Two wins from two BMX World Cup races has Saya Sakakibara as the runaway world no.1 and a top-four finish at the Beach Volleyball World Championships highlights the weekend in Olympic sports.
BMX - Racing - Golden end to Sakakibara's golden World Cup season
Saya Sakakibara has finished the UCI BMX Racing World Cup season as world no.1, with clutch performances to win the final rounds of the season in Santiago del Estero, Argentina over the weekend.
She led from start to finish in rounds nine and 10, going head-to-head with Great Britain's Olympic champion Bethany Shriever who was within close striking distance of the overall no.1 ranking. However, Saya's domination of round nine and 10 put her spot at the top beyond doubt.
Saya, whose Tokyo 2020 Olympics ended with a crash in the heats, considered retirement last year but has returned to the sport in remakrable fashion - winning five out of the 10 World Cup rounds in 2023.
Fellow Olympians Bodi Turner and Lauren Reynolds also recorded top 10 finishes in round nine, placing third and seventh in the men's and women's competitions respectively.
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Beach Volleyball - Top 4 finish at World Championships
Beach Volleyballers and Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have finished fourth at the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Txalcala, Mexico on Monday morning.
After going down 0:2 (17-21, 14-21) to the defending world champion Brazilian pair Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa in the semi-finals, the Aussies still had a chance to medal against the USA team of Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.
Taliqua and Mariafe came out firing in the first set of the bronze medal match, winning 21-15. A tight battle in the second set saw the Aussies go down 19-21 and 8-15 in the third, securing 4th place for the Aussies.
The tournament was an important milestone in the lead up to the next Olympic Games, with the Aussie pair gaining confidence and world ranking points heading into qualifying for Pairs 2024.
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Golf - Min Woo Lee wins Macau Open
Macau Open
Min Woo Lee is a Macau Open champion after completing a record-breaking performance over the weekend in China.
The 25-year-old world no.47 claimed his first title in two years, setting a 30-under-par tournament record, two strokes ahead of runner-up Poom Saksansin (THA).
Min Woo led from the outset and maintained top spot all throughout the four rounds, with his best day a nine-under-par 62 in round one.
PGA Tour Shriners Children's Open
Cam Davis has recorded his eighth top-10 finish of the season, and the 18th of his career, at the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas, USA.
At 17-under Cam was three strokes behind the winner, Tom Kim (KOR), and played his best round on the final day, shooting a five-under-par 66.
LPGA Shanghai
Also in China, Karis Davidson finished in a share of eighth at the LPGA Shanghai Open to be the best-placed Aussie at the event.
Her 12-under-par effort was just two shots back from the tournament champion, Angel Yin (USA), and one shot ahead of Minjee Lee who placed T-13th.
The tour now heads to South Korea where Grace Kim, Hannah Green, Stephanie Kyriacou, Sarah Kemp and Minjee will play at the LPGA Ladies Championship in Seoul from the 17-22 October.
Badminton - Women's pair take Bendigo International title
The International Badminton Tour headed to Victoria this past week, with Bendigo seeing close up Australia's best badminton players.
The women's doubles finals went the distance, with Aussie Falcons pair Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu prevailing 21-18 20-22 25-27 for the title over HSU Yin-Hui (TPE) and LIN Jhih Yun (TPE).
Another Australia v Chinese Taipei clash unfolded in the mixed doubles, with Kenneth Choo and Gronya Somerville falling to Chen Sheng Fa and Lin Jhih Yun 21-12 14-21 16-21.
While in the women's singles Ying Tse (AUS) was valiant in defeat against Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi (MAL) 7-21 5-21.
Full results here.
All players now head up to Sydney for the Sydney International, an Olympic qualification tournament at Sydney Olympic Park from Wednesday 18 October through Sunday 22 October.
Tennis - Shanghai Masters silverware for Matt Ebden
Matt Ebden earned some silverware in men's doubles finals at the Shanghai Masters, with the world no.8 and his partner Rohan Bopanna (IND) losing in tight circumstances to no.7 seeds Marcel Granollers (ESP) and Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 5-7 6-2 [10-7].
Just making the Shanghai Masters final, Matt's third ATP Masters 1000 final of the season, has also qualified the Aussie for the season-ending ATP Finals tournament in November.
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