By taking tenth place in the slalom event at the World Championships, Armand Marchant confirmed that he is indeed the best in the history of Belgian Alpine skiing.
The Belgian won the doubles final at the Australian Open with the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. This second Grand Slam title takes her to the top of the world rankings in this discipline.
At the age of 28, Ryad Merhy is the first Belgian to become world boxing champion. He won the belt outside the ring but will soon have to fight for it against the Cuban Yuniel Dorticos.
Noor Vidts, the Belgian athlete who specialises in combined events, achieved this year's world-leading performance in the pentathlon in Aubière in the department of Puy-de-Dôme.