Young tennis player Alexander Blockx won the junior boys championship at the Australian Open after a very exciting final against American Learner Tien.
The Red Lions, who have had a string of successes over the past decade, narrowly lost to Germany and failed to regain the world championship they won four years earlier.
David Goffin (50th in the world) was the number one seed in the first BW Open and defeated Mikael Ymer (69th in the world) in the final of this international tournament held in Belgium.
Hanne Desmet and her brother won five medals at the European Short Track Championships: gold in the 1,000-metre race, and silver in the 1,500-metre and in the mixed relay.
Our Olympic champion in the mass start in Beijing finished a strong third in the combined all-distance event at the European Speed Skating Championships.