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It promises to be an emotional return to Santiago this week at the Pan Am Games for Canadian beach volleyball player Melissa Humana-Paredes, the daughter of two Chilean expatriates. For Skylar Park and her brothers, it’s their first trip to their mother’s homeland. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian swimmer Harvey among 1,000s of athletes competing as Pan Am Games begin this week in Chile
More than 6,000 athletes – including 473 Canadians – from 41 countries in the Americas and Caribbean will be in Santiago, Chile for the Pan Am Games starting Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »IOC warns countries that block athletes for political reasons risk harming Olympic host bids
Countries that exclude athletes from competing for political reasons risk harming their plans to host an Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Olympics in 2020 would’ve been ‘unfair’ to athletes, van Koeverden says
CBC Sports caught up with former Canadian Olympian and current member of Parliament Adam van Koeverden to get his reaction to the recent decision to postpone the Tokyo Games until 2021. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic qualification remains a puzzle for most Canadian athletes
Just 19 Canadian athletes across nine sports, excluding team sports, have so far achieved both their international and Canadian criteria to be named to the 2021 team, according to the Canadian Olympic Committee. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Already-qualified athletes will keep spots at postponed Tokyo Games
All athletes who had qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will keep their spots for the Games next year following their postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »COVID-19 exposing thin financial margins of Canada’s Olympic athletes
Any lingering hope Sarah Pavan had about competing on this season’s professional beach volleyball circuit was crushed the day city workers came to cut down the nets on Hermosa Beach. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympics postponement raises questions, throwing athletes’ scheduling into disarray
In the wake of Tuesday’s unprecedented announcement to postpone the Tokyo Olympics, a logistical nightmare now stands in the way of the International Olympic Committee and the Games’ planning committee. CBC | Sports News
Read More »COC’s Tokyo decision brings back memories for athletes who missed 1980 Games
Time hasn’t diminished the myriad of emotions Jay Triano felt in 1980. There was the euphoria of the Canadian men’s basketball team qualifying for the Moscow Summer Games. Then days later came bitter disappointment when Canada boycotted that competition after the former Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Thankful we took a stand’: Athletes react to Canada not competing at Tokyo Games in July
Canada’s summer athletes on Monday flooded social media in support of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee’s decision hours earlier to not send a team to Tokyo should the International Olympic Committee go ahead with the Games as planned in July. CBC | Sports News
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