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Last week in sport, Part 2/2

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A general view of the peloton passing through a landscape during the 27th Simac Ladies Tour 2025, Stage 2 a 124.5km stage from Gennep to Gennep / #UCIWWT / on September 03, 2025 in Gennep, Netherlands. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

The peloton winds through the Dutch countryside during Stage 2 of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour, a 124.5km circuit starting and finishing in Gennep, Netherlands.(Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Argentina' Lionel Messi embraces his sons prior to a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match against Venezuela at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, September 4, 2025. (Photo by Gustavo Garello/AP Photo)

Argentina’s Lionel Messi shares a moment with his sons before a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.(Photo by Gustavo Garello/AP Photo)

Team members play motoball during a match between a local club consisting of miners of the Komsomolets Donbassa coal mine and a club representing Russia's Vladimir region, as participants mark Miners' Day amid Russia-Ukraine military conflict, in Kirovske (Khrestivka) in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

Miners from the Komsomolets Donbassa coal mine play motoball against a team from Russia’s Vladimir region to mark Miners’ Day in Kirovske, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine.(Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

An athlete practices jumping across a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

An athlete leaps across a canal during a Fierljeppen (canal vaulting) competition in Kockengen, Netherlands.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

An athlete, wearing a rubber band on his foot to climb, prepares to run towards a long pole to jump across a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

An athlete, with a rubber band on his foot for grip, prepares to sprint and vault a carbon pole across a canal in Kockengen, Netherlands.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco gets put of the car after a crash during the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, Netherlands, Sunday, August 31, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc of Monaco exits his car after a crash during the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Competitors take part in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, in Ronse, on August 30, 2025, in Ronse. The UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships take place from August 28 to 31. (Photo by Jasper Jacobs/Belga via AFP Photo)

Competitors race during the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Ronse, Belgium.(Photo by Jasper Jacobs/Belga via AFP Photo)

An athlete practices the climbing part of the jump prior to crossing a body of water with a carbon pole during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

An athlete climbs a carbon pole during the canal-vaulting phase of a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

A female athlete jumps before climbing up a long carbon pole to jump across a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

A female athlete jumps to gain momentum before climbing a pole to vault across a canal during a Fierljeppen competition.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, celebrates after winning a match against Coco Gauff, of the United States, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, September 1, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)

Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates after defeating Coco Gauff of the United States in the fourth round of the US Open.(Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)

The Seattle Storm’s Nneka Ogwumike, center, battles Cameron Brink, left, and Rickea Jackson for a rebound during a WNBA game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Seattle Storm’s Nneka Ogwumike battles Los Angeles Sparks players Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson for a rebound during a WNBA game.(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Martina Alzini of Italy and Team Cofidis Women and a general view of the peloton passing in front of a cheese stand prior to the 27th Simac Ladies Tour 2025, Stage 4 a 125.8km stage from Alkmaar to Alkmaar / #UCIWWT / on September 05, 2025 in Alkmaar, Netherlands. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Italy’s Martina Alzini (Team Cofidis) and the peloton pass a cheese stand before Stage 4 of the Simac Ladies Tour in Alkmaar, Netherlands.(Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

An athlete jumps for his landing after climbing a long carbon pole to cross a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

An athlete descends a carbon pole to land on the opposite side of a canal during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands.(Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Richard Rude Junior of the United States, competes on his way to win the UCI MTB Enduro Men Elite, Mountain Bike World Championship, Monday, September 1, 2025, in Fiesch, Switzerland. (Photo by Maxime Schmid/Keystone via AP Photo)

Richard Rude Jr. of the United States competes on his way to winning the elite men’s Enduro title at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fiesch, Switzerland.(Photo by Maxime Schmid/Keystone via AP Photo)

In this handout image provided by Red Bull, Kaylea Arnett of the USA dives from the 21 metre Stari Most (Old Bridge) during the first competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on September 04, 2025 at Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images)

Kaylea Arnett of the USA dives from the 21-meter-high Stari Most (Old Bridge) during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.(Photo by Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia drops his racquet after losing a point against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain during the third round of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 29  August 2025. The US Open tournament runs from 24 August through 07 September. (Photo by John G. Mabanglo/EPA)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic reacts after losing a point to Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie during their third-round match at the US Open.(Photo by John G. Mabanglo/EPA)

Runners participate in the Lhoknga Trail Run 2025, crossing a former guerrilla route and along the 2004 tsunami-affected coastline in Lhoknga, Aceh province on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)

Runners cross a landscape that was once a guerrilla route and a coastline devastated by the 2004 tsunami during the Lhoknga Trail Run in Aceh, Indonesia.(Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz reacts during his quarter final match against Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka at the U.S. Open in New York, on September 2, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts during his quarterfinal match against Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka at the US Open.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Wei Ya Xin of China serves during the mixed doubles semifinal match against Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui of China at the BWF World Championships in Paris, France, 30 August 2025. (Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA)

China’s Wei Ya Xin serves during the mixed doubles semifinal match at the BWF World Championships in Paris.(Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA)

Mercedes' Andrea Kimi Antonelli during practice at Circuit Park Zandvoort on August 30, 2025 in Zandvoort, Niederlandes. (Photo by Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort.(Photo by Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.