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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter digs into the latest podium projections for the Summer Games to see how Canadian athletes might do. CBC | Sports News
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Canada appeal to sport court further delays awarding of 2022 Olympic figure skating medals
An appeal from Skate Canada, the Canadian Olympic Committee and affected athletes challenging the International Skating Union’s amended ranking of the 2022 Beijing Olympics team figure skating event has been officially registered. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bloemen, Fish reach 10K podium as host Canada wins national-record 10 medals at speed skating worlds
Canadian speed skaters Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish reached the world-championship podium on home ice in the men’s 10,000 metres on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians Carlson, Macaulay win high dive medals at World Aquatics Championships
Canadian divers captured two more medals on Wednesday at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. In the women’s 20-metre high dive final, Montreal’s Molly Carlson claimed the silver medal while teammate Jessica Macaulay, also of Montreal, took the bronze. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Thénault, Nadeau earn World Cup aerials bronze medals in Lac-Beauport, Que.
Canadian aerials skiers reached the podium in both the men’s and women’s events at the World Cup stop in Lac-Beauport, Que., on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paris Olympic, Paralympic medals embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower
An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians won all sorts of medals this weekend
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter recaps a podium-packed weekend for Canada’s winter and summer Olympic athletes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »New Brunswick athletes welcome monetary recognition for Paralympic medals
The recent announcement that athletes will be financially rewarded for podium finishes at the Paralympic Games came as a relief for Moncton swimmer Danielle Dorris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Money for medals can help Canadian Paralympians beyond their bank accounts
On Wednesday, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced it was receiving an endowment of $ 8 million to pay Canadian Paralympians $ 20,000 for gold medals, $ 15,000 for silver and $ 10,000 for bronze. The long- and short-term effects of the newly added incentive, however, remain to be seen. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Finally’: Canadian Para athletes to be financially rewarded for medals won at Paralympics
In what’s being called a game-changing moment in the sporting landscape of the country, Canadian Paralympians are now going to be financially rewarded for medals they win at the Paralympic Games beginning this summer at Paris 2024 and each edition of the Games thereafter. CBC | Sports News
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