Tag Archives: Olympic

Russia’s parliament is getting involved in the Olympic participation debate, reportedly assisting the Kontinental Hockey League’s attempt to prevent its players, including potential members of Team Canada, from playing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. CBC | Sports News

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including Canadian short track stars Kim Boutin and Marianne St-Gelais capturing World Cup season titles in Seoul, while the long track team racked up podium finishes in Norway. CBC | Sports News

Watch the men’s 4-man bobsleigh event on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. CBC | Sports News

Watch coverage from the Internationaux de France in Grenoble, France on Road to the Olympic Games. Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond, who scored gold at Skate Canada International, will look to lock down her second podium finish ahead of the Grand Prix Finals. CBC | Sports News

Canadian speed skater Gilmore Junio has been asked countless times about giving up his spot to Denny Morrison at the 2014 Olympics. Now, after one of the worst seasons of his career, he’s looking to rewrite his story with the help of a Canadian skating great. CBC | Sports News

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including gold medals for Canadian high-performance athletes in figure skating, bobsleigh and speed skating. CBC | Sports News

Willie Desjardins and Sean Burke spent the past week with 25 Canadian national team hopefuls, evaluating them in a bunch of practices and three games in the Karjala Cup. CBC | Sports News

Brendan Bottcher hadn’t even been born when Glenn Howard already captured his first Brier and world championship, but on Sunday night in Summerside, P.E.I., there was a changing of the curling guard. CBC | Sports News

John Morris led his rink through the curling Olympic pre-trials, booking his ticket to the next stop on the road to Pyeongchang. Morris and his Vernon, B.C. teammates defeated Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher 4-3 in Summerside, P.E.I., qualifying for December’s Olympic trials in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News

Versatile Canadian centre Eric O’Dell deserves an evening off. The 27-year-old Ottawa native has been Canada’s best forward in the first two games of Karjala Cup. He has exhibited a strong two-way game that has him in a good position to crack the Canadian men’s Olympic team roster CBC | Sports News