Who are the reigning world champions in these sports? – quiz

A world champion, but in which sport? Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

1. Which team won the women's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Belgium this year?

   1. Brazil

   2. United Kingdom

   3. France

   4. USA

2. The men's Basketball World Cup was held in August and September. Who won it?

   1. Serbia

   2. Canada

   3. USA

   4. Germany

3. 

   Which cyclist won the women's road race world title in Scotland this August to claim the rainbow jersey for 2023?

   1. Annemiek van Vleuten

   2. Lotte Kopecky

   3. Demi Vollering

   4. Elizabeth Deignan

4. Who are the reigning futsal men's world champions, having won the World Cup in 2021?

   1. Brazil

   2. Croatia

   3. Argentina

   4. Portugal

5. Here's one you should know. Who won the women's 100m sprint world title in Hungary this August?

   1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

   2. Dina Asher-Smith

   3. Sha'Carri Richardson

   4. Shericka Jackson

6. Which nation won the men's handball World Cup in January 2023?

   1. Sweden

   2. Denmark

   3. Hungary

   4. Germany

7. In May this year, Belgium's Luca Brecel was crowned world champion for the first time in which sport?

   1. Crown green bowls

   2. Fencing

   3. Snooker

   4. Showjumping

8. Who are the men's wheelchair rugby league world champions?

   1. England

   2. France

   3. Australia

   4. Wales

9. 

   Who won the women's park skateboarding world title in October of this year?

   1. Sky Brown

   2. Kokona Hiraki

   3. Minna Stess

   4. Hinano Kusaki

10. Who is the men's long jump world champion, having leapt 8.52m in the final in Hungary this year?

    1. Miltiadis Tentoglou

    2. Wayne Pinnock

    3. Thobias Montler

    4. William Williams

11. Who is the current men's world chess champion, having won the title in Astana this year?

    1. Magnus Carlsen

    2. Ding Liren

    3. Ian Nepomniachtchi

    4. Leonard Barden

12. Who won the most recent World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, after the tournament held from December 2022 to May 2023?

    1. Australia

    2. England

    3. Fiji

    4. New Zealand

13. 

    Who won this year's World Rally Championship?

    1. Kalle Rovanpera

    2. Elfyn Evans

    3. Thierry Neuville

    4. Ott Tanak

14. Who won the 2023 men's ice hockey world championship, held in Tampere and Riga?

    1. United States

    2. Finland

    3. Canada

    4. Germany

15. Who is the reigning women's figure skating champion, having won in Saitama this year?

    1. Kaori Sakamoto

    2. Isabeau Levito

    3. Loena Hendrickx

    4. Lee Hae-in

Solutions

1:D - Simone Biles was back in the US team that glittered with gold., 2:D - They beat USA in the semi-final 113-111, and then saw off Serbia in the final 83-77 to win a first-ever world crown. , 3:B - The Belgian was second in 2022 but finally win the world title in 2023, 4:D - Portugal beat Argentina 2-1 to win their first world title. Brazil were third and Kazakhstan came fourth. , 5:C - The US sprinter clocked a time of 10.65sec. Shericka Jackson was second (10.72) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third (10.77)., 6:B - They beat France 34-29 to win their third world title in a row, 7:C - He beat Mark Selby 18-15 in the final at the Crucible in Sheffield, 8:A - They won the World Cup on home soil, in Manchester in 2021, beating France 28-24 in a nail-biting final., 9:B - She upgraded to gold in 2023 from silver – behind Sky Brown – in the 2022 world championships (which were actually held in the UAE in February 2023). , 10:A - The Greek athlete added the world title to the Olympic title he won in 2021, 11:B - The five-time winner Carlsen opted against defending his crown, and the Chinese player came out on top in the fourth tiebreak game after the scores were level at 7-7 in the best-of-14-game format, 12:D - The Black Ferns came out on top having won six of the seven events, ahead of Australia and the USA, 13:A - The Finn, alongside his co-driver Jonna Halttunen, won the title by 34 points from Britain's Evans, despite the pair winning three rallies apiece, 14:C - It was the 28th title for Canada after they beat Germany in the final. The USA finished fourth while co-hosts and defending champions Finland bowed out in the quarter-finals, 15:A - The Japanese skater, third at the Beijing Olympics, defended the gold medal she won in 2022. Lee and Hendrickx won silver and bronze

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

2. 6 and above.

   Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

3. 1 and above.

   Oh dear

4. 4 and above.

   You're not going to win any medals for this

5. 11 and above.

   Oof.

6. 12 and above.

   Oof.

7. 13 and above.

   It's bronze for you. Well done!

8. 14 and above.

   A silver medal. Well done!

9. 15 and above.

   You've won gold. You're a true world champion

10. 10 and above.

    Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

11. 9 and above.

    Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

12. 7 and above.

    Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

13. 5 and above.

    Not bad. With some more training you could win a medal

14. 3 and above.

    You're not going to win any medals for this

15. 0 and above.

    Oh dear

16. 2 and above.

    You've finished at the back of the pack