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Paris Games come with promise of a French renaissance for the Olympic, Paralympic movement
Following the difficulty of the pandemic-altered Tokyo Games, fans will once again pack venues and create electric atmospheres for athletes when the Games begin this summer in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Government boosts carding money for athletes ahead of Paris Olympics
The federal government announced in Tuesday’s budget that it will increase funding for the Athlete Assistance Program, but the Canadian Olympic Committee says more is still needed. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Driven by athlete insights, Team Canada unveils outfits for Paris Olympics, Paralympics
Team Canada on Tuesday revealed a new collection of athlete clothing from Lululemon less than 100 days from the start of the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »22 hours a day of live coverage key to CBC’s Paris Olympics plan
CBC/Radio-Canada has announced its extensive coverage plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The coverage of Team Canada’s approximately 10,500 athletes include a consistent slate of on-the-ground and in-studio coverage programming for 22 hours daily. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic opening ceremony in Paris may be moved from river to stadium for security reasons
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the Stade de France if the security threat is deemed too high. CBC | World News
Read More »Determined Canadian basketball men secure Paris Paralympic berth
Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team will return to France in August to continue its run of Paralympic appearances from 1968 following a 72-60 victory over Italy in a crossover game Monday at a last-chance qualifying tournament in Antibes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paris Pulse: An Olympic spot in fencing, a Canadian Paralympic record in discus
In our weekly Olympic and Paralympic news update, we look at some of the Olympic qualifications for the week, from 17-year-old Nicholas Zhang qualifying in men’s epee fencing to Paralympic athlete Jesse Zesseu setting a Canadian record in men’s discus throw F37. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Cam Levins matches Ben Flanagan’s Canadian 10K road mark at Paris Festival of Running
Cam Levins nearly picked up his sixth Canadian record on the road, covering the men’s 10-kilometre race in 28 minutes 11 seconds for sixth place at the Asics Festival of Running on Friday in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trio of Canadian sailors earn qualification to compete in Paris for Olympic Games
Canadian sailors Sarah Douglas, Will Jones and Justin Barnes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
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