The first day of the WFDF 2023 All Africa Ultimate Championships kicked off today in Kisumu, Kenya and
@nkolakovic
was there to capture all the action!
GOLD MEDAL! Congratulations to
@SeattleMIXtape
for their 1st place finish at
@wfdf_wucc
in the Mixed division!
Mixtape finishes the tournament with a 10-0 record.
Congratulations to
@theworldgames
Athlete of the Year, Valeria Cardenas!
It came down to the very last minute in a nail-biter of a contest that saw Muaythai's Monika Chochlikova take the lead with only 30 minutes left in fan voting.
WUCC 2018 Streaming Schedule
Can't make it to Cincinnati for
@WUCC2018
? Don't worry! We'll be streaming more than 200 hours of live Ultimate, on our WFDF Facebook and YouTube channels and through our media partners.
Get the full schedule here:
The WFDF 2023 World Wheelchair Ultimate Championships have started in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy with four teams: 2 from Italy, 1 from Germany and 1 international.
All
@WUCC2018
semifinal games will continue tonight in an indoor facility.
SCHEDULE:
18:30 - Revolver vs GOAT
19:00 - Colony vs Doublewide
19:30 - Revolution vs Brute Squad
20:00 - Riot vs Molly Brown
— break —
22:30 - BFG vs AMP
23:00 - Slow White vs Wild Card
The Movers took on the Shakers at Wednesday night's rain-delayed
@ColorofUltimate
game but everyone was a winner, especially the fans who filled up the stands to watch the teams battle it out as the sun went down on Day 5 of
@wfdf_wucc
.
📸:
@UltiPhotos
Final standings in the Men's Division at
@WUCC2018
1st: Revolver (USA)
Spirit: The Long Donkeys (RSA)
2nd: Colony (AUS)
3rd: Doublewide (USA) / GOAT (CAN)
Have you thanked a
@WUCC2018
volunteer yet today? These amazing folks are out in this heat keeping your score, filling your water bottles, cleaning up your fields and cheering you on. Give one a high five now! 📷:
@ultiphotos
Team USA and Team Japan came up big at
@wfdf_wbuc
2023! Congratulations to all the winners!
OPEN
🥇: USA
🥈: Spain
🥉: Great Britain
Spirit 🏆: Japan
WOMEN'S
🥇: USA
🥈: Canada
🥉: Spain
Spirit 🏆: Japan
MIXED
🥇: France
🥈: Spain
🥉: USA
Spirit 🏆: Japan
The matchups for tomorrow's Finals at
@wfdf_wucc
have been set. All games will be live-streamed for FREE on the
@olympicchannel
.
Watch the Finals live:
As part of
@WUCC2018
, the WFDF Women in Sport Commission hosted Gender Equality and Anti-Doping workshops. Part 1, held on Sunday night, centered on training on equity concepts. A second session tonight will focus on equity training for organizers.
IOC President Thomas Bach came to the Flying Disc stadium yesterday afternoon and spent a half hour with athletes and WFDF President
@nobrauch
learning about the sport.
Game Over! Crocs win a second close game
@TWG2022
Flying Disc - Thanks to
@TayaraRomero
for helping us out here!
#Skills
Game 2 (CAN vs GBR) coming up next
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS: Congratulations are in order for Australia's Lunch Box Ultimate for their third place finish in the Mixed division.
They edged out Finland's PuTi to take home the bronze.
.
@JesseShofner
and Austin Prucha from Raleigh Phoenix (
@PhxUltimate
), who have so far gone undefeated in their first 6 games at
@wfdf_wucc
, make it clear what their goal is this week: "Ws. We want to win it all".
USA sweeps at World Under 24 Ultimate Championships and New Zealand sweeps the Spirit category!!
Thanks to all the players, volunteers, coaches, tournament organizers, sideline support, broadcast staff and partners who made
@wfdfwu24uc
possible! We appreciate you all!!
.
@KisumuFrisbee
will be one of the ones to watch this week at
@WUCC2018
!
“The ultimate adventure: how a team from Kenya is making their way to Cincinnati for a world championship” | via
@Enquirer
Last game of day 2 for Flying Disc
@TWG2022
saw 2-0 Colombia hold server against 0-2 France. Final day of preliminary play tomorrow! Good Night from Birmingham!
As we close out our time
@TWG2022
, I'm sure everyone involved will always remember what a great host Birmingham was! Thank you BOC! We will end on those golden moments!
Tomorrow is the
@wfdfwu24uc
Finals! Watch the games live on the
@olympicchannel
. All times GMT + 2.
Women's (10:00): USA v. JPN
Men's (12:30): USA v. CAN
Mixed (15:00): USA v. JPN
Watch here:
Photo by Paul Rutherford /
@UltiPhotos
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural WFDF 2023 World Wheelchair Ultimate Championships!
🥇: Italy White
🥈: International
🥉: Germany
🏆 Spirit Winner: Italy Blue
We pleased to announce that the WFDF 2020 World Masters Ultimate Championships (WMUC 2020) will be staged in Gold Coast, Australia from Saturday 5th September to Saturday 12th September 2020!
Today is International Women's Day, a global day honoring the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. At WFDF, today and every day, we celebrate the female athletes who amaze and inspire us.
#IWD2018
#PressforProgress
#playlikeagirl
#womeninultimate