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The 2024 short track and road racing season is underway as the drive to the Paris Olympics is now underway. World Athletics has taken a new ranking approach as they have merged the the short track (formerly indoor track), long track (formerly outdoor track) and road racing into one list with World Athletics integrated ranking points. The following lists include short track results produced in December 2023. Canada has had the good fortune in the last decade to enjoy a gradual increase in both the medal count and top 8 performances at both the Olympic and World Championships. The upcoming Olympics and subsequent World Championships may see some of “The Post Pandemics Generation” who fall into the U23 category move closer to the top 8 spots in Paris. Think of University of Georgia sophomore, Chris Morales-Williams of Toronto who just broke the Canadian record in the short track 300m with his 32.47 performance. This converts very close to the Olympic stand of 45.00 in the 400m. Will Floyd, a freshman at Stanford University recorded 33.14 over the same distance. He set the Canadian U20 record of 45.31 in Langley, BC last summer. Matti Erickson of Nelson, BC started the 2024 season with a personal best of 2:20.96 in the 1000m, following his personal best in 2023 of 1:46.84 in 800m as a sophomore at the University of Oregon. Clearly the challenges of the Covid pandemic affected the development of others like Domenic Barresi of Cornell and Max Davies of the University of Guelph who in this early season rank in Canada’s top twenty list.

🌟𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗦𝗚𝗟🌟 Our drivers have once again demonstrated their talent and determination in recent virtual competitions. Here's a recap of last week's impressive Duracell Cup and PSGL results. 🏁𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗽 - 𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰🏁 - Events: Semi-finals at Silverstone and Austria - Finals: 08/07 with two tickets to the Monza GP to be won. - Participants: Lenny & Grégory - Results: Lenny dominated both races, taking pole position and winning both heats. In Austria, he made a spectacular comeback from last to first place. Greg finished P2 and P3, qualifying for the finals on 07/07. 🏁𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 - 𝟬𝟴/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰🏁 - Circuits: 🇮🇹 18-minute qualifying at Monza 🇦🇿 Race 1 (25%) in Baku 🇧🇷 Race 2 (25%) in Brazil (inverted grid) 🇮🇹 Race 3 (50%) at Monza  - Results: Lenny won. 🏎️𝗣𝗦𝗚𝗟 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 - 𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰🏎️ - Event: Social race at Spa - Participant : Joris - Results: Joris finished P17 after a game crash in qualifying. He climbed back up to P5 but a mistake cost him P2 on the track. 🏎️𝗣𝗦𝗚𝗟 𝗙𝟮 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭 - 𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰🏎️ - Circuit : Silverstone - Context: Start of the F1 24 season with PSGL. Joris is ready to fight in F2! - Results: Joris finished P14, having started P12 and worked his way up to P8. A 10-second penalty on entering the pits jeopardized his race. Thanks to an effective strategy, he temporarily took the lead, but his penalty eventually relegated him to P14. We are extremely proud of our drivers' first performances in these competitions. See you next week for further results 🙏 #esports #simracing #race #motorsport #challenge #team

👹 He tortures his competitors 👇👇 Armand #Duplantis continues to make #history 🇸🇪 8th pole vault world record 🌍 6.24 meters 🏢 Only 29 athletes have jumped over 6m. He did it 56 times 🦒 Only 3 athletes in the world have jumped over 6m10. He did it 19 times 🤯🤯 Here is the evolution of the best world #performances of the three pole vaulting #legends since 1980 Renaud Lavillenie and Sergei Bubka ❌❌✅ Pole vaulting is a special discipline because you can only try to beat the world record once per competition. That's why the record is improved by one centimeter each time. 📈 We compared Armand to champions in other categories using the World #Athletics ranking, which assigns a number of points to each #performance. Armand scored 1333 points with 6m24 🏃 That's 1h59'58 over a #marathon, better than the world record! The same goes for the 10,000 meters (25'55) ⚡️ In the 100 meters, he is behind Usain #Bolt who has 1356 points with his record of 9"58. To equal him, Duplantis would have to jump 6m33 ... within his grasp? ❓So in your opinion, what is his limit and should we compare #athletes from different #sports? Enduraw

