Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch action from the alpine World Cup stop in Flachau, Austria. CBC | Sports News
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Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup women’s alpine skiing
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch World Cup women’s alpine action from Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kathleen Heddle, Canadian Olympic rowing champion, dead of cancer at age 55
Kathleen Heddle, who partnered with Marnie McBean and captured three Olympic gold medals for Canada in rowing, died of cancer on Monday at the age of 55. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic gold medallist Klete Keller identified as part of U.S. Capitol siege
American Klete Keller, who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified as being among the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, according to multiple reports. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup men’s alpine skiing
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch action from the alpine World Cup stop in Adelboden, Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Olympic Games Replay: Sochi Olympic curling
Watch Olympic Games Replay, a look back at some of the most exciting moments in past Games. On this week’s edition of the program, relive all the curling action from the 2014 Sochi Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup women’s cross-country skiing
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of the program, watch action from the cross-country World Cup stop in Val di’ Fiemme, Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic, Paralympic torches pulled from display as COVID-19 spreads in Japan
Japan is halting a public display of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic torches as new virus cases jump in the country and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga orders a state of emergency for Tokyo and the surrounding areas until next month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic athletes should get priority access to coronavirus vaccines, IOC’s Dick Pound says
In order to safeguard the Tokyo Olympics, athletes must be given priority access to the coronavirus vaccine, says Canadian and prominent International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Japan’s PM considering state of emergency for Tokyo, says Olympic preparations moving ahead
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday vaccine approval was being speeded up and border controls beefed up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of emergency as worries about holding the Olympics in July continue to grow. CBC | Sports News
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