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The Halifax native set a world record as a 13-year-old in the 200-metre backstroke on April 27, 1975, at the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ont., while a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club. CBC | Sports News
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Short track speed skater Will Dandjinou hints at more tactical approach after missed Olympic medals
Six weeks later, Canadian speed skater Will Dandjinou doesn’t regret the gold-medal-or-bust approach from his Olympic debut in Milan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Increasing funding a first step in addressing sport issues, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says
The final report from the Future of Sport in Canada Commission found significant issues with the Canadian sport system, including lack of funding, fragmentation, and persistent discrimination and abuse. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Beaming after Olympic bronze, ice dancers Gilles and Poirier aim to keep good times rolling at worlds
Five weeks after earning their first Olympic medal, Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are gearing up for their 13th world championships, next week in Prague. “We want to enjoy ourselves, enjoy our skating [and] celebrate what we’ve accomplished this season,” Gilles says. CBC | Sports News
Read More »International Olympic Committee urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletes
More than 80 human rights and sport advocacy groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and impose a blanket ban on transgender and intersex competitors. CBC | World News
Read More »Dunstone to curl for 1st Brier title after avenging Olympic trials loss to Jacobs
Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone ousted the Brad Jacobs foursome from Calgary 7-3 in the Brier semifinal to advance to the championship game against Alberta’s Kevin Koe at 6 p.m. ET in St. John’s. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The Winter Olympics are over, but the winter Olympic sports season rolls on
Missing the Winter Olympics? CBC Sports’ daily newsletter lays out the key events happening this month featuring some of your favourite Canadian athletes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hilary Knight played with torn knee ligament in U.S. women’s run to Olympic hockey gold
U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning captain Hilary Knight revealed Monday in a television appearance she played in Milan with a torn medial collateral ligament in one of her knees. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. hockey star Hilary Knight delivers joke on SNL featuring women’s, men’s Olympic champions
This time it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide a big laugh, with an assist from the Saturday Night Live writers, in the wake of a weeklong dust-up involving the United States women’s and men’s Olympic gold medal-winning hockey teams. CBC | World News
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