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Weekend Wrap: Sam Kerr’s strike secures third-straight FA Cup crown, Jason Day wins first PGA event in 1,835 days and more

 

Weekend Wrap: Sam Kerr’s strike secures third-straight FA Cup crown, Jason Day wins first PGA event in 1,835 days and more

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Sam Kerr FA Cup Final win 2023

Sam Kerr has shown her class in front of a record-breaking crowd in London to hoist the FA Cup and Jason Day has had a monumental breakthrough on the golf course to highlight the weekend in sport.

Football

It was another massive weekend for Sam Kerr, who for the third-consecutive season has led Chelsea FC to the win the women's FA Cup.

Her goal in the final was all that separated Chelsea and Manchester United, in front of 77,390 at a sold out Wembley Stadium. The dual Olympian's right foot strike from close range off a cross in the 68th minute sealed the deal, Sam's fifth goal in three FA Cup final appearances.

Off the pitch she was also named the Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year. Sam is the first person to win the award in consecutive seasons, as voted by approximately 400 football journalists from around the world.

She will be presented the award on Thursday 25 May in London.

Golf

Jason Day has won his first PGA tour event in 1,835 days – claiming the Byron Nelson title at TPC Craig Ranch in Texas, USA.

The 35-year-old finished the tournament on 23-under, one stroke ahead of Kim Si-woo (KOR) and Austin Eckroat (USA), using a 9-under-pay final round to seal victory.

 

It was a different story for Minjee Lee – fresh off being a runner up at the LPGA International Crown - who held a four-stroke lead going into the final round of the Founders Cup in New Jersey, USA and finished second overall.

She was tied with Ko Jin-Young (KOR) after 18 holes, and in the ensuing playoff hole Minjee's bogey was no match for Jin-Young's par.

Read more on Jason and Minjee here.

Canoe - Sprint

The Australian canoe sprint team has wrapped up their ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 1 campaign in style, adding one gold, two silver and a bronze medal on the final day of competition.

All eyes were on the final race of the day, the exciting new Mixed K2 500 event that featured reigning world champions Aly Bull and Jackson Collins. The Australian duo continued powering down the course to deliver a gold medal in a time of 1:36.11.

They were joined on the podium by fellow Aussies Riley Fitzsimmons and Yale Steinepreis, who took out silver.

“It’s such a tough race, I feel so lucky to be able to do these Mixed events,” Aly said.

“Jacko is amazing, and it feels really cool to paddle in front of him.”

Jackson, whose dad Dan Collins won two Olympic medals for Australia, said he’s learning so much from paddling with someone of Aly’s calibre.

“The K2 500 is one of the hardest races out there so it’s so much fun to be able to do it with Bully, and be able to get the win today,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Olympic champions Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen won silver in the men’s K2 500.

Read more here.

Rugby 7s

The women’s rugby sevens side have won bronze at their World Series finale event in Toulouse, France.

After falling to the USA in the semi-finals 7-10, they bounced back in a big way to beat the hosts 33-7.

The result assured Australia a silver medal for their overall season performance. They had 118 points on the standings, only behind New Zealand’s 138 – who won six of the seven legs this season.

Madi Levi set a record at the event, scoring her 53rd try for the season to break the World Series single season try-scoring record. She finished the weekend with a total of 57 tries.

 

The men’s team were knocked out of Toulouse medal contention in the quarter-finals 10-12 at the hands of the Canada. Tight wins against South Africa (21-19) and Ireland (26-21) in the fifth place playoff matches gave Australia a fifth-place finish.

Sitting fourth in the World Series standings with one leg to go, the men’s side remain in position to guarantee a qualifying spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. If they reach the semi-finals at the World Cup in London next weekend, they will lock in a ticket for Paris.

 

Shannon Parry announces retirement

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has congratulated Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal winner and Sevens co-captain Shannon Parry, who has announced her retirement from international rugby.

Along with Sharni Williams, Parry led the Australian women’s sevens team to victory over New Zealand in the gold medal match in Rio, creating history as the first team to win Sevens gold at an Olympics. She also co-captained the side at the Tokyo Games.

AOC President Ian Chesterman says the Australian team in Rio inspired a generation of young women to become rugby players on the Olympic stage.

“Shannon, her co-captain Sharni Williams and the Rio team laid the groundwork - her skills, leadership and determination have been extraordinary. She has captained Australia in both sevens and 15s Rugby, where she has played in four World Cups.

“We wish her well in her final Test match this weekend against Fiji and it’s wonderful to see her further transition into a senior coaching role in Sevens rugby. Australia has already qualified for the Paris Games in women’s sevens. I am sure there’s a new generation who will benefit from her insight and experience,” Mr Chesterman concluded.

Triathlon

Matt Hauser won a silver medal in Yokohama, Japan on the weekend with a stirring comeback in the World Triathlon Championship Series.

Competing in his first race since being plagued by a month-long illness, Matt used the 10km run to make a move to the silver medal – finishing one second ahead of Portugal's bronze medallist Vasco Vilca and four seconds behind gold medallist Hayden Wilde (NZL).

Read more here.

 

Skateboarding – Park

Olympic gold medallist Keegan Palmer has now become an X Games gold medallist, having won the skateboard park competition in Chiba, Japan over the weekend.

With the finals of the competition not held due to rain, scores from the elimination round on Friday were used to determine the results.

 

Keegan’s score of 83.66 from Friday bettered the 79.66 and 78.00 from the USA’s silver and bronze medallists Cory Juneau and Gavin Bottger respectively.

Cycling – BMX

Also competing at the X Games in Chiba, Japan, Logan Martin picked up the silver medal in the men's BMX.
Rain wiped out their finals events too, with the USA's Daniel Sandoval (87.00) the only rider to score better than Logan (86.33), Marcus Christopher (83.66 - USA) finished third.

 

Logan has travelled to Montpellier, France ahead of the BMX Freestyle World Cup beginning on Wednesday 17 May.

Read more here.

Cycling - Road

Tokyo 2020 road cyclist Grace Brown has won the general classification of the UCI Bretagne Ladies Tour in France.

Read more here.

 

Equestrian – Jumping Individual

Four-time Olympian Edwina Tops-Alexander and Fellow Castlefield have taken gold at the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Madrid.

 

Tennis

Alexei Popyrin is riding some seriously good form in Rome, having advanced to the fourth round of the Italian Open after entering the event as a qualifier.

The world no.77 is into the last 16 in Italy, with his biggest win coming against the top-10 ranked Felix Auger Aliassime (CAN) 6-4 4-6 7-5 on Friday.

 

It was the third top-10 ranked player Alexei had faced this year, and his third win.

Read more here.

The Aussie meets Holger Rune (DEN), the no.7 seed, in the fourth round on Tuesday.

Sailing – iQFOiL

Windsurfer Grae Morris has scored a breakthrough sixth place at the iQFOiL European Championships after finishing third in his quarter-final, a result good enough to win the Under 21 European Championship title.

After nearly four hours waiting for 40 knot gusts to ease on the racecourse in Patras (Greece), Grae finished a great week with another strong performance. The iQFOiL is a new Olympic winsfurding format for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

“This was my first medal race, and it was super intense, and super fun. The long delay ashore before the race didn’t affect me, I wasn’t really feeling the pressure and was working on just keeping things calm,” Grae said.

“My start wasn’t great so I had to pick the simple and smart way in those 25-27 knot top-end conditions, as I didn’t want to rush anything, just do it right. That all paid off in the upwind leg, where I went from last place up to third. I was pushing hard for second place, to move into the semi finals as part of the top two, but I just didn’t make that.”

Photo credit: Sailing Energy

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