Juggling an athletic career with getting an education can be overwhelming. But, these days, more opportunities exist for Canadians who want to stay in school while they chase their Olympic dreams. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian athletes enjoying dog days of summer
Even the world’s best athletes have to have some fun in the sun. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Charles Barkley among top athletes who competed at Summer Universiade
The world’s largest multi-sport event outside of the Olympic Games, the Summer Universiade has provided a launching pad for several athletes who went on to achieve fame. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in pot
Canada’s elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in marijuana. Is a toke before stepping to the start line far off? The Canadian government intends to legalize recreational cannabis by July 1, 2018. It’s already legal for personal, recreational use in a handful of U.S. states. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘That country should be banned’: Canadian athletes still angry about Russian doping
The release of a new documentary exploring the recent Russian doping scandal has stirred up old feelings of anger and frustration in Canadian Olympians Jesse Lumsden and Christine Girard. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Rio 2016 Olympics Problems: Kidnappings, The Disastrous Athletes’ Village, Zika Fears and Crime
Some are already calling Rio’s 2016 Olympic games the worst ever before the opening ceremony, which is next week. Where do we start? An athlete has already been kidnapped in Rio, drug dealers are selling Olympic branded cocaine and Zika virus fears are making many fans second guess coming to Brazil. Jason Lee, a jiu-jitsu athlete from New Zealand, tweeted ...
Read More »Team Canada sending 313 athletes to Rio Olympics
The Canadian Olympic Committee has announced Canada’s full 313-athlete team for the Rio Olympics. The large Canadian contingent is made up of 187 women and 126 men, ranging in age from 16 to 56. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hayley Wickenheiser amongst Canadian athletes critical of IOC’s decision on Russia
Hayley Wickenheiser takes to Twitter alongside fellow Canadian athletes Jean-Luc Brassard, Adam van Koeverden and Catriona Le May Doan to voice their doubts on the IOC’s call to have individual sport federations determine whether Russian athletes are fit to compete at Rio 2016. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IOC decides against complete ban of Russian athletes from Rio Olympics
Russian athletes will not be completely banned from the Rio Olympics, following a decision by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board on Sunday. However, the Russian Olympic Committee has been barred from entering athletes who have ever been sanctioned for doping. CBC | Sports News
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