Michael Phelps 2008 Olympic game performance is by far the one of the greatest achievement in sports ever, period. What very few people know are the number of challenges and obstacles he faced and tackled throughout that week...However, the reflection i am making here is not about swimming but the lessons one can extract from such endeavour. First Gold Medal - Start with your right foot 400 IM - Set the right course from the beginning, conquers milestones build momentum and acknowledge that you are still far from your destination. Second Gold Medal - Making the impossible. 4x100 Free -Greatness can be accomplish individually. Making history however, requires teams greatness driven by turning the goals of a particular one into group ones, thus unlocking individuals beyond their own limits.  Third Gold Medal - Aim for perfection.  200 Free - Hammer and refine your craft to deliver nothing but your absolute best. Fourth Gold Medal - Prepare for the worst 200 Fly - Focus on the planning, leverage on past experience and never allow the surrounding circumstances determine the outcome, rule yourself. Fifth Gold Medal - Breaking mental barriers  4x200 Free - Positive drives and high goals build upon each other, creating virtuoso cycles inside teams. When you deliver your best, you enable and empower those around you to do the same.   Sixth Gold Medal - Competition is there to keep pushing you, embrace it. 200 IM - It doesn't matter the number of times you have done something, you can always do it better. Seventh Gold Medal - Ain't over till you touch the wall 100 Fly - You can be down and behind your competitors throughout the entire race, the only thing that matter is to out touch everyone else.  Do not waste time looking to the sides, is what you do that puts you upfront. Eighth Gold Medal - Bring it home.  4x100 IM - Even if you think things seems done, the devil is in the details.  It took 36 years, careful planning and constant correction, an extensive support team and full commitment from all parties to over perform Mark's Spitz Munich 72', how long will it take to see something like this repeating itself, not sure if we'll ever witness this level of greatness in sport in this life time. In the mean time i leave you with the Bowman-Phelps 8Th Symphony: https://lnkd.in/e-Hvi5Xj

Mike Rockenfeller is set to partner Gianmaria Bruni at the upcoming IMSA - International Motor Sports Association #LongBeach sprint race due to a clash with the #6HImola for Proton Competition. Read more ⤵️ #IMSA #AGPLB #Porsche #Motorsport #Sportscars

New Post: Scottie Scheffler rips ‘silly’ PGA Tour playoff format: ‘It is what it is’ - https://lnkd.in/gznkD67V Scheffler is all but a lock to take home his first FedEx Cup — but all it takes is a bad weekend to screw it all up.And that's why the reigning Olympic gold medalist (and Masters champion) isn't too fond of the PGA Tour's current playoff format."I talked about it the last few years. I think it's silly," he says.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMScheffler knows all too well that one bad tournament can ruin it all. In both 2022 and 2023, he began the Tour Championship at East Lake at 10-under, thanks to his previous performances. But bad final rounds in both tournaments kept him from being named the FedEx Cup Champion.The Top 70 golfers are in the first leg of the playoffs. The top 50 will go to the second tournament, and the Tour Championship will host the top 30, in which the leaderboard kicks off with a strokes-based system based on everyone's performances throughout the season. In all likelihood, Scheffler will begin the tournament with a two-stroke lead at 10-under, but again, one bad weekend could cost him."Hypothetically, we get to East Lake, and my neck flares up, and it doesn't heal the way it did at The Players. I finish 30th in the FedEx Cup because I had to withdraw from the last tournament? Is that really the season-long race? No, it is what it is."TRANS GOLFER DOESN'T 'UNDERSTAND ATHLETES WHO BLAME A TRANSGENDER COMPETITOR ON THEIR OWN ATHLETIC FAILURES'"It's a fun tournament," Scheffler said. "I don't really consider it the season-long race like I think the way it's called. But you've got to figure out a way to strike a balance between it being a good TV product and it still being a season-long race. Right now, I don't know exactly how the ratings are or anything like that, but I know for a fact you can't really quite call it the season-long race when it comes down to one stroke play tournament on the same golf course each year."Rory McIlroy, a three-time FedEx Cup champ, joked that he likes the format, because it's the only way somebody can catch Scheffler in the standings. He has a nearly 2,000-point lead over Xander Schauffele (5,993 to 4,057), and more than twice as many points McIlroy has (2,545).McIlroy, though, did admit it may not be the "fairest reflection of who's been the best player of the year.""But I think at this point, we're not in for totally fair. We're in for entertainment and for trying to put on the best product we possibly can," McIlroy said.The playoffs begin on Thursday with the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis at TPC Southwind.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Are Bearman and Colapinto in F1 comparable to Sesks and Pajari in WRC? Since the Azerbaijan GP, I've been reflecting on how these rising talents stack up, despite competing in different championships. 🇬🇧 Ollie Bearman – Ollie made his F1 debut in Jeddah, standing in for Carlos Sainz at Scuderia Ferrari. He delivered an impressive performance, showcasing his pace and skill. His second appearance in Azerbaijan, filling in for Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, also saw him score points. Bearman is set for a full season with Haas in 2025. 🇦🇷 Franco Colapinto – Franco debuted in F1 at Monza, replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams Racing, and became the first Argentine driver in F1 since 2001. He scored points in his second race, cementing his status as a rising star. With a seat still available at Sauber for 2025, could Colapinto secure a full-time F1 spot? 🇱🇻 Mārtiņš Sesks – The 2023 European Rally Championship vice-champion made an immediate impact in his WRC debut, finishing 5th in Poland and narrowly missing a stage win. He continued to impress in his home rally in Latvia with two stage wins before technical issues interrupted his podium run. Sesks returns to Rally1 action this week in Chile. 🇫🇮Sami Pajari – Pajari has had a strong WRC2 season, claiming three victories. His Rally1 debut in Finland saw him overcome early challenges to secure a stage win and finish 4th. Like Sesks, Pajari is competing in Rally Chile this week and has a confirmed Rally1 appearance in the Central European Rally next month. These young talents are proving themselves capable of competing at the highest level. Should F1 and WRC teams do more to offer emerging drivers greater opportunities? Who do you think deserves a chance to showcase their talent? #Formula1 #F1 #WRC #Rally #Racing

