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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter previews the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where Canadians are battling for a place in the Paris Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
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Weekend recap: Hadwin moves into Olympic spot, Morales Williams wins again
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter breaks down the top performances by Canada’s Olympic athletes over the weekend. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Caitlin Clark shrugs off U.S. Olympic team omission, hopes to make it one day
Caitlin Clark hopes to play for the U.S. Olympic team one day. It just won’t be in Paris next month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Basketball star Caitlin Clark left off U.S. Olympic roster: reports
Caitlin Clark won’t be headed to the Paris Olympics, according to media reports. The person, who provided the full roster to The Associated Press, spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday because no official announcement has been made. CBC | World News
Read More »‘I lost my way’: Priestman reflects on difficult 2023 ahead of women’s soccer Olympic title defence
As CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed writes, Canada’s women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman reached arguably the greatest moment in Canadian soccer history and then experienced what she calls her professional low point. The 38-year-old looks to inspire a new, positive chapter at Paris 2024. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bev Priestman wants Canadian players to be themselves while pushing for Olympic spots
Bev Priestman, Canada’s women’s national soccer team head coach, doesn’t want her players to put additional pressure on themselves as they fight for roster spots in two upcoming pre-Olympic friendlies against Mexico. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian boxer Sara Kali advances to Round of 8 at Olympic boxing qualifier
Sara Kali of Montreal will face Cape Verde’s Ivanusa (Nancy) Moreira in round of eight action in the women’s 66-kilogram class at a last-chance Olympic boxing qualifier following a 5-0 decision over Cuban Yakelin Estornel on Wednesday in Bangkok. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paris Pulse: Men’s Judo Olympic qualification, Para Road Cycling World Cup results
In our weekly Canadian Olympic and Paralympic news update, we discuss the recent Canadian Olympic qualification in Judo and Canada’s win at the Para Road Cycling World Cup in Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian boxer Scarlett Delgado punches her way to Round of 8 at Olympic qualifier
Canadian boxer Scarlett Delgado advanced at a last-ditch Olympic qualifier Tuesday, earning a 5-0 decision over Kenya’s Amina Faki in round-of-16 action in the women’s 54-kilogram class. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Pole vaulter Thiago Braz, who won 2016 Olympic gold and 2021 bronze, banned for doping
Olympic pole vault gold medallist Thiago Braz was banned for 16 months for doping and will miss the Paris Games, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
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