#world-championship

#world-championship

The level is crazy – I had to put a lot down to get here. To win, to be a world champion on International Women's Day definitely means a lot, but there are bigger things going on. This feels huge and I am so thankful, but there are bigger things. I just pray for peace.

Last February, master of ceremonies Dennis Bowen (a Seneca elder) welcomed the reigning champion into the 2025 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest arena at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of spectators joined them to watch more than 100 dancers compete across the two-day event. Bowen announced Josiah Enriquez's (Pueblo of Pojoaque, Navajo, Isleta) accomplishments as a top place finisher several years running in the teen division and as the surprise winner in an unprecedented tiebreaking round in the adult division the year before.

When I was younger, they thought I was a mute, Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has changed her. Never said owt in school, really shy. Didn't really know what to say half the time. I suppose playing darts just brought me out of my shell. When you get popular, people want to meet you and talk. It's matured me.

Piastri's relentless precision and calm execution set him apart, resembling Alain Prost as he leads the world championship with consistent performances and only a few errors.

Cole Hutson, the 2025 Tim Taylor Award winner, joins Team USA's senior men's World Championship roster, looking to capitalize on his remarkable freshman season at Boston University.