In the women’s event Jaelin Kauf of the United States earned her first World


Americans reach quarter-finals of Windy City Open for first time

  • Squash

Amanda Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford became the first American players to reach the quarter-finals of the Windy City Open, a Professional Squash Association (PSA) event. 

Sobhy, the United States' number one, delighted the home crowd at the University Club of Chicago with


Yip takes third and final chance to earn Tokyo 2020 place by winning Pan American Sport Climbing title

  • Sport Climbing

Canada’s Alannah Yip took her third and final chance to earn a quota place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with victory at the Pan American Sport Climbing Championships in Los Angeles.

Yip finished the night with a score of 15, with Alejandra Contreras of Chile and Lauren Bair of the United

States claiming silver and bronze respectively on scores of 36.The final involved eight climbers and