HE LOST 19,000 TIMES! A young jockey lost his first race, his second, his third, his first 10, his first 20. But he was Relentless. He lost his first 100 races, his first 200 races, but he Bounced Back…and lost 50 more. After 250 straight loses, Eddie Arcaro won his first race in 1932. He went on to become the most famous jockey of his era, winning the most money four times over 8 years. Eddie Arcaro rode 250 losers before he won his first race. The Relentless Eddie won 5 Derby winners, 6 in the Preakness and 6 in the Belmont Stakes for a total of 17 Triple Crowns and purse winnings of over $30 million. Eddie rode in over 24,000 races… winning over 4700…which means he lost over 19,000 times. One of the greatest jockeys in history LOST 81% of his races… and is considered great, because he continually Bounced Back! How many times have we failed… or felt like we’ve failed… and wanted to quit or give up? What if after the 100th…175th…or 250th loss, Eddie decided not to get on another horse? Nobody cares how many times we’ve failed, it’s not PROOF that we will fail the next time! Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what we’re doing doesn’t seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way we’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it and we wouldn’t have an opportunity. An Old Chinese saying says, “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.” What isn’t working right now? Write it down. Maybe you need to keep doing it to gain success. #Success #Relentless #EddieArcaro

The difference between winning and losing can be a millimeter or a millisecond. Never underestimate the importance of the small details. Reflecting on the 100m finals at the Olympic Games where Noah Lyles clinched victory by just 5 thousandths of a second, it's clear that the smallest margins can have the biggest impacts. And when are you gunning to be at the top, then even a fraction of a % can be the difference between greatness and being forgiven. Whether in sports or business, attention to detail is crucial. This attention to detail is what makes the difference in the end when champions are crowned. Every little effort counts and can be the difference between success and failure. dontgiveupworld.com #Olympics #NoahLyles #WinningEdge #100msprint #100m #track #field #trackandfield #athleticmotivation #athletes #athelete #runner #run #running #sports #parisolypics2024 #AttentionToDetail #SmallDetailsMatter #Success #finals #champions #dontgiveup ##dontgiveupworld #greatness Dont Give Up World Shivangi Kaushik Arun Pandit ®

The difference between winning and losing can be a millimeter or a millisecond. Never underestimate the importance of the small details. Reflecting on the 100m finals at the Olympic Games where Noah Lyles clinched victory by just 5 thousandths of a second, it's clear that the smallest margins can have the biggest impacts. And when are you gunning to be at the top, then even a fraction of a % can be the difference between greatness and being forgiven. Whether in sports or business, attention to detail is crucial. This attention to detail is what makes the difference in the end when champions are crowned. Every little effort counts and can be the difference between success and failure. dontgiveupworld.com #Olympics #NoahLyles #WinningEdge #100msprint #100m #track #field #trackandfield #athleticmotivation #athletes #athelete #runner #run #running #sports #parisolypics2024 #AttentionToDetail #SmallDetailsMatter #Success #finals #champions #dontgiveup ##dontgiveupworld #greatness Dont Give Up World Shivangi Kaushik Arun Pandit